pageviews widget for dashing

dashboard.erb

<li data-row="1" data-col="1" data-sizex="1" data-sizey="1">
  <div data-id="daily_pageviews" data-view="Number" data-title="Page Views" data-moreinfo="Today"></div>
</li>

<li data-row="1" data-col="1" data-sizex="1" data-sizey="1">
  <div data-id="monthly_pageviews" data-view="Number" data-title="Page Views" data-moreinfo="Today"></div>
</li>

Gemfile

gem 'garb', :git => 'git://github.com/Sija/garb.git'

pageviews_daily.rb

require 'garb'

username = ''
password = ''
api_key  = ''

ua = ''

Garb::Session.api_key = api_key
Garb::Session.login(username, password)


class PageViews
  extend Garb::Model

  metrics :pageviews
  dimensions :date
end

profile = Garb::Management::Profile.all.detect {|p| p.web_property_id == ua}



SCHEDULER.every '1m', :first_in => 0 do
  views = PageViews.results(
	profile, 
	:start_date => Time.now, 
	:end_date => Time.now,
        :limit => 1
  )
  value = views.first.pageviews
  send_event('daily_pageviews',   { current: value })
end

pageviews_monthly.rb

require 'garb'

username = ''
password = ''
api_key  = ''

ua = ''

Garb::Session.api_key = api_key
Garb::Session.login(username, password)


class PageViews
  extend Garb::Model

  metrics :pageviews
  dimensions :month
end

profile = Garb::Management::Profile.all.detect {|p| p.web_property_id == ua}

SCHEDULER.every '1m', :first_in => 0 do
  views = PageViews.results(
	profile,
	:limit => 1
  )
  value = views.first.pageviews
  send_event('monthly_pageviews',   { current: value })
end

I went with the monthly one myself, but if you have a high-traffic site, you might want to go with the daily one