A Django based Piwik -> StatusBoard bridge

views.py

# views.py
# Aleksandr Pasechnik
# 
# A Django views.py function which bridges Piwik and StatusBoard
# 
# Django: https://www.djangoproject.com
# Piwik: http://piwik.org
# StatusBoard: http://panic.com/statusboard/
# PiwikAPI: https://github.com/piwik/piwik-python-api
# 
# This function creates a line graph with the last `days` days of visit counts
# The function plots both of the sites in my Piwik system

from django.http import HttpResponse
import json
from piwikapi.analytics import PiwikAnalytics

def recent_visits_all(request,days='10'):
	# Note that the datasequences are plotted in array order
	# Put the sequences you want on top last
	ret = {'graph' : {
		'title' : 'recent visits',
			'type' : 'line',
			'datasequences': [
				{ 'title' : 'test' ,
					'color' : 'lightGray',
					'datapoints': [],
				},
				{ 'title' : 'live',
					'color' : 'red',
					'datapoints': [],
				},
			]
		}
	}
	pa = PiwikAnalytics()
	pa.set_api_url('YOUR_PIWIK_URL')
	pa.set_id_site('2')
	pa.set_format('json')
	pa.set_period('day')
	pa.set_date('last'+days)
	pa.set_method('VisitsSummary.getVisits')
	pa.set_parameter('token_auth','YOUR_TOKEN')
	# get the visits summary for site 2
	visits = json.loads(pa.send_request())
	for (i,k) in enumerate(sorted(visits.keys())):
		ret['graph']['datasequences'][1]['datapoints'].append(
				{'title':'%d'%(i-len(visits)+1),'value':visits[k]}
		)
	# switch to site 1  
	pa.set_id_site('1')
	# get the visits summary for site 1
	visits = json.loads(pa.send_request())
	for (i,k) in enumerate(sorted(visits.keys())):
		ret['graph']['datasequences'][0]['datapoints'].append(
				{'title':'%d'%(i-len(visits)+1),'value':visits[k]}
		)
	return HttpResponse(json.dumps(ret))