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Instrument browser/web apps with the Application Insights JavaScript SDK (@microsoft/applicationinsights-web).

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SKILL.md

Application Insights JavaScript SDK (Web) for TypeScript

When to Use

Use this skill when you need instrument browser/web apps with the Application Insights JavaScript SDK (@microsoft/applicationinsights-web). Use for Real User Monitoring (RUM) — page views, clicks, AJAX/fetch dependencies, exceptions, custom events, and browser-side GenAI agent traces with explicitly verified backend correlation.

Real User Monitoring (RUM) for browser apps with @microsoft/applicationinsights-web. Auto-collects page views, AJAX/fetch dependencies, unhandled exceptions, and (with the Click Analytics plugin) clicks. Supports custom events, metrics, and GenAI agent traces that follow OpenTelemetry GenAI semantic conventions and correlate to backend spans via W3C Trace Context.

Distinct from `azure-monitor-opentelemetry-ts`, which is for Node.js server apps. This skill is for browser/web code (and React Native).

Before Implementation

Search microsoft-docs MCP for current API patterns:

  • Query: "Application Insights JavaScript SDK setup"
  • Query: "Application Insights JavaScript SDK configuration"
  • Query: "Application Insights JavaScript framework extensions React Angular"
  • Verify package version: npm view @microsoft/applicationinsights-web version

Packages

PackagePurpose
@microsoft/applicationinsights-webCore RUM SDK (page views, AJAX, exceptions).
@microsoft/applicationinsights-clickanalytics-jsAuto-collect click telemetry.
@microsoft/applicationinsights-react-jsReact plugin (router instrumentation, hooks, HOC, ErrorBoundary).
@microsoft/applicationinsights-react-nativeReact Native plugin (native crashes, sessions).
@microsoft/applicationinsights-angularplugin-jsAngular plugin (router events, ErrorHandler).
@microsoft/applicationinsights-debugplugin-jsDev-only telemetry inspector.
@microsoft/applicationinsights-perfmarkmeasure-jsUser Timing (performance.mark/measure) integration.

Installation

bash
npm i --save @microsoft/applicationinsights-web
# Optional plugins (install only what you use):
npm i --save @microsoft/applicationinsights-clickanalytics-js
npm i --save @microsoft/applicationinsights-react-js @microsoft/applicationinsights-react-native @microsoft/applicationinsights-angularplugin-js

Typings ship with the package — no separate @types/... install needed.

Connection String

The browser SDK requires a connection string at init time. It ships in plaintext to clients — Microsoft Entra ID auth is not supported for browser telemetry. Use a separate App Insights resource with local auth enabled for browser RUM if you need to isolate it from backend telemetry.

bash
# Vite / CRA / Next.js — expose to client via the public env prefix
VITE_APPINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING="InstrumentationKey=...;IngestionEndpoint=https://...;LiveEndpoint=https://..."
NEXT_PUBLIC_APPINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING="InstrumentationKey=..."

Quick Start (npm)

typescript
import { ApplicationInsights, DistributedTracingModes } from "@microsoft/applicationinsights-web";
export const appInsights = new ApplicationInsights({
config: {
connectionString: import.meta.env.VITE_APPINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING,
enableAutoRouteTracking: true, // SPA route changes -> page views
enableCorsCorrelation: false, // opt in only for approved backend origins // propagate Request-Id / traceparent to cross-origin AJAX
enableRequestHeaderTracking: false, // avoid collecting credentials/PII
enableResponseHeaderTracking: false,
distributedTracingMode: DistributedTracingModes.W3C, // import the enum; do not infer names from numeric literals
autoTrackPageVisitTime: true,
disableFetchTracking: false, // fetch() is auto-instrumented by default
excludeRequestFromAutoTrackingPatterns: [/livemetrics\.azure\.com/i]
}
});
appInsights.loadAppInsights();
appInsights.trackPageView();

Call loadAppInsights() exactly once, as early as possible (before user interactions you want tracked). Then trackPageView() for the initial load — when enableAutoRouteTracking is on, subsequent route changes are automatic.

Quick Start (SDK Loader Script)

Recommended when you want auto-updating SDK and zero build pipeline. Paste this as the first <script> in <head>:

text
Retrieve and review the complete loader snippet from the official SDK setup page.
The prior queue-shim placeholder was not an implementation and must not be pasted as working code.

Loader-only API (queued until SDK loads): trackEvent, trackPageView, trackException, trackTrace, trackDependencyData, trackMetric, trackPageViewPerformance, startTrackPage, stopTrackPage, startTrackEvent, stopTrackEvent, addTelemetryInitializer, setAuthenticatedUserContext, clearAuthenticatedUserContext, flush.

