# Matomo API Reference API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/matomo/matomo-apireference-api/  
**Provider:** Matomo — https://apis.io/providers/matomo/  
**Base URL:** https://{matomo_host}/index.php  
**Documentation:** https://developer.matomo.org/api-reference/reporting-api

Matomo API Reference API is one of 61 APIs that [Matomo](https://apis.io/providers/matomo/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include API Reference. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

Provides Reporting API endpoints for reading OpenAPI plugin configuration and specifications. Exposes endpoints to return the effective plugin list for spec generation, read pre-generated spec files, or generate plugin OpenAPI specifications on demand.

## Operations (3)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/index.php?module=API&method=ApiReference.getAllowedPlugins` | — |
| GET | `/index.php?module=API&method=ApiReference.getAllowedPluginMetadata` | — |
| GET | `/index.php?module=API&method=ApiReference.getOpenApiSpec` | — |

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/matomo/refs/heads/main/openapi/matomo-apireference-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://developer.matomo.org/api-reference/reporting-api
- **Documentation** — https://developer.matomo.org/api-reference/reporting-api#Live
- **Documentation** — https://developer.matomo.org/api-reference/reporting-api#Goals
- **Documentation** — https://developer.matomo.org/api-reference/reporting-api-segmentation

## Other Matomo APIs (12)

- [Matomo Reporting API (index.php entrypoint)](https://apis.io/apis/matomo/matomo-index-php-api/)
- [Matomo Tracking API (matomo.php entrypoint)](https://apis.io/apis/matomo/matomo-matomo-php-api/)
- [Matomo Ab Testing API](https://apis.io/apis/matomo/matomo-abtesting-api/)
- [Matomo Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/matomo/matomo-actions-api/)
- [Matomo Activity Log API](https://apis.io/apis/matomo/matomo-activitylog-api/)
- [Matomo Advertising Conversion Export API](https://apis.io/apis/matomo/matomo-advertisingconversionexport-api/)
- [Matomo Annotations API](https://apis.io/apis/matomo/matomo-annotations-api/)
- [Matomo API](https://apis.io/apis/matomo/matomo-api-api/)
- [Matomo Bandwidth API](https://apis.io/apis/matomo/matomo-bandwidth-api/)
- [Matomo Cohorts API](https://apis.io/apis/matomo/matomo-cohorts-api/)
- [Matomo Contents API](https://apis.io/apis/matomo/matomo-contents-api/)
- [Matomo Core Admin Home API](https://apis.io/apis/matomo/matomo-coreadminhome-api/)

## Tags

API Reference

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