integration recipe · Typeform → GA4
Send Typeform form submissions to GA4, server-side.
A Typeform form submission happens off your page, where no pixel fires. Point Typeform at a TracerKit webhook and it reaches GA4's Measurement Protocol with the visitor's click ids and hashed email — no code, and verified end to end.
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Raw email and phone are hashed before anything is stored. IP and user agent ride only the delivery, never the event log.
set it up
Three steps. No deploy.
Create the webhook in TracerKit
On your site's page in the dashboard, add a conversion webhook with the Typeform preset. You get a URL once — it's the only credential, and only its hash is stored.
Paste it into Typeform
In the form's Connect → Webhooks panel, add a webhook and paste your TracerKit URL. Typeform sends form_response events; everything else is ignored.
Connect GA4 with server-side forwarding on
Add GA4 as a destination with the property's Measurement ID (G-…) and a Measurement Protocol API secret from the data stream, and turn on server-side forwarding. From the next form_submitted onward, every conversion is enqueued to GA4's Measurement Protocol.
join the visitor
Add a hidden field named tk_aid and pass the visitor's TracerKit id into it (the loader exposes it as tracerkit.anonymousId, so ?tk_aid=… on the form link does it). That joins the submission to the visitor's click ids directly instead of by email.
Sites that enforce per-field consent skip this join: the conversion then carries only what Typeform sent, with no click ids from the visit.
sign the webhook
Set a secret in the same Typeform webhook panel and paste it into the hook. TracerKit verifies the Typeform-Signature header on every delivery. Until a secret is set, the unguessable URL is the only credential.
why server-side
GA4 can only optimise on what it receives.
It arrives even when the pixel didn't fire.
The conversion comes from Typeform's servers, so blockers, ITP and a visitor who closed the tab before the thank-you page loaded don't lose it.
It matches to a real visit.
GA4 stitches the event to the visitor's session using the client and session ids the loader captured, so the conversion lands in the same user journey as the page views.
It's counted once.
Send the conversion server-side only (not also from gtag) and GA4 counts it once, in the right session.
You can prove it happened.
Most tools stop at "sent". TracerKit records each delivery's outcome and reconciles what it observed against what GA4 reports, so a silent break shows up as drift, not as a bad quarter.
questions
Asked and answered.
Do I need a developer?+
No. Creating the webhook and pasting the URL into Typeform is the whole install. Threading the visitor id through is one optional line if you want direct click-id matching instead of email matching.
Will this double count against my GA4 pixel?+
Send the conversion server-side only (not also from gtag) and GA4 counts it once, in the right session.
What if the visitor blocked the pixel?+
That's the point of server-side. The Typeform conversion arrives from Typeform's servers, not the visitor's browser, so ad blockers and ITP never see it. TracerKit matches it back to the visitor's landing visit by the hashed email or the visitor id you threaded through.
How do I know it's working?+
Each webhook shows when it last received a delivery, every forwarded event shows its delivery status per destination, and reconciliation compares what TracerKit observed against what GA4 reports — so drift is a number you see, not a hunch.
What does it cost?+
Server-side forwarding is on the Server-side tier at a flat monthly price per site. There is no per-conversion metering, so a busy checkout day never becomes a surprise bill.
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