python script that pulls download stats data from Launchpad.net PPAs

launchpad-ppa-stats.py

from launchpadlib.launchpad import Launchpad
import os
import sys
USERNAME=sys.argv[1]
PPA=sys.argv[2]
PACKAGE=sys.argv[3]
cachedir = os.environ['HOME'] + '/.launchpadlib/cache/'
launchpad = Launchpad.login_anonymously('just testing', 'production', cachedir)
ppa = launchpad.people[USERNAME].getPPAByName(name=PPA)
bins = ppa.getPublishedBinaries(binary_name=PACKAGE)
builds = []
total = 0
for bin in bins:
    count = bin.getDownloadCount()
    total += count
    if (count > 0):
        builds.append([count,'%s %s' % (bin.binary_package_name,bin.binary_package_version)])
builds_sorted = sorted(builds,key=lambda count: count[0],reverse=True)
for build in builds_sorted:
   print '%s:%s' % (build[0], build[1])

this was forked from springmeyer's gist, I added command line value input rather than hardcoded in the script.

Usage:

1. sudo apt install python-launchpadlib
2. cd to the folder where you put the script
3. run the script with the value order of "PPA owner's username" "ppa name" "package name"

• example: python launchpad-ppa-stats.py plushuang-tw uget-stable uget > launchpad-ppa-stats.txt

Note: the > launchpad-ppa-stats.txt portion is not needed but this is to output to a text file where as by default the script outputs the data to the terminal.