Access freshness of report via the API

[asprouse5]

Summary

We need to access the freshness of a report, which seems available in the UI but not in the API. I thought this API would return that data:

https://demo.matomo.cloud/index.php?module=API&format=JSON&idSite=1&period=day&date=today&method=API.getProcessedReport&apiModule=DevicesDetection&apiAction=getBrowsers&expanded=1&token_auth=anonymous

but no luck. Is there another API we should be looking at? Our workaround is using the above API to get the totals, then accessing the UI separately (below) and looking at the span element with class helpDate (not the greatest)

https://demo.matomo.cloud/?module=DevicesDetection&action=getBrowsers&idSite=1&period=day&date=today

We need the text like "Report generated 4 min 56s ago".

Your Environment

• Matomo Version: 4.6.2
• PHP Version: 7.2
• Server Operating System: Linux
• Additionally installed plugins: None

[michalkleiner]

Hi @asprouse5, thank you for the suggestion, that could indeed be helpful to have in the reports (where possible). I'll pass this on to the product team for consideration and prioritisation.