Overview

This node integrates with the Matomo API to perform various analytics and management operations based on the selected resource and operation. Specifically, for the 'Referrer' resource and 'Get Socials' operation, it retrieves a list of social networks that have referred traffic to a specified site. This is useful for analyzing social media traffic sources and understanding the impact of social networks on website visits.

Use Case Examples

1. A marketing analyst wants to fetch data about which social networks are driving traffic to their website to optimize social media campaigns.
2. A website owner wants to monitor referral traffic from social networks to assess the effectiveness of their social media presence.

Properties

Output

JSON

• referrers - List of social networks referring traffic to the site, including details such as network name, visits, and other 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; missing these will cause authentication errors.
• Verify that the query parameters are valid and supported by the Matomo API for the 'Referrer' resource and 'Get Socials' operation.
• Check network connectivity to the Matomo instance to avoid request failures.
• If the API returns no data, confirm that the site ID and date range parameters correspond to periods with social referral traffic.

Links

• Matomo API Documentation - Referrers.getSocials - Official documentation for the Matomo API method to get social networks referring traffic.