piwik

Track hits and access a Piwik API with Node.js

• node.js
• Piwik
• API documentation

Example

const piwik = require ('piwik').setup ('https://example.tld/piwik/', 'abc123');
 
// track a pageview
piwik.track (
  {
    idsite:      1,
    url:         'http://mysite.tld/some/page',
    action_name: 'Page Title',
    _cvar:       { '1': ['group', 'customer'] }
  },
  console.log
);

Installation

npm i piwik --save

.setup

( baseURL, [token], [timeout] )

In order to use this module you need to start with setup().

argument	type	required	description
baseURL	string	yes	The URL to your Piwik installation. Both HTTP and HTTPS are supported.
token	string	no	Your API access token. Either set token or include token_auth in the baseURL.
timeout	integer	no	Request wait time out in ms, default 5000 (5 seconds).

const piwik = require ('piwik') .setup ('https://example.tld/piwik/', 'abc123');

.api

( vars, callback )

Call an API method.

argument	type	required	description
vars	object	yes	see documentiation
callback	function	yes	function (err, data)

Reporting API docs

// page urls for today
piwik.api (
  {
    method:   'Actions.getPageUrls',
    idSite:   1,
    period:   'day',
    date:     'today'
  },
  console.log
);

.track

( vars, callback )

Track a hit.

argument	type	required	description
vars	object or array	yes	see documentation
callback	function	no	function (err, data)

Tracking API docs

// track a pageview
piwik.track (
  {
    idsite:      1,
    url:         'http://mysite.tld/some/page',
    action_name: 'Page Title',
    _cvar:       { '1': ['group', 'customer'] }
  },
  console.log
);
 
// track many at once (log import)
piwik.track (
  [
    {
      idsite:      1,
      url:         'http://mysite.tld/some/page',
      action_name: 'Page Title',
    },
    {
      idsite:      1,
      url:         'http://mysite.tld/blog/123-hello',
      action_name: 'Hello World',
    }
  ],
  console.log
);

.loadSpammers

( callback )

Retrieve referrer spammers blocklist maintained by Piwik as an array.

Open source list

Disclaimer: the example below is intended only for educational purposes. ;)

const Kira = require ('Kira');
const revenge = new Kira ();
 
piwik.loadSpammers (function (err, list) {
  if (err) { return console.log (err); }
 
  // Destroy them all
  list.forEach (function (target) {
    revenge.kill ('http://'+ target, 200, 10000);
  });
});

Callback and Errors

The callback function receives two parameters: err and data. When an error occurs err is an instance of Error. When all is good err is null and data is set.

message	description	additional
request failed	Request cannot be made	see err.error
http error	HTTP error	err.code and err.body
api error	API error	err.text
track failed	Track method failed	err.data

piwik.api (props, function (err, data) {
  if (err) {
    console.log (err);
    return;
  }
 
  console.log (data);
});

Unlicense

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.

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Author

Franklin van de Meent