Tracking API

Whether you develop iOS apps, Android apps, or apps written in PHP, Java, C#, C++, Python, C#, etc. you can use a native client to track the data in Matomo. Or in case you can also directly call the Tracking API over HTTPS.

 

Getting started

HTTP Tracking API developer reference Find the website ID, also called idSite or Site IDWhat is the token_auth and where can I find this token to use in the API calls?

Security

How do I configure my Matomo server to allow cross domain requests? (CORS)Does the Matomo Tracking tag work on https (SSL) pages?

How to

Track visits on my intranetEmbed the Matomo tracking code in my website CMSHow are requests with a User ID tracked? (login, logout, or on multiple devices)Matomo Tracking API example for developers (PHP SDK)Tell Matomo to track Unique Visitors based on the Visitor ID cookie, instead of using IP Address

Troubleshoot

Matomo doesn’t track any visits and pages, and shows « There is no data for this report » in all reports.Visits from search engines or campaigns are not recorded, Matomo shows « There is no data for this report » for all Referrers reports.Referrer links are not showing in the Acquisition Websites; Direct Entry is too highMatomo is not tracking clicks to my own websites (not tracking outlinks to my own domains)When the Matomo server is unavailable (down) how does this affect my websites loading speed and tracking data collection?All visitors have the same IP address and Provider. How do I track individual IPs?Disable tracking failures notification emailsDoes Matomo support IPv6 protocol?Fix the tracking failure « The site does not exist. »Which HTTP request headers are used by Matomo?Fix the tracking failure « Request was not authenticated but should have. »