fvdm / nodejs-piwik

Access a Matomo (Piwik) API from node.js

piwik (Matomo)

Track hits and access a Matomo API with Node.js

The package is named after the previous name of Matomo. I don't feel like changing the name, because people are using it in their apps.

• Node.js
• Matomo
• API documentation
• Release notes

DEPRECATION NOTICE

This package is too old to modernize. Since there are much better modern alternatives available, the code with not be updated anymore. The GitHub repo will be archived.

Example

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

// track a pageview
matomo.track(
  {
    idsite:      1,
    url:         'https://mysite.tld/some/page',
    action_name: 'Page Title',
    _cvar:       { '1': ['group', 'customer'] },
  },
  console.log
);

Installation

npm install piwik

.setup

( baseURL, [token], [timeout] )

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

argument	type	description
baseURL	string	The URL to your Matomo installation. Both HTTP and HTTPS are supported.
[token]	string	Your API access token. Either set token or include token_auth in the baseURL.
[timeout]	integer	Wait time in ms, default 5000 (5 seconds).

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

.api

( vars, callback )

Call an API method.

argument	type	description
vars	object	see documentation
callback	function	(err, data)

Reporting API docs

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

.track

( vars, callback )

Track a hit.

argument	type	description
vars	object or array	see documentation
[callback]	function	(err, data)

Tracking API docs

// track a pageview
matomo.track(
  {
    idsite:      1,
    url:         'https://mysite.tld/some/page',
    action_name: 'Page Title',
    _cvar:       { '1': ['group', 'customer'] },
  },
  console.log
);

// track many at once (log import)
matomo.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 Matomo as an array.

Open source list

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

matomo.api( props, ( 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.

In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this software under copyright law.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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Author

Franklin | Buy me a coffee

nodejs-piwik's Issues

Cannot resolve module 'fs' in ...httpreq/lib

Adding

var piwik = require('piwik');

makes webpack go:

ERROR in .//piwik//httpreq/lib/httpreq.js
Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve module 'fs' in /home/user/workspace/project/node_modules/piwik/node_modules/httpreq/lib
@ .//piwik//httpreq/lib/httpreq.js 31:9-22 187:18-31

Any idea why?

v1 requires trailing slash on URL - previous versions didn't

This creates unnecessary incompatibility between the versions.

Solution would be to test the baseURL for a trailing slash and add one if not present. It is surprising that httpreq doesn't do this already.

Crash on no res

I'm hammering this with ab, piwik works on a small machine. Sometimes mysql goes offline, and piwik goes too. So no response returns without error and it crashes like this

/Users/xxxxx/Documents/workspace/xxxxx/node_modules/piwik/piwik.js:162
data = res.body;
^
TypeError: Cannot read property 'body' of undefined

I added a control to if there is a res or not.

if (res) {
    try {
        data = JSON.parse (res.body);
        if (data.result && data.result === 'error') {
          error = new Error ('api error');
          error.text = data.message || null;
        }
      }
      catch (e) {
        data = res.body;
      }

      if (res.statusCode >= 300) {
        error = new Error ('http error');
        error.code = res.statusCode;
        error.body = data;
      }
  }

so it stopped crashing.