Hi,
I’m hoping to get help with the bandwidth plugin.
I’ve got a Matomo install working well. I installed the bandwidth plugin and was hoping to see results. After they didn’t show up for a while, I checked the plugin to make sure it was activated. It is.
Then I saw the FAQ (posted below)
Unfortunately, I can’t make sense of this. The log importer link is out of date and the HTTP Tracking API seems to go into more detail than I need.
I’m looking for some guidance on how to add the this to the Tracking API. I haven’t messed with the Tracking API before, just running it as it came and using the WP-Matomo plugin in WordPress using “default tracking” in the tracking code.
I’d also appreciate some clarity on this:
you can specify the bandwidth in bytes by appending the URL parameter
bw_bytes=1234
to the tracking URL. In this case a bandwidth of 1234 bytes will be tracked.
Does this mean setting a sort of “default” connection speed to measure against?
Thanks!
Bandwidth FAQ copy and pasted here for convenience
How can I track the bandwidth?
Log analytics:
The bandwidth will be automatically tracked when using the log importer as long as your log format is supported.
Tracking API:
If you are using the HTTP Tracking API you can specify the bandwidth in bytes by appending the URL parameter
bw_bytes=1234
to the tracking URL. In this case a bandwidth of 1234 bytes will be tracked.Which actions support tracking of bandwidth?
Pageviews (Page URLs and Page Titles) as well as Downloads.
In which reports is the used bandwidth displayed?
- Page URLs
- Page Titles
- Downloads
All reports will show a column
Average Bandwidth
andSum Bandwidth
The “Visitors => Overview” report shows a total bandwidth overview and it is possible to view the evolution over period.
Which APIs does this plugin define or enrich?
There is a report
Bandwidth.get
returning the total bandwidth (across all actions).It also enriches varies reports such as
Actions.get
,Actions.getPageUrls
,Actions.getPageTitles
andActions.getDownloads
. For example it adds columns such asavg_bandwidth
,sum_bandwidth
,min_bandwidth
,max_bandwidth
to each page view.Why are the bandwidth columns are not displayed in the UI?
Make sure the Bandwidth plugin is activated by going to
Administration => Plugins
. Also the bandwidth columns are not displayed if no bandwidth was tracked in the current selected month.Is it possible to track bandwidth using the Matomo (Piwik) JavaScript Tracker?
Yes, you can set the
bw_bytes
value manually in JavaScript using_paq.push(['appendToTrackingUrl', 'bw_bytes=1234');
to track the bandwidth of your pages.