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Overview

This node integrates with the Matomo API to perform various analytics operations based on the selected resource and operation. Specifically, for the 'Referrer' resource and the 'Get Number Of Distinct Websites URLs' operation, it retrieves the count of distinct URLs from referrer websites for a specified site. This is useful for analyzing the diversity of referral traffic sources to a website. Users can specify query parameters to filter or customize the API request.

Use Case Examples

  1. A marketing analyst wants to know how many unique URLs from referrer websites have directed traffic to their site in the last month to assess referral diversity.
  2. A website owner wants to track the number of distinct referrer URLs to understand the breadth of their site's reach across the web.

Properties

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

Output

JSON

  • json - The JSON response from the Matomo API containing the count of distinct website URLs from referrers.

Dependencies

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

Troubleshooting

  • Ensure that the Matomo domain URL and authentication token are correctly configured; missing these will cause authentication errors.
  • Verify that the query parameters are correctly formatted and valid according to Matomo API documentation to avoid request errors.
  • If the API response is empty or unexpected, check the site ID and date range parameters to ensure data availability.

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