The toolviews API is cool. Have done a small attempt couple of months ago during a workshop for visulize the views based on this API at https://views.toolforge.org/tools/
Best Regards, *Jinoy * Email: [email protected] *Please don’t print this e-mail unless you really need to.Every 3000 sheets consume a tree. Conserve Trees for a better tomorrow!* On Thu, 21 May 2026 at 22:11, Sohom Datta via Wikitech-l < [email protected]> wrote: > @Bd808: Ooh, this is nice, I did not know about the existence of this > service! > > I wonder if there is an easy way for the tool view to tell if a view was > from a bot? > > Regards, > Sohom Datta > --- > Open-source contributor @Wikimedia > > > On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 12:15 PM Bryan Davis via Wikitech-l < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 11:45 PM Suyash Dwivedi via Wikitech-l >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > I've always been curious about how many people actually visit my >> Toolforge tools - and I suspect I'm not alone. So I built Toolcounter ( >> https://toolcounter.toolforge.org/), a lightweight, privacy-friendly hit >> counter designed specifically for Toolforge-hosted tools. >> > >> > What it tracks >> > >> > 📄 Page views - counted on every page load (including refreshes). Good >> for total traffic. >> > 👤 Sessions (unique visit approximation) — uses sessionStorage in the >> visitor's browser. First open in a tab = 1 session. Refresh = not counted >> again. New tab = counted again. No cookies, no IP, no personal data stored. >> > >> > Both counts appear separately on the dashboard with a per-day bar chart. >> > >> > Quick integration (replace YOUR_TOOL and PAGE) >> > >> > Option 1 - SVG badge (no JS, image only, shows page views): >> > <img src=" >> https://toolcounter.toolforge.org/badge.php?tool=YOUR_TOOL&page=PAGE"; >> alt="Page views"> >> > >> > Option 2 - JS embed (shows both views + unique sessions): >> > 👁 Views: <span id="tc-views"></span> >> > 👤 Unique: <span id="tc-sessions"></span> >> > <script src=" >> https://toolcounter.toolforge.org/embed.js.php?tool=YOUR_TOOL&page=PAGE >> "></script> >> > >> > An embed code generator is available on the homepage. >> > >> > Privacy >> > The database stores zero personal data, only anonymous counters per >> (tool, page) pair. No cookies are set. No IP addresses, User-Agent strings, >> or usernames are ever written to the database. Full privacy policy: >> https://toolcounter.toolforge.org/privacy.php >> > >> > Source code is publicly available and open for audit. >> >> Seeing many flowers bloom is great. There is also a system you can use >> at https://toolviews.toolforge.org/api/ which attempts to count 2xx >> status responses ("hits") for all tools by parsing the access logs >> generated at the Toolforge reverse proxy service. That system does not >> currently have a nice UI, but it does have data going back to at least >> 2019 and does not require inserting tracking tokens in your pages. >> >> Bryan >> -- >> Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation >> Principal Software Engineer Boise, ID USA >> [[m:User:BDavis (WMF)]] irc: bd808 >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
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