How to Use the Developer API

Independent Analytics includes a simple developer API for anyone who wants to access their data outside of the analytics dashboard.

As of now, the API includes two simple functions, as documented below.

iawp_analytics(DateTime $from, DateTime $to)

Gets analytics data from the given date range. Includes views, visitors, and sessions.

Parameters

• $from
  • Type: DateTime
  • Required
  • Description: This is the starting date for your selected date range.
• $to
  • Type: DateTime
  • Required
  • Description: This is the ending date for your selected date range.

Return

Returns an IAWP\Public_API\Analytics object with three properties: views, visitors, and sessions.

IAWP\Public_API\Analytics {
  views: 800,
  visitors: 325,
  sessions: 355
}

Example

Here’s how you would get data from the past three days and output the number of views:

$analytics = iawp_analytics(new DateTime('-3 days'), new DateTime());
echo $analytics->views;

iawp_singular_analytics(int $singular_id, DateTime $from, DateTime $to)

Gets analytics data from the given date range for a specific page. Includes views, visitors, and sessions.

Parameters

• $singular_id
  • Type: int
  • Required
  • Description: This is the ID of the page you want to get stats for.
• $from
  • Type: DateTime
  • Required
  • Description: This is the starting date for your selected date range.
• $to
  • Type: DateTime
  • Required
  • Description: This is the ending date for your selected date range.

Return

Returns an IAWP\Public_API\Singular_Analytics object with the three properties: views, visitors, and sessions.

IAWP\Public_API\Singular_Analytics {
  views: 400,
  visitors: 125,
  sessions: 255
}

Example

Here’s how you would get data from the last seven days for a page with an ID of “60” and output the sessions:

$singular_analytics = iawp_singular_analytics(60, new DateTime('-7 days'), new DateTime());
echo $singular_analytics->sessions;

iawp_top_posts(array $arguments)

This function gets the top posts by view count. It returns each post’s ID, title, views, visitors, and sessions.

Arguments:

• post_type
  • Type: string
  • Optional
  • Default: post
  • Description: The post type you want to fetch, such as post or page.
• limit
  • Type: int
  • Optional
  • Default: 10
  • Description: The maximum number of posts to fetch.
• from
  • Type: DateTime
  • Optional
  • Default: 30 days ago
  • Description: The starting date to check from.
• to
  • Type: DateTime
  • Optional
  • Default: today
  • Description: The ending date to check up to
• sort_by
  • Type: string
  • Optional
  • Default: views
  • Description: acceptable values are views, visitors, or sessions

Return

Returns an array of objects, each representing one post. Each object includes the ID, title, views, visitors, and sessions.

array(2) {
  [0]=>
  object(stdClass)#774 (5) {
    ["id"]=>
    int(1270)
    ["title"]=>
    string(14) "This is a Post"
    ["views"]=>
    int(215)
    ["visitors"]=>
    int(172)
    ["sessions"]=>
    int(186)
  }
  [1]=>
  object(stdClass)#776 (5) {
    ["id"]=>
    int(1272)
    ["title"]=>
    string(17) "Another test post"
    ["views"]=>
    int(199)
    ["visitors"]=>
    int(140)
    ["sessions"]=>
    int(153)
  }
}

Example

Here’s how you could get the top 10 posts sorted by visitors from the last 30 days, and create a simple clickable list from them:

$posts = iawp_top_posts([
	'post_type' => 'posts', 
	'limit' => 10, 
	'from' => new DateTime('-30 days'), 
	'to' => new DateTime('now'), 
	'sort_by' => 'visitors'
]);

<div>
  <ul>
    <?php foreach($posts as $post) {
      echo '<li>';
      echo '<a href="'. get_permalink($post->id) .'">'. $post->title .'</a>';
      echo ' ('. $post->views .' Views)';
      echo '</li>';
    } ?>
  </ul>
</div>