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applicationinsights-web-tsPurpose, usage and source
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 correlated to backend OpenTelemetry traces. Covers SDK Loader Script and npm setup, framework extensions (React, React Native, Angular), Click Analytics, telemetry initializers, and OTel GenAI semantic conventions for agent/tool/model spans emitted from the browser.
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- 2026-10-31
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License: MIT
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What this Skill does
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 correlated to backend OpenTelemetry traces. Covers SDK Loader Script and npm setup, framework extensions (React, React Native, Angular), Click Analytics, telemetry initializers, and OTel GenAI semantic conventions for agent/tool/model spans emitted from the browser.
How the upstream workflow works
Quick Start (npm)
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 in : Loader-only API (queued until SDK loads): trackEvent, trackPageView, trackException, trackTrace, trackDependencyData, trackMetric, trackPageViewPerformance, startTrackPage, stopTrackPage, startTrackEvent, stopTrackEvent, addTelemetryInitializer, setAuthenticatedUserContext, clearAuthenticatedUserContext, flush.
Application Insights JavaScript SDK (Web) for TypeScript
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).
Requirements and setup
Installation
Typings ship with the package — no separate @types/... install needed.
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-jsLimits and quality checks
Common Pitfalls
Do not initialize twice. Re-importing the module under different bundles produces duplicate page views. Use a single shared module export. Initialize before first user input to avoid losing early clicks/exceptions.
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Read further in the source
- Application Insights JavaScript SDK (Web) for TypeScript
- Before Implementation
- Installation
- Connection String
- Quick Start (npm)
- Quick Start (SDK Loader Script)
- Telemetry Initializers (enrichment & filtering)
- Click Analytics
- SPA Route Tracking
- Distributed Tracing (correlate to backend)
- GenAI Agent Traces (OTel semantic conventions)
- Required attribute keys (use the OTel names verbatim)
- Pattern: invoke_agent + nested tool/model spans
- React (TypeScript)
- Performance — Web Vitals
- Cookies & Privacy
- Sampling
- Offline / Send-on-Unload
- Common Pitfalls
- Bundle Size
- Best Practices
- References
Related Skills
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