Using the Piwik API and Adobe AIR: interesting use cases
When you use Piwik, you own your web analytics data. All the data is stored in your database, and you can access it via the Piwik API (see an example of how to use the API).
Some Piwik users are making interesting use of the API. We recently heard of two different projects that show your web analytics reports in an Adobe AIR interface for slick reporting, on your desktop.
1) Desktop Web Analytics project (official website)
Benoit Pouzet, a french Piwik user, has built a (beta) Desktop Web Analytics – for Piwik. He has integrated nearly all the available reports in the UI!
He has also built new features like showing a world map of where your visitors are from:
The application calls the API to load the data in XML, and then processes it using the Adobe AIR framework. The result is a slick and new way of quickly checking your analytics. The app also handles several websites just like Piwik. You can install it in one click, it will add a shortcut on your desktop, and try it using the default profile loading data from the Piwik demo.
Good luck to Benoit for Desktop Web Analytics – for Piwik! See the website for more screenshots and information.
2) Piwik Connector (official website)
Tino Goetz has written a more simple AIR app, that lets you quickly visualize how many visitors come to all your Piwik websites, per hour, day. You can download the app on the website piwik connector.
Good luck to both Benoit and Tino for improving their Piwik AIR apps!
This entry was posted by Piwik team on Friday, October 24th, 2008 ; category Community, Plugins ; RSS comments.
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October 26th, 2008 7:48 am
[...] My favourite web analytics software Piwik just got desktop integration. [...]
October 26th, 2008 9:08 pm
[...] auch bei Piwik etwas getan.Leider zwar nicht in der Version – aber es wurden von Piwik-Entwicklern Beispiele mit Adobe AIR im Blog veröffentlich. Dann schein es ja zumindest noch "Leben" zu geben, denn seit Mitte Juli gab es hier [...]
November 20th, 2008 1:19 pm
Both are just awesome. I am happy that there are news around Piwik, as I already thought, there'd be no endeavors anymore to push Piwik.
January 21st, 2009 10:10 pm
We appreciate the info on Piwik Air apps…..I have downloaded Tino Goetz's desktop version.
March 6th, 2009 11:58 am
How to contact with DWA developers ?
March 6th, 2009 8:16 pm
sych, DWA developper email is bpouzet at gmail (dot) com
March 7th, 2009 11:35 am
Je viens juste d'installer DWA de Benoit Pouzet : c'est fantastique ! Installation sans problème, configuration facile, affichage rapide. Bravo, Benoit !
March 9th, 2009 6:17 am
[...] Using the Piwik API and Adobe AIR: interesting use cases – Piwik When you use Piwik, you own your web analytics data. All the data is stored in your database, and you can access it via the Piwik API (see an example of how to use the API). [...]
March 14th, 2009 10:21 am
This might be a little off subject, but have you looked at seoclientprospectingrobot dot com? Just wondering if you have any reviews of it, I'm thinking of buying a copy, and wanted to see if anyone had bought a copy yet.
April 15th, 2009 11:27 am
Has anybody written something that delivers a bit more information than the piwik connector, and is a bit more stable than DWA?
Just trying to implement the tracking in my blog, and my errorlog is full of strange queries.
After stopping the external access, everything looks fine.
So, does anybody know other solutions…?
September 8th, 2009 4:51 pm
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September 21st, 2009 7:43 pm
WOW, I will definitely try this time. Is certainly a good alternative.
October 18th, 2009 5:51 pm
That is the best tool that I ever saw and I have tryed a lot of …
October 19th, 2009 4:13 am
Does anyone have any of the flex source to include the piwik front end in an existing flex app?
November 19th, 2009 1:11 am
Just to let you know… your site looks really strange in Mozilla on a mac
December 1st, 2009 5:37 pm
Desktop Web Analytic send me message "url non valid!" when create a profile
My url is http://www2.mydomain.com.mx/piwik/
December 5th, 2009 1:23 pm
Very great idea. I
December 18th, 2009 3:17 pm
Im using Piwik just for some months now on some of my blogs, and its much better than analytics or else, one of the best things is the stats display, which is very acurate.
December 31st, 2009 11:57 am
This Piwik webalyzer is a very interesst tool. I have it testing.
December 31st, 2009 1:34 pm
[...] Las ventajas que supone una herramienta como Piwik son muchas, empezando porque eres tú quien controla tus propios datos. También es importante la posibilidad de adaptar la aplicación a tus necesidades mediante complementos. Existen de hecho multitud de complementos ya creados que pueden resultar interesantes, como este que muestra los datos estadísticos en WordPress o este otro que permite acceder desde una aplicación de escritorio. [...]
January 4th, 2010 9:27 pm
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February 1st, 2010 8:36 pm
Really god to know – any chance to get information about it in German?
February 4th, 2010 12:10 pm
I am eager to see how the Piwik web analytics work comparing to the Google analytics tool. I will test it soon.
February 14th, 2010 9:27 am
This is really good to know. It is allways good to know what google or others are thinking about your side.
February 15th, 2010 10:48 am
I heard that GA in Germany is in discussion because of data privacy. Have you also heard about it?
I really think about changing completely to Piwik
February 15th, 2010 11:31 am
'Great – Piwik is absolutly fantastic. Open Source is great.
March 19th, 2010 11:36 pm
[...] Blick sind auch die Adobe-Air-Tools wert, welche die Widgets über die Piwik-Api direkt auf den Desktop [...]
May 30th, 2010 12:06 am
Good alternative to analytics from Google.
June 2nd, 2010 12:01 am
this is really great, great praise to the developers!
Piwik is already better than analytics, have deleted all anlayics accounts and I switched to piwik.
