GoatCounter Export API
The export API from GoatCounter — 3 operation(s) for export.
The export API from GoatCounter — 3 operation(s) for export.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: GoatCounter Export API
description: <p>Reference documentation for the <a href="https://www.goatcounter.com">GoatCounter</a> API.</p> <p>See <a href="/help/api">/help/api</a> for a more general introduction and a few examples.</p> <p>Viewing this documentation at https://[my-code].goatcounter.com/api2.html (rather than using the www.goatcounter.com) enables the "try" feature.</p>
version: '0.1'
contact:
name: Martin Tournoij
url: https://www.goatcounter.com/help/api
email: support@goatcounter.com
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: export
paths:
/api/v0/export:
post:
description: 'This starts a new export in the background; this can only be done once an
hour.'
operationId: POST_api_v0_export
responses:
'202':
description: 202 Accepted
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/v2.Export'
'400':
description: 400 Bad Request
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/handlers.apiError'
'401':
description: 401 Unauthorized
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/handlers.authError'
'403':
description: 403 Forbidden
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/handlers.authError'
summary: Start a new export in the background.
tags:
- export
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/handlers.apiExportRequest'
required: true
/api/v0/export/{id}:
get:
operationId: GET_api_v0_export_{id}
parameters:
- in: path
name: id
required: true
schema:
type: integer
responses:
'200':
description: 200 OK
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/v2.Export'
'400':
description: 400 Bad Request
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/handlers.apiError'
'401':
description: 401 Unauthorized
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/handlers.authError'
'403':
description: 403 Forbidden
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/handlers.authError'
summary: Get details about an export.
tags:
- export
/api/v0/export/{id}/download:
get:
description: 'The export may take a while to generate, depending on the size. It will
return a 202 Accepted status code if the export ID is still running.
Export files are kept for 24 hours, after which they''re deleted. This will
return a 400 Gone status code if the export has been deleted.'
operationId: GET_api_v0_export_{id}_download
parameters:
- in: path
name: id
required: true
schema:
type: integer
responses:
'200':
description: 200 OK (text/csv data)
'202':
description: 202 Accepted
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/handlers.apiError'
text/csv:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/handlers.apiError'
'400':
description: 400 Bad Request
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/handlers.apiError'
text/csv:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/handlers.apiError'
'401':
description: 401 Unauthorized
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/handlers.authError'
text/csv:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/handlers.authError'
'403':
description: 403 Forbidden
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/handlers.authError'
text/csv:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/handlers.authError'
summary: Download an export file.
tags:
- export
components:
schemas:
handlers.apiError:
title: apiError
description: 'Generic API error. An error will have either the "error" or "errors"
field set, but not both.'
type: object
properties:
error:
type: string
errors:
type: object
v2.Export:
title: Export
type: object
properties:
created_at:
type: string
format: date-time
readOnly: true
error:
description: Any errors that may have occured.
type: string
readOnly: true
finished_at:
type: string
format: date-time
readOnly: true
format:
description: Export format, csv or json.
type: string
readOnly: true
hash:
description: SHA256 hash.
type: string
readOnly: true
id:
type: integer
readOnly: true
last_hit_id:
description: Last hit ID that was exported; can be used as start_from_hit_id.
type: integer
readOnly: true
num_rows:
type: integer
readOnly: true
site_id:
type: integer
readOnly: true
size:
description: File size in MB.
type: string
readOnly: true
start_from_day:
description: The day this export was started from, for JSON exports.
type: string
format: date-time
start_from_hit_id:
description: The hit ID this export was started from, for CSV exports.
type: integer
handlers.apiExportRequest:
title: apiExportRequest
type: object
properties:
format:
description: Export format, defaults to csv.
type: string
enum:
- 'enum:'
- csv
- json
start_from_day:
description: The day to start this export from, for JSON exports.
type: string
format: date-time
start_from_hit_id:
description: Pagination cursor for CSV; only export hits with an ID greater than this.
type: integer
handlers.authError:
title: authError
description: 'Authentication error: the API key was not provided or incorrect.'
type: object
properties:
Error:
type: string
securitySchemes:
basicAuth:
type: http
scheme: basic