Realtime Analytics API

Bring live audience signals into your own tools.

The NowMetrix REST API gives your systems live snapshots, traffic sources, overview metrics, chart data, and pacing data, so internal tools can react to what is happening now.

api.nowmetrix.com/v1/realtime JSON
Request
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer nm_YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://api.nowmetrix.com/v1/realtime?site=TRACKER_ID"
What you get back
{
  "total_realtime": 1284,
  "pageviews_30min": 18420,
  "top_pages": [...],
  "devices": {...},
  "countries": [...],
  "sources": [...]
}

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Endpoints

Use the same live signals your newsroom sees.

GET /v1/realtime

Live snapshot

Active users, pageviews, top pages, devices, countries, and sources in one current view.

GET /v1/sources

Traffic sources

Current source breakdown with classification and UTM campaign data.

GET /v1/overview

Daily overview

Daily pageviews and visits for the last completed days, from 1 to 30 days.

GET /v1/charts

Charts and history

Historical chart data, summary metrics, and top pages for presets or custom ranges.

GET /v1/pace

Pacing

Today’s pace, a comparison with yesterday, and 15-minute intraday curves.

GET /api/me

User context

Session-based context showing the current tracker and trackers available to the user.


Use cases

Where teams usually plug it in.

01

Newsroom displays

Build custom TV screens or internal dashboards with live readers, top pages, and source mix.

02

Editorial automation

Trigger internal workflows when a page crosses a live threshold or traffic source changes quickly.

03

Reporting pipelines

Sync overview and chart data into BI tools, spreadsheets, or your own long-term reporting layer.

04

Custom products

Bring NowMetrix signals into CMS widgets, author tools, newsletters, or subscriber workflows.


Authentication

Simple Bearer-token access.

01

Generate an API key

Account admins can create API keys in the NowMetrix dashboard under Settings → API.

02

Send the token

Include your key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header for every request.

03

Pass the tracker

Use the required site parameter with the tracker ID your API key is allowed to access.

04

Cache responsibly

Cache realtime responses for 10-30 seconds and overview responses for several minutes where possible.

The API allows 10 requests per minute per tracker. Rate-limit headers tell your system how many requests remain and when the counter resets.

REST API

Build live editorial intelligence into your own stack.

Start with the realtime endpoint, then add sources, charts, overview, and pacing as your workflow grows.

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