Matomo Tracking API (matomo.php entrypoint)
The Matomo Tracking API — the server-side ingest entrypoint at /matomo.php that records pageviews, events, goals, ecommerce orders, site searches and content interactions. It is the counterpart to the JavaScript tracking client and the target of every first-party tracking SDK. On Matomo Cloud the tracking endpoints are explicitly exempt from the API rate limits that apply to reporting. There is no MCP tool for tracking: agents can read Matomo analytics but cannot write tracking events.
Matomo Tracking API (matomo.php entrypoint) is one of 61 APIs that Matomo publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Analytics, Tracking, Event, Ingest, and Server-Side. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a getting-started guide.
This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v1.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{matomo_host}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Matomo Tracking API (matomo.php entrypoint) declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the query as token_auth (TokenAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
TokenAuth— Matomo auth token created in Administration Personal Security Auth tokens. May be passed as a query parameter or, preferably, in the POST body.
Paths & Operations 2
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 1
The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is BulkRequest (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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