Document how to use Piwik to track file downloads on the server side (without JavaScript)

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Document how to use Piwik to track file downloads on the server side (without JavaScript) #6771

Open mattab opened 9 years ago

mattab commented 9 years ago

The goal of this issue is to document how it is possible to track when Files (such as PDF of MP3) are downloaded on the server side, when using the JavaScript tracker