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+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { TestApiProvider } from '@backstage/test-utils';
+import React from 'react';
+import { BackstageRouteObject } from './types';
+import { fireEvent, render, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { RouteTracker } from './RouteTracker';
+import { Link, MemoryRouter, Route, Routes } from 'react-router-dom';
+import {
+  AnalyticsApi,
+  analyticsApiRef,
+  createRouteRef,
+} from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
+
+describe('RouteTracker', () => {
+  const routeRef1 = createRouteRef({
+    id: 'route1',
+  });
+  const routeRef2 = createRouteRef({
+    id: 'route2',
+  });
+
+  const routeObjects: BackstageRouteObject[] = [
+    {
+      path: '/path/:p1/:p2',
+      element: <Link to="/path2/hello">go</Link>,
+      routeRefs: new Set([routeRef1]),
+      caseSensitive: false,
+    },
+    {
+      path: '/path2/:param',
+      element: <div>hi there</div>,
+      routeRefs: new Set([routeRef2]),
+      caseSensitive: false,
+    },
+  ];
+
+  const mockedAnalytics: jest.Mocked<AnalyticsApi> = {
+    captureEvent: jest.fn(),
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('should capture the navigate event on load', async () => {
+    render(
+      <MemoryRouter initialEntries={['/path/foo/bar']}>
+        <TestApiProvider apis={[[analyticsApiRef, mockedAnalytics]]}>
+          <RouteTracker routeObjects={routeObjects} />
+        </TestApiProvider>
+      </MemoryRouter>,
+    );
+
+    expect(mockedAnalytics.captureEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      action: 'navigate',
+      attributes: {
+        p1: 'foo',
+        p2: 'bar',
+      },
+      context: {
+        extension: 'App',
+        pluginId: 'root',
+        routeRef: 'route1',
+      },
+      subject: '/path/foo/bar',
+      value: undefined,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should capture the navigate event on route change', async () => {
+    const { getByText } = render(
+      <MemoryRouter initialEntries={['/path/foo/bar']}>
+        <TestApiProvider apis={[[analyticsApiRef, mockedAnalytics]]}>
+          <RouteTracker routeObjects={routeObjects} />
+
+          <Routes>
+            {routeObjects.map(({ routeRefs, ...props }) => (
+              <Route {...props} key={props.path} />
+            ))}
+          </Routes>
+        </TestApiProvider>
+      </MemoryRouter>,
+    );
+
+    fireEvent.click(getByText('go'));
+
+    expect(mockedAnalytics.captureEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      action: 'navigate',
+      attributes: {
+        param: 'hello',
+      },
+      context: {
+        extension: 'App',
+        pluginId: 'root',
+        routeRef: 'route2',
+      },
+      subject: '/path2/hello',
+      value: undefined,
+    });
+  });
+});