Cool. Thank you for sharing this. It’s pretty motivating to know that somebody out there is actually using my tools <https://rtnf.substack.com/p/viewstoolforgeorgtools> :)
On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 11:46 PM Jinoy Tom Jacob via Wikitech-l < [email protected]> wrote: > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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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