Plausible Analytics

Plausible Analytics

Overview

Retrieve and analyze website analytics data from Plausible Analytics API. Supports real-time visitor tracking, historical statistics, traffic source analysis, and detailed breakdowns by page, source, or country.

Quick Start

All scripts require PLAUSIBLE_API_KEY environment variable. Site ID can be provided via PLAUSIBLE_SITE_ID environment variable or as a script argument.

# Set API key
export PLAUSIBLE_API_KEY="your-api-key"

# Quick example: Get today's stats
node scripts/stats.mjs example.com --period day

Real-Time Visitors

Check how many people are currently viewing your site:

node scripts/realtime.mjs <site-id>

Example output:

{
  "visitors": 42
}

Statistics

Get page views, visitors, bounce rate, and visit duration for a time period:

node scripts/stats.mjs <site-id> [--period day|7d|30d|month|6mo|12mo] [--date YYYY-MM-DD]

Parameters:

• period - Time period to query (default: day)
• date - Specific date for the period (default: today)

Example:

# Get today's stats
node scripts/stats.mjs example.com

# Get last 7 days
node scripts/stats.mjs example.com --period 7d

# Get stats for a specific month
node scripts/stats.mjs example.com --period month --date 2026-02-01

Example output:

{
  "results": {
    "visitors": {
      "value": 1234
    },
    "pageviews": {
      "value": 5678
    },
    "bounce_rate": {
      "value": 45
    },
    "visit_duration": {
      "value": 180
    }
  }
}

Detailed Breakdown

Analyze traffic by specific dimensions (pages, sources, countries, etc.):

node scripts/breakdown.mjs <site-id> <property> [--period day|7d|30d] [--limit N]

Properties:

• visit:source - Traffic sources (Google, Twitter, direct, etc.)
• visit:referrer - Referring URLs
• visit:utm_medium / visit:utm_source / visit:utm_campaign - UTM parameters
• visit:device - Desktop vs Mobile
• visit:browser - Browser breakdown
• visit:os - Operating system
• visit:country - Countries
• event:page - Top pages

Example:

# Top 10 pages in the last 7 days
node scripts/breakdown.mjs example.com event:page --period 7d --limit 10

# Traffic sources today
node scripts/breakdown.mjs example.com visit:source

# Countries in the last 30 days
node scripts/breakdown.mjs example.com visit:country --period 30d

Example output:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "page": "/",
      "visitors": 542,
      "pageviews": 1024
    },
    {
      "page": "/about",
      "visitors": 123,
      "pageviews": 145
    }
  ]
}

Environment Variables

• PLAUSIBLE_API_KEY (required) - Your Plausible API key
• PLAUSIBLE_SITE_ID (optional) - Default site ID to use

Resources

scripts/

• stats.mjs - Aggregate statistics for a time period
• realtime.mjs - Current visitor count
• breakdown.mjs - Detailed breakdown by dimension