Matomo

Matomo User Language API

The UserLanguage API lets you access reports about your Visitors language setting

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Operations 2

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /index.php?module=API&method=UserLanguage.getLanguage Report visitors by browser language · User language get language #
Ask an LLM
“What languages do my visitors speak, grouped as English, German and so on?”
“Which base language is most common among my site's visitors?”
Tell an agent
Get visitor languages for site {idSite}, {period} {date}.
Break down visits on site {idSite} by base language for {period} {date}.
GET /index.php?module=API&method=UserLanguage.getLanguageCode Report visitors by full locale code · User language get language code #
Ask an LLM
“Can I tell en-US visitors apart from en-GB visitors?”
“Which exact locale codes do my visitors' browsers report?”
Tell an agent
Get visitor locale codes for site {idSite}, {period} {date}.
Break down visits on site {idSite} by full language-region code for {period} {date}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.matomo.org/api-reference/reporting-api
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Documentation
https://developer.matomo.org/api-reference/reporting-api#Live
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Documentation
https://developer.matomo.org/api-reference/reporting-api#Goals
📖
Documentation
https://developer.matomo.org/api-reference/reporting-api-segmentation

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/matomo/refs/heads/main/openapi/matomo-userlanguage-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

matomo-userlanguage-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Matomo Reporting API for plugin User Language API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: The UserLanguage API lets you access reports about your Visitors language setting
servers:
- url: https://demo-proxy.innocraft.cloud/
  description: Current Matomo instance
security:
- MatomoToken: []
tags:
- name: UserLanguage
  description: The UserLanguage API lets you access reports about your Visitors language setting
paths:
  /index.php?module=API&method=UserLanguage.getLanguage:
    get:
      tags:
      - UserLanguage
      description: Returns visitor language metrics grouped by base language code.
      operationId: UserLanguage.getLanguage
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/formatOptional'
      - name: idSite
        in: query
        description: Website ID(s) to query. - Single site ID (e.g. 1) - Multiple site IDs (e.g. [1, 4, 5]) - Comma-separated list ("1,4,5") or "all"
        required: true
        schema:
          oneOf:
          - type: integer
            example: 1
          - type: string
            example: '1'
          - type: array
            items:
              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: 'Visitor language metrics grouped by language code.


            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: User language get language
      x-summary-source: derived
  /index.php?module=API&method=UserLanguage.getLanguageCode:
    get:
      tags:
      - UserLanguage
      description: Returns visitor language metrics grouped by full locale code.
      operationId: UserLanguage.getLanguageCode
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/formatOptional'
      - name: idSite
        in: query
        description: Website ID(s) to query. - Single site ID (e.g. 1) - Multiple site IDs (e.g. [1, 4, 5]) - Comma-separated list ("1,4,5") or "all"
        required: true
        schema:
          oneOf:
          - type: integer
            example: 1
          - type: string
            example: '1'
          - type: array
            items:
              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: 'Visitor language metrics grouped by locale code.


            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: User language get language code
      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/