June 2nd, 2010 9:38 am
I am eager to see how the Piwik web analytics work comparing to the Google analytics tool. I will test it soon.
June 8th, 2010 8:48 am
Magneticdreams, the Piwik clients never store the data. You only access your Piwik data from the client, but only can ever see it.
August 17th, 2010 1:52 pm
This is a TOP Tool.
August 22nd, 2010 8:54 am
A very good information. Will be very useful.
August 24th, 2010 9:39 am
This is a greate tool.
September 9th, 2010 11:58 am
I too have hears GA in Germany is in discussion. It is not a surprise. However it isn't at all to use Google Analytics. So Google have more data about your site than needed.
October 1st, 2010 9:24 am
very good
October 1st, 2010 9:57 am
Where is data is stored in my database
October 1st, 2010 10:09 am
At the end of the day that data does not belong to you and you are confined within the restraints..
October 1st, 2010 10:10 am
This project is still in alpha after that much time?
Too bad, because it have great potential.
October 1st, 2010 10:41 am
That is the best tool that I ever saw and I have tryed a lot of… :)
October 1st, 2010 1:55 pm
It's indeed, a good software, deserve to get many people recomendation, it sounds interesting. Kudos for Piwik AIR apps!
October 1st, 2010 1:57 pm
The feature of showing a world map of where your visitors are from, is cool!
October 1st, 2010 2:03 pm
I guess there will be more and more people start to use Piwik to replace their previous analytic soft.
October 1st, 2010 6:30 pm
Great stuff from you, man. Ive read your stuff before and youre just too awesome
October 2nd, 2010 1:02 am
Both are just awesome. I am happy that there are news around Piwik, as I already thought, there'd be no endeavors anymore to push Piwik.
October 2nd, 2010 1:46 am
its epic! i'm choose piwik
October 2nd, 2010 3:06 am
looks legit… i will check it out for our site.
October 2nd, 2010 1:31 pm
open source software is the best way to go. The great advantage of Piwik is that you own your web analytics data. All the data is stored in your database, and you can access it via the API.
October 2nd, 2010 8:05 pm
its very good analysis
October 2nd, 2010 8:09 pm
its great news yar
October 2nd, 2010 9:47 pm
If you use Piwik, you own your web analytics data. Is all the data is stored in your database?
October 4th, 2010 6:01 am
ya it is too good
October 5th, 2010 2:09 am
Great info here!
October 5th, 2010 9:36 am
Magneticdreams, the Piwik clients never store the data. You only access your Piwik data from the client, but only can ever see it.
October 5th, 2010 2:57 pm
This tool looks good.
October 6th, 2010 11:03 am
sound interesting, i should implement it in my site
October 7th, 2010 4:46 pm
wow you are dead on right!
October 7th, 2010 4:49 pm
That is what i heard as well, interesting guess they were right
October 7th, 2010 7:50 pm
GA in Germany is in discussion. It is not a surprise. However it isn't at all to use Google Analytics. So Google have more data about your site than needed.
October 8th, 2010 12:05 am
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October 9th, 2010 1:04 am
AIR never works on my pc.. (using Windows 7)
October 9th, 2010 9:12 am
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October 9th, 2010 7:17 pm
Just trying to implement the tracking in my blog, and my errorlog is full of strange queries.
After stopping the external access, everything looks fine.
October 14th, 2010 8:08 am
I recently started using Piwik and it's a great analytic tool. So much better than GA.
October 18th, 2010 1:32 pm
The last time I tried to use Piwik I have to say, google analytics is just a little bit better with the tools. Has it changed in the meantime?
October 25th, 2010 11:46 pm
This is a very good website. I have already been back several times during the last seven days and want to sign up for your rss feed making use of Google but can’t figure out the right way to do it exactly. Would you know of any instructions?
October 26th, 2010 4:04 pm
Great information about using the piwik..
October 31st, 2010 4:19 pm
I will be going for an interview with an air tool manufacturer this Wednesday. Any suggestions? – The report of my death was an exaggeration. (New York Journal, June 1897) Mark Twain 1835 1910
November 23rd, 2010 5:07 am
9.We all need fresh air.
November 23rd, 2010 6:31 am
this is as good as my polish
December 15th, 2010 8:51 am
We recently heard of two different projects that show your web analytics reports in an Adobe AIR interface for slick reporting, on your desktop.
February 9th, 2011 11:46 am
çok başarılı bir yazı olmuş modelleride çok beğendim :)))
February 21st, 2011 9:33 am
This was very helpful for sure. Something to learn from easily.
February 28th, 2011 4:03 pm
Where can I see the users with mobile and browser-based?
Is there a place that shows how many visitors came with the phone?
March 7th, 2011 6:21 pm
Hi,
is Piwik also available in German?
March 11th, 2011 6:11 pm
I cant believe the amount of wonderful info you have on your blog. I have learned a lot from it. Will be coming back soon
March 16th, 2011 2:28 pm
This was just what I was on looking for! I’ll come back to this blog for sure!!
April 20th, 2011 12:44 pm
thats what i wanted to get!
May 6th, 2011 8:11 am
now i know how to use the piwik api
May 22nd, 2011 2:46 pm
I hope that having adobe air on android device will lead to some apps for android to monitor your stats from your mobile or tablet.
May 25th, 2011 3:12 pm
Benoit is the man! This is gonna help me a lot!
May 26th, 2011 10:03 pm
G'd day. This is engrossing blog, chap. Merci. However, I have strange situation with yr rss channel. I have no idea I'm unable to subscribe to it. Is there anyone having similar rsserror? Thnkx
June 30th, 2011 12:51 pm
i prefer piwic to google analytics. very sophisticated tool.