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Matomo Live API

The Matomo Live API exposes 6 operations of the Matomo Reporting API (module `Live`). Real-time visitor data: live counters, the most recent visits in full detail, and individual visitor profiles. Every operation is dispatched through the single `/index.php?module=API&method=Live.` entrypoint on the customer's own Matomo instance, self-hosted or on Matomo Cloud. The OpenAPI 3.1.0 document is Matomo's own, generated by its first-party ApiReference plugin.

Matomo Live API is one of 61 APIs that Matomo publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Analytics, Real-Time, Visitors, and Live Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://demo-proxy.innocraft.cloud/.

6 operations 6 paths 4 schemas 6 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://{matomo_host}/index.php
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Matomo Live API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (MatomoToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • MatomoToken — Paste your token generated from Personal Security. Swagger will send it as a Bearer token.

Paths & Operations 6

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 6 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Live 6

The Live! API lets you access complete visit level information about your visitors. Combined with the power of Segmentation , you will be able to request visits filtered by any cr…

GET
/index.php?module=API&method=Live.getCounters
Returns simple live counters for visits over the last N minutes.
Live.getCounters 6 params → 200400401403404500default
GET
/index.php?module=API&method=Live.isVisitorProfileEnabled
Returns whether the visitor profile is enabled for the given site selection.
Live.isVisitorProfileEnabled 2 params → 200400401403404500default
GET
/index.php?module=API&method=Live.getLastVisitsDetails
Returns the most recent visit details for one or more websites.
Live.getLastVisitsDetails 10 params → 200400401403404500default
GET
/index.php?module=API&method=Live.getVisitorProfile
Returns a visitor profile built from the visitor's recent visits.
Live.getVisitorProfile 5 params → 200400401403404500default
GET
/index.php?module=API&method=Live.getMostRecentVisitorId
Returns the visitor ID of the most recent visit.
Live.getMostRecentVisitorId 3 params → 200400401403404500default
GET
/index.php?module=API&method=Live.getMostRecentVisitsDateTime
Returns the most recent UTC datetime when an action was performed for the given website or websites.
Live.getMostRecentVisitsDateTime 4 params → 200400401403404500default

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Error (3 properties), GenericSuccess (3 properties), ErrorXml (1 property), GenericSuccessXml (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GenericSuccess
object
Generic Matomo success payload.
3 properties 2 required
GenericSuccessXml
object
Generic Matomo success payload in XML.
1 property 1 required
Error
object
Generic Matomo error payload.
3 properties 2 required
ErrorXml
object
Generic Matomo error payload in XML.
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

matomo-live-openapi.json Raw ↑

Other APIs Matomo publishes across the network.

Matomo Goals API
Matomo Segments API
Matomo Reporting API (index.php entrypoint)
Matomo Tracking API (matomo.php entrypoint)
Matomo SitesManager API
Matomo TagManager API
Matomo UsersManager API
Matomo CrashAnalytics API
Matomo HeatmapSessionRecording API
Matomo FormAnalytics API
Matomo Referrers API
Matomo Funnels API
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