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Overview

This node integrates with the Matomo API to perform various analytics and management operations related to website tracking and data analysis. Specifically, for the 'Action' resource and 'Get Site Search Categories' operation, it retrieves search categories and their associated metrics for a specified site. This is useful for analyzing internal site search behavior, understanding what categories users are searching within, and optimizing site search functionality.

Use Case Examples

  1. A marketing analyst wants to retrieve site search categories to understand which product categories users are most interested in.
  2. A website administrator needs to fetch search category metrics to improve the internal search engine and enhance user experience.

Properties

Name Meaning
Query Parameters Collection of optional parameters to filter or specify the data to retrieve, such as site ID, date range, segment filters, and other Matomo API query options.

Output

JSON

  • json - The JSON response from the Matomo API containing site search categories and their metrics.

Dependencies

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

Troubleshooting

  • Ensure that the Matomo domain URL and authentication token are correctly configured in the node credentials; missing these will cause an error.
  • Verify that the query parameters are correctly formatted and valid according to Matomo API documentation to avoid API errors.
  • If the API response is empty or unexpected, check the site ID and date parameters to ensure data exists for the specified criteria.

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