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GET/sites/$site/stats/views/posts

View the total number of views for each post.

Resource Information

   
Method GET
URL https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/$site/stats/views/posts
Requires authentication? Yes

Method Parameters

Parameter Type Description
$site (int|string) The site's id or domain.

Query Parameters

Parameter Type Description
context (string)
display:
(default) Formats the output as HTML for display. Shortcodes are parsed, paragraph tags are added, etc..
edit:
Formats the output for editing. Shortcodes are left unparsed, significant whitespace is kept, etc..
http_envelope (bool)
false:
(default)
true:
Some environments (like in-browser JavaScript or Flash) block or divert responses with a non-200 HTTP status code. Setting this parameter will force the HTTP status code to always be 200. The JSON response is wrapped in an "envelope" containing the "real" HTTP status code and headers.
pretty (bool)
false:
(default)
true:
Output pretty JSON
meta (string) Optional. Loads data from the endpoints found in the 'meta' part of the response. Comma-separated list. Example: meta=site,likes
fields (string) Optional. Returns specified fields only. Comma-separated list. Example: fields=ID,title
callback (string) An optional JSONP callback function.
post_ids (string) comma separated list of post ids. Maximum of 100 post_ids per request.
num (int) number of days to include in the query. Maximum of 30. Default: 1.
date (string) the most recent day to include in results, in YYYY-MM-DD format. Defaults to today.
offset (int) The offset, in hours, from GMT for which to fetch results. If omitted, defaults to site's offset.

Response Parameters

Parameter Type Description
date (string) The most-recent day for which stats are returned.
posts (array) An array of posts with the total views for each post.

Resource Errors

This endpoint does not return any errors.

Example

curl \
 -H 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
 'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/82974409/stats/post-views?post_ids=1,2,3&num=7&date=2010-01-01&offset=-5'
<?php
$options  = array (
  'http' => 
  array (
    'ignore_errors' => true,
    'header' => 
    array (
      0 => 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN',
    ),
  ),
);

$context  = stream_context_create( $options );
$response = file_get_contents(
	'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/82974409/stats/post-views?post_ids=1,2,3&num=7&date=2010-01-01&offset=-5',
	false,
	$context
);
$response = json_decode( $response );
?>