Matomo Insights API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Matomo Reporting API for plugin Insights API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Provides API methods for insight and mover/shaker comparisons between report periods.
servers:
- url: https://demo-proxy.innocraft.cloud/
  description: Current Matomo instance
security:
- MatomoToken: []
tags:
- name: Insights
  description: Provides API methods for insight and mover/shaker comparisons between report periods.
paths:
  /index.php?module=API&method=Insights.canGenerateInsights:
    get:
      tags:
      - Insights
      description: Detects whether insights can be generated for this date/period combination or not.
      operationId: Insights.canGenerateInsights
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/formatOptional'
      - name: date
        in: query
        description: The date or date range to process. 'YYYY-MM-DD', magic keywords (today, yesterday, lastWeek, lastMonth, lastYear), or date range (ie, 'YYYY-MM-DD,YYYY-MM-DD', lastX, previousX).
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          example: yesterday
      - name: period
        in: query
        description: The period to process, processes data for the period containing the specified date.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - day
          - week
          - month
          - year
          - range
          example: day
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'Whether a previous comparison period exists for the requested date/period combination.


            Example responses require Super User access. Use Try it out to see a live response.'
          content:
            text/xml: []
            application/json: []
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/DefaultError'
      summary: Insights can generate insights
      x-summary-source: derived
  /index.php?module=API&method=Insights.getInsightsOverview:
    get:
      tags:
      - Insights
      description: Generates insights for a set of reports. Plugins can add their own reports to be included in the insights overview by listening to the {@hook Insights.addReportToOverview} event.
      operationId: Insights.getInsightsOverview
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/formatOptional'
      - name: idSite
        in: query
        description: The numeric ID of the website to query.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          example: 1
      - name: period
        in: query
        description: The period to process, processes data for the period containing the specified date.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - day
          - week
          - month
          - year
          - range
          example: day
      - name: date
        in: query
        description: The date or date range to process. 'YYYY-MM-DD', magic keywords (today, yesterday, lastWeek, lastMonth, lastYear), or date range (ie, 'YYYY-MM-DD,YYYY-MM-DD', lastX, previousX).
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          example: yesterday
      - name: segment
        in: query
        description: 'Custom segment to filter the report. Example: "referrerName==example.com" Supports AND (;) and OR (,) operators.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'Insight tables for every report included in the overview.


            Example responses require Super User access. Use Try it out to see a live response.'
          content:
            text/xml: []
            application/json: []
            application/vnd.ms-excel: []
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/DefaultError'
      summary: Insights get insights overview
      x-summary-source: derived
  /index.php?module=API&method=Insights.getMoversAndShakersOverview:
    get:
      tags:
      - Insights
      description: Detects the movers and shakers for a set of reports. Plugins can add their own reports to be included in this overview by listening to the {@hook Insights.addReportToOverview} event.
      operationId: Insights.getMoversAndShakersOverview
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/formatOptional'
      - name: idSite
        in: query
        description: The numeric ID of the website to query.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          example: 1
      - name: period
        in: query
        description: The period to process, processes data for the period containing the specified date.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - day
          - week
          - month
          - year
          - range
          example: day
      - name: date
        in: query
        description: The date or date range to process. 'YYYY-MM-DD', magic keywords (today, yesterday, lastWeek, lastMonth, lastYear), or date range (ie, 'YYYY-MM-DD,YYYY-MM-DD', lastX, previousX).
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          example: yesterday
      - name: segment
        in: query
        description: 'Custom segment to filter the report. Example: "referrerName==example.com" Supports AND (;) and OR (,) operators.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'Movers-and-shakers tables for every report included in the overview.


            Example responses require Super User access. Use Try it out to see a live response.'
          content:
            text/xml: []
            application/json: []
            application/vnd.ms-excel: []
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/DefaultError'
      summary: Insights get movers and shakers overview
      x-summary-source: derived
  /index.php?module=API&method=Insights.getMoversAndShakers:
    get:
      tags:
      - Insights
      description: Detects the movers and shakers of a given date / report combination. A mover and shakers has an higher impact than other rows on average. For instance if a sites pageviews increase by 10% a page that increased by 40% at the same time contributed significantly more to the success than the average of 10%.
      operationId: Insights.getMoversAndShakers
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/formatOptional'
      - name: idSite
        in: query
        description: The numeric ID of the website to query.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          example: 1
      - name: period
        in: query
        description: The period to process, processes data for the period containing the specified date.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - day
          - week
          - month
          - year
          - range
          example: day
      - name: date
        in: query
        description: The date or date range to process. 'YYYY-MM-DD', magic keywords (today, yesterday, lastWeek, lastMonth, lastYear), or date range (ie, 'YYYY-MM-DD,YYYY-MM-DD', lastX, previousX).
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          example: yesterday
      - name: reportUniqueId
        in: query
        description: Report identifier, for example `Actions_getPageUrls`.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          example: VisitsSummary_get
      - name: segment
        in: query
        description: 'Custom segment to filter the report. Example: "referrerName==example.com" Supports AND (;) and OR (,) operators.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: comparedToXPeriods
        in: query
        description: Number of past periods to compare against.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      - name: limitIncreaser
        in: query
        description: Maximum number of positive movers to include. `0` excludes them.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 4
      - name: limitDecreaser
        in: query
        description: Maximum number of negative movers to include. `0` excludes them.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 4
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'Movers-and-shakers rows for the requested report.