Core Tracking APIs

typescript
// Page views (SPAs that disable enableAutoRouteTracking)
appInsights.trackPageView({ name: "Checkout", uri: "/checkout", properties: { cartSize: 3 } });
// Custom events (user actions, business events)
appInsights.trackEvent({ name: "PurchaseCompleted" }, { orderId: "ord_123", amountUsd: 49.95 });
// Exceptions (caught errors)
try {
await pay(order);
} catch (err) {
appInsights.trackException({ exception: err as Error, severityLevel: 3, properties: { orderId: order.id } });
}
// Traces (logs, severity 0=Verbose, 1=Info, 2=Warning, 3=Error, 4=Critical)
appInsights.trackTrace({ message: "Cart hydrated from local storage", severityLevel: 1 });
// Custom metrics (numeric)
appInsights.trackMetric({ name: "checkout.duration_ms", average: 1234 });
// Dependencies (manually-tracked outbound calls — fetch/XHR are auto-tracked)
appInsights.trackDependencyData({
id: crypto.randomUUID(),
name: "GET /api/orders",
duration: 87, success: true, responseCode: 200,
data: "https://api.example.com/api/orders", target: "api.example.com", type: "Fetch"
});
// User identity (set ONCE per authenticated session — values are PII; do not pass emails)
appInsights.setAuthenticatedUserContext("user-id-123", "tenant-456", /*storeInCookie*/ false);
appInsights.clearAuthenticatedUserContext(); // on logout
// Force send before unload
appInsights.flush();

Telemetry Initializers (enrichment & filtering)

Run for every envelope before send. Return false to drop.

typescript
import type { ITelemetryItem } from "@microsoft/applicationinsights-web";
appInsights.addTelemetryInitializer((item: ITelemetryItem) => {
item.tags ??= {};
item.tags["ai.cloud.role"] = "web-shop";
item.tags["ai.cloud.roleInstance"] = window.location.hostname;
item.data ??= {};
item.data["app.version"] = import.meta.env.VITE_APP_VERSION;
item.data["app.build"] = import.meta.env.VITE_BUILD_SHA;
// Drop noisy health-check page views
if (item.baseType === "PageviewData" && item.baseData?.uri?.endsWith("/healthz")) return false;
// Scrub query-string secrets
if (item.baseData?.uri) {
item.baseData.uri = (() => { const u = new URL(item.baseData.uri, location.origin); u.search = ""; u.hash = ""; return u.toString(); })();
}
});

Click Analytics

typescript
import { ClickAnalyticsPlugin } from "@microsoft/applicationinsights-clickanalytics-js";
const clickPlugin = new ClickAnalyticsPlugin();
const appInsights = new ApplicationInsights({
config: {
connectionString: import.meta.env.VITE_APPINSIGHTS_CONNECTION_STRING,
extensions: [clickPlugin],
extensionConfig: {
[clickPlugin.identifier]: {
autoCapture: false, // enable only after approved data-tag allowlisting
dataTags: { useDefaultContentNameOrId: true, customDataPrefix: "data-ai-" },
urlCollectHash: false,
behaviorValidator: (b: string) => /^[a-z0-9_]+$/.test(b) ? b : ""
}
}
}
});
appInsights.loadAppInsights();

Mark elements with data-ai-* attributes; clicks are emitted as Custom Events with parent-content metadata.

SPA Route Tracking

  • Built-in: set enableAutoRouteTracking: true. Hooks history.pushState/replaceState and popstate.
  • React Router: use @microsoft/applicationinsights-react-js withAITracking HOC (see references/framework-extensions.md).
  • Manual: call appInsights.trackPageView({ name, uri }) in your router's useEffect on route change. Disable enableAutoRouteTracking to avoid double counting.

Distributed Tracing (correlate to backend)

Set the named DistributedTracingModes.W3C (or deliberately select AI_AND_W3C). The SDK adds traceparent (and legacy Request-Id) to outbound fetch/XHR. Backends instrumented with OpenTelemetry (e.g. @azure/monitor-opentelemetry) auto-link to the browser's operation_Id.

For approved cross-origin calls, enable correlation with an origin/domain allowlist. The server allows the calling origin via Access-Control-Allow-Origin and permits the required trace request headers; exposed response headers are a separate configuration.

GenAI Agent Traces (OTel semantic conventions)

When the browser invokes an AI agent (function-calling, tool-use, model calls direct from the client), emit App Insights Dependency telemetry whose attributes follow the OpenTelemetry GenAI semantic conventions so they are queryable alongside backend agent spans in App Insights / Log Analytics.

Set the opt-in env first so backend instrumentations agree on the same schema version:

bash
OTEL_SEMCONV_STABILITY_OPT_IN=gen_ai_latest_experimental
Required attribute keys (use the OTel names verbatim)
Span / opRequired attributes
invoke_agent {agent.name}gen_ai.operation.name=invoke_agent, gen_ai.provider.name, gen_ai.agent.name, gen_ai.agent.id (when known)
create_agent {agent.name}gen_ai.operation.name=create_agent, gen_ai.provider.name, gen_ai.agent.name, gen_ai.request.model
chat {model}gen_ai.operation.name=chat, gen_ai.provider.name, gen_ai.request.model, gen_ai.response.model, gen_ai.usage.input_tokens, gen_ai.usage.output_tokens
execute_tool {tool.name}gen_ai.operation.name=execute_tool, gen_ai.tool.name, gen_ai.tool.type (function \extension \datastore), gen_ai.tool.call.id

gen_ai.provider.name well-known values: openai, azure.ai.openai, azure.ai.inference, anthropic, aws.bedrock, gcp.gemini, gcp.vertex_ai, cohere, mistral_ai, groq, deepseek, perplexity, x_ai, ibm.watsonx.ai.

Sensitive content opt-in. gen_ai.system_instructions, gen_ai.input.messages, gen_ai.output.messages, gen_ai.tool.call.arguments, gen_ai.tool.call.result are Opt-In by default. Gate them behind a runtime flag and avoid them in production unless you have approved data handling.
Pattern: invoke_agent + nested tool/model spans
typescript
import { ApplicationInsights, SeverityLevel } from "@microsoft/applicationinsights-web";
type GenAiAttrs = Record<string, string | number | boolean | undefined>;

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