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Mixpanel

Load Mixpanel on each page and keep it opted out until visitors allow measurement. Events from a visitor who already agreed stay in order.

Inth keeps the consent record of each choice, with the visitor’s country and the policy that applied.

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pnpm add @c15t/integrations
MixpanelWaiting for consent
Before a choice

The request to cdn.mxpnl.com appears before you choose. mixpanel.has_opted_out_tracking() returns true. Call mixpanel.track('Test'). No event goes to Mixpanel.

Turn the switch on, then off, to see what loads.

Before you start

You need an Inth project that connects to your app, c15t in that app and the 32 character project token from your Mixpanel snippet.

New to c15t? Complete the quickstart for your framework first. Keep its Inth endpoint, policy, styles and consent UI.

Open the quickstart for your framework

How consent gets to Mixpanel

The c15t mixpanelAnalytics helper loads the Mixpanel SDK on each page, before a choice. It uses the measurement category with alwaysLoad.

The helper sets opt_out_tracking_by_default and opt_out_persistence_by_default to true. So a visitor with no stored opt-in starts opted out. Mixpanel then tracks nothing and stores no visitor ID.

Before the SDK loads, the helper queues opt_in_tracking or opt_out_tracking. Mixpanel runs that call during init, before queued track calls. It calls the related method again on each consent change.

The SDK writes an empty mp_* cookie as it starts and removes it in the same page load.

Installation

Mixpanel has one load mode in c15t. The SDK loads on each page and follows measurement permission.

Load opted out. The SDK loads before a choice but stays opted out. It sends events only while measurement has permission.

mixpanelAnalytics({ token })

An opt-out policy or no policy gives optional categories permission before a choice. Then Mixpanel opts in on the first page. This guide uses an opt-in policy.

Setup steps

  1. Install the integration package

    Add the helpers next to c15t. An import alone does not start the Mixpanel SDK.

    pnpm add @c15t/integrations
  2. Add your project token

    The helper sends the token to mixpanel.init. Your initOptions merge over the opt-out defaults.

    src/consent-scripts.ts
    import { mixpanelAnalytics } from '@c15t/integrations/mixpanel-analytics';
    
    export const scripts = [
      mixpanelAnalytics({ token: '0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef' }),
    ];

    The token must be 32 hexadecimal characters. Any other value logs an error, and the script does not load.

  3. Register it with your existing setup

    Add scripts to the c15t configuration that you have now. Keep your Inth endpoint, mode, policy, styles and consent UI.

    Add scripts to c15t.config.ts, next to next.config.ts. Keep the rest of your config, such as mode, in the same call. App Router, Pages Router and static export read the same file.

    c15t.config.ts
    import { defineConsentConfig } from 'c15t/next';
    import { scripts } from './src/consent-scripts';
    
    export default defineConsentConfig({ scripts });

    Pass scripts to the ConsentRoot in your root route. Import helpers in the route module, not in a server function: script configurations carry callbacks.

    src/routes/__root.tsx
    import { scripts } from '../consent-scripts';
    
    <ConsentRoot state={consent} scripts={scripts}>

    Add scripts to the options of your ConsentProvider, next to mode. Keep the banner, dialog and preferences link inside the provider.

    src/consent.tsx
    import { scripts } from './consent-scripts';
    
    <ConsentProvider options={{ mode, scripts }}>

    Register scripts under the c15t key in app.config.ts. Keep them out of nuxt.config.ts, which reaches the browser as JSON and drops the helper callbacks.

    app/app.config.ts
    import { scripts } from '../src/consent-scripts';
    
    export default defineAppConfig({
      c15t: { scripts },
    });

    Pass scripts to the c15tVue plugin call you have now. The plugin starts one script loader when the app mounts.

    src/main.ts
    import { c15tVue, manifest } from 'c15t/vue/vue-plugin';
    import { scripts } from './consent-scripts';
    
    app.use(c15tVue, {
      mode: manifest(),
      scripts,
    });

    Add scripts to the client entrypoint, which the integration finds on its own. Keep helpers out of astro.config.mjs: its options are serialized into the page.

    src/c15t.client.ts
    import type { C15tClientOptionsExtension } from 'c15t/astro';
    import { scripts } from './consent-scripts';
    
    export default { scripts } satisfies C15tClientOptionsExtension;

    Pass scripts as a prop to the ConsentProvider you have now. The provider owns the loader and disposes it on unmount.

    src/App.svelte
    <script lang="ts">
      import { ConsentProvider, manifest } from 'c15t/svelte';
      import { scripts } from './consent-scripts';
    </script>
    
    <ConsentProvider mode={manifest()} {scripts}>
      <!-- Your app and consent UI -->
    </ConsentProvider>

    Add scripts to the ConsentRoot in the root layout. Import helpers in the layout component, not in +layout.server.ts: a server load cannot send functions to the browser.

    src/routes/+layout.svelte
    <script lang="ts">
      import { ConsentRoot } from 'c15t/svelte';
      import { scripts } from '../consent-scripts';
    
      let { children, data } = $props();
    </script>
    
    <ConsentRoot state={data.consent} {scripts}>
      {@render children()}
    </ConsentRoot>

    Paste the vendor’s snippet behind consent

    The helpers need a bundler. On a page with the c15t script tag, paste the vendor’s own snippet instead and keep it inert until visitors allow its category. Helper options, such as loadMode, do not apply.

    index.html
    <script type="text/plain" data-c15t-category="measurement">
      // The vendor's snippet, unchanged
    </script>

    Pass scripts to init() from @c15t/browser, next to your mode. With createConsentRuntime, pass scripts to it instead.

    src/consent.ts
    import { init, manifest } from '@c15t/browser';
    import { scripts } from './consent-scripts';
    
    const consent = init({
      mode: manifest(),
      scripts,
    });
All frameworks

Remove the old Mixpanel snippet, so the SDK loads only through c15t. Before load, the helper queues track, identify, reset and register on the default instance only.

Verify your setup

Use a private window with an opt-in policy. Open DevTools Network and the Console. Then test the three states.

  • Before a choice

    The request to cdn.mxpnl.com appears before you choose. mixpanel.has_opted_out_tracking() returns true. Call mixpanel.track('Test'). No event goes to Mixpanel.

  • After you allow measurement

    Without a page reload, has_opted_out_tracking() returns false, and events go to Mixpanel.

  • After you withdraw measurement

    Save your choice. c15t reloads the page. The new page loads the SDK opted out.

Named instances and people.* calls do not go into the queue. Check measurement permission before you call them.

Open the full Mixpanel guide