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Overview

This node integrates with the Matomo API to perform various analytics and management operations. Specifically, the 'Action' resource with the 'Get Outlink' operation retrieves metrics for a specific outlink URL, allowing users to analyze external link clicks on their website. This node is useful for web analytics, marketing analysis, and user behavior tracking, providing detailed insights into how users interact with external links on a site.

Use Case Examples

  1. A marketing analyst wants to track how many users clicked on a specific external link to measure campaign effectiveness.
  2. A website owner wants to analyze outlink click metrics to optimize outbound traffic and improve user engagement.

Properties

Name Meaning
Query Parameters Collection of optional parameters to customize the API request, such as filtering by site ID, date, period, and other Matomo-specific options.

Output

JSON

  • json - The JSON response from the Matomo API containing metrics for the specified outlink URL.

Dependencies

  • Requires Matomo API credentials including domain URL and authentication token.

Troubleshooting

  • Ensure that the Matomo domain and authentication token are correctly configured; missing these will cause an error.
  • Verify that the query parameters are correctly set according to Matomo API documentation to avoid invalid requests.
  • Check network connectivity and Matomo server availability if requests fail.
  • If the API returns an error, review the error message for details and adjust parameters accordingly.

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