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prop=pageviews (pvip)

(main | query | pageviews)

Shows per-page pageview data (the number of daily pageviews for each of the last pvipdays days).

The result format is page title (with underscores) => date (Ymd) => count.

Parameters:
pvipmetric

The metric to use for counting views. Depending on what backend is used, not all metrics might be supported. You can use the siteinfo API (action=query&meta=siteinfo) to check, under pageviewservice-supported-metrics / <module name>

pageviews
Plain pageviews.
One of the following values: pageviews
Default: pageviews
pvipdays

The number of days to show.

The value must be between 1 and 60.
Type: integer
Default: 60
pvipcontinue

When more results are available, use this to continue.

Example:
Show pageview statistics for the main page.
api.php?action=query&titles=Main_Page&prop=pageviews [open in sandbox]