Actions.getEntryPageUrls does not work?

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Hello,

I just try to get some statistic data from my website. I use the following URL:

http://my.host/piwik/index.php?module=API&idSite=1&method=Actions.getEntryPageUrls&period=day&date=yesterday&format=xml&idSubtable=11&token_auth=something

The problem is, I get a result, but it’s the wrong report. It’s exactly the same result like

http://my.host/piwik/index.php?module=API&idSite=1&method=Actions.getPageUrls&period=day&date=yesterday&format=xml&idSubtable=11&token_auth=something

Also the URL

http://my.host/piwik/index.php?module=API&idSite=1&method=Actions.getExitPageUrls&period=day&date=yesterday&format=xml&idSubtable=11&token_auth=something

delivers the same result.

Can somebody tell me what I am doing wrong? When I look an the statistics with the Webinterface, everythink works fine and the results are correct.

You can also check it at the Piwik demo site:

http://demo.piwik.org/?module=API&method=Actions.getEntryPageUrls&idSite=7&period=day&date=today&format=xml&token_auth=anonymous
http://demo.piwik.org/?module=API&method=Actions.getExitPageUrls&idSite=7&period=day&date=today&format=xml&token_auth=anonymous
http://demo.piwik.org/?module=API&method=Actions.getPageUrls&idSite=7&period=day&date=today&format=xml&token_auth=anonymous

Everything is the same…

Thanks, Harald

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The entry page URLs report, filters out pages that are not entry pages.

The exit page URLs report filters out (removes) pages that are not exit pages.

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How entry pages are filtered ?

I don’t understand, how entry_nb_visits can be equal to 0 in entry page report. Do you not use this metric and entry_bounce_count for filtrer entry page?
In
https://demo.matomo.cloud/?module=API&method=API.getProcessedReport&idSite=1&date=2023-11-01,2023-11-30&period=month&apiModule=Actions&apiAction=getEntryPageUrls&format=json&token_auth=anonymous&language=fr&flat=1&format_metrics=1

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Hi @Nxb
This is the number of time a user started the visit by this page… Why couldn’t it be 0 for this page, as other pages are entry pages?

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Yes, @heurteph-ei this page is in the entry page report, so it supposed to be an entry page… and
an entry page is the first page a user sees during their visit. Ok but
entry_nb_visits is the number of visits that started on this page.

This mean a visit started in an other page of an other site, but the user see this page as first page of this site ? I don’t get it.

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Hi @Nxb
You’re right, this page should not appear in the entry page report, as it is not…
@innocraft, any idea?
@Nxb maybe you can create an issue in the GitHub repo:

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Base on the lable on the screenshot you sent us, it shows “/my-account/payment-methods/”. Most of the websites I encountered, they will only reach this page once they are able to select a product they want to purchase. Therefor, there is a small chance that this is an entry page. Could you please give us the full URL so we can visit it and test it as an entry page?

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