Django Simple Analytics

Simple analytics is a very simple package to track requests done to the website and store them in database.

Installation

From PYPi using pip:

pip install django-simple-analytics

Usage

In order to install the package add the following line to INSTALLED_APPS

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    "simple_analytics",
]

This will make the model available for you to call and query. To enable the middleware, add this at the bottom of the middleware list:

MIDDLEWARE = [
    ...
    "simple_analytics.middleware.page_counts",
]

Then, you need to run migrations, finally:

./manage.py migrate

To actually create the table in the database.

Now every request done to the django website will be recorded in the database with the following fields:

• Date: The date pf the request.
• Page: The path of the request.
• Method: The verb used to request the page.
• Whether the page exists or not.
• Origin: If the header exists in the requst, where the request originated.
• User: The user who performed the request. If the user is not authenticated, it will show as AnonymousUser.
• view_count: The number of requests to that page, per date and per method used.

Licence

This package is distributed under MIT Licence.