Get Discourse Metrics w/Python

discourse_metrics.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import os
import requests

api_data = {
    'api_username': 'system',
    'api_key': os.environ['DISCOURSE_API_KEY']
}

r = requests.get("https://community.influxdata.com/admin/dashboard.json", params=api_data)

content = r.json()

visits = content['global_reports'][0]['total']
users = content['global_reports'][1]['total']
topics = content['global_reports'][3]['total']
posts = content['global_reports'][4]['total']

print("discourse visits=%s,users=%s,topic=%s,posts=%s" % (visits, users, topics, posts), end='')