            Example responses require Super User access. Use Try it out to see a live response.'
          content:
            text/xml: []
            application/json: []
            application/vnd.ms-excel: []
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/DefaultError'
      summary: Insights get movers and shakers
      x-summary-source: derived
  /index.php?module=API&method=Insights.getInsights:
    get:
      tags:
      - Insights
      description: Generates insights by comparing the report for a given date/period with a different date and calculating the difference. The API can exclude rows which growth is not good enough or did not have enough impact.
      operationId: Insights.getInsights
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/formatOptional'
      - name: idSite
        in: query
        description: The numeric ID of the website to query.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          example: 1
      - name: period
        in: query
        description: The period to process, processes data for the period containing the specified date.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - day
          - week
          - month
          - year
          - range
          example: day
      - name: date
        in: query
        description: The date or date range to process. 'YYYY-MM-DD', magic keywords (today, yesterday, lastWeek, lastMonth, lastYear), or date range (ie, 'YYYY-MM-DD,YYYY-MM-DD', lastX, previousX).
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          example: yesterday
      - name: reportUniqueId
        in: query
        description: Report identifier, for example `Actions_getPageUrls`.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          example: VisitsSummary_get
      - name: segment
        in: query
        description: 'Custom segment to filter the report. Example: "referrerName==example.com" Supports AND (;) and OR (,) operators.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limitIncreaser
        in: query
        description: Maximum number of positive movers to include. `0` excludes them.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 5
      - name: limitDecreaser
        in: query
        description: Maximum number of negative movers to include. `0` excludes them.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 5
      - name: filterBy
        in: query
        description: Optional filter for mover type.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: ''
          enum:
          - ''
          - movers
          - new
          - disappeared
      - name: minImpactPercent
        in: query
        description: Minimum impact threshold in percent.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 2
      - name: minGrowthPercent
        in: query
        description: Minimum growth threshold in percent compared to the previous period.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 20
      - name: comparedToXPeriods
        in: query
        description: Number of past periods to compare against.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      - name: orderBy
        in: query
        description: Row ordering mode.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: absolute
          enum:
          - absolute
          - relative
          - importance
      responses:
        '200':
          description: 'Insight rows for the requested report.


            Example responses require Super User access. Use Try it out to see a live response.'
          content:
            text/xml: []
            application/json: []
            application/vnd.ms-excel: []
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/DefaultError'
      summary: Insights get insights
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  responses:
    Forbidden:
      description: Authenticated but not allowed to access the resource.
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            type: string
          example: 'Error: Not authorised.'
        text/html:
          schema:
            type: string
          example: Not authorised.
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        application/xml:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorXml'
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request (validation or missing parameters).
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            type: string
          example: 'Error: There was an error.'
        text/html:
          schema:
            type: string
          example: There was an error.
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        application/xml:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorXml'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found.
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            type: string
          example: 'Error: The method is not available.'
        text/html:
          schema:
            type: string
          example: The method is not available.
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        application/xml:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorXml'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication failed or missing token.
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            type: string
          example: 'Error: You must be logged in to access this functionality.'
        text/html:
          schema:
            type: string
          example: You must be logged in to access this functionality.
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        application/xml:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorXml'
    ServerError:
      description: Unexpected server error.
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            type: string
          example: 'Error: There was an error.'
        text/html:
          schema:
            type: string
          example: There was an error.
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        application/xml:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorXml'
    DefaultError:
      description: Default error response (any non-2xx).
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            type: string
          example: 'Error: There was an error.'
        text/html:
          schema:
            type: string
          example: There was an error.
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        application/xml:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorXml'
  schemas:
    ErrorXml:
      description: Generic Matomo error payload in XML.
      properties:
        error:
          properties:
            message:
              type: string
              xml:
                attribute: true
              example: There was an error
          type: object
          xml:
            name: error
      type: object
      xml:
        name: result
    Error:
      description: Generic Matomo error payload.
      required:
      - result
      - message
      properties:
        result:
          type: string
          example: error
        message:
          type: string
          example: There was an error
        code:
          type: integer
      type: object
      additionalProperties: true
  parameters:
    formatOptional:
      name: format
      in: query
      description: Response format. Defaults to `xml`. Use `original` to get the original PHP data structure.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        default: xml
        enum:
        - xml
        - json
        - csv
        - tsv
        - html
        - rss
        - original
  securitySchemes:
    MatomoToken:
      type: http
      description: Paste your token generated from Personal > Security. Swagger will send it as a Bearer token.
      scheme: bearer
externalDocs:
  description: Matomo Reporting API developer page
  url: https://developer.matomo.org/api-reference/reporting-api/