Outbound Link Click goal/event

deargeek · March 30, 2026, 3:35pm

Is it possible to record an event or goal based on a specific Outbound Link Click url?

For example - client has an external booking system - would be nice to track events without having to add a class to every link and button scattered around the site.

Or could it be?

Marvin · March 31, 2026, 4:41pm

Sure! You can add a simple JS snippet to track them. A bit like this:

github.com/pirsch-analytics/demo

web/static/index.php

master


      
              <button data-pirsch-event="HTML Button Clicked" data-pirsch-meta-key="meta value" data-pirsch-duration="2">
                  Trigger Custom Event (HTML)
              </button>
          </p>
          <p>
              <button class="btn pirsch-event=CSS+Button+Clicked pirsch-meta-key=meta+value pirsch-duration=3">
                  Trigger Custom Event (CSS)
              </button>
          </p>
          <script>
              // Wait until the page has fully loaded.
              document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
                  // Get the button using the id attribute and add a click event handler.
                  document.getElementById("event-trigger").addEventListener("click", () => {
                      // Send the event to Pirsch.
                      pirsch("JS Button Clicked", {
                          duration: 1,
                          meta: {
                              key: "meta value"
                          }
                      });

Or maybe like this:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/Kugelschieber/854c0df62fc476686d3f9a504e811d33

script.js

<script>

function findFormTitle(node) {
    const tag = node.tagName;

    if (tag === "H1" || tag === "H2" || tag === "H3" || tag === "H4") {
        return node.innerText;
    }
    
    for (const child of node.children) {

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In principle, you can use document.querySelectorAll to find the links to track, attach a click event listener, and track the clicks using the “pirsch(…)” event function.

Please let me know if you need help setting it up. I need an example from your actual page in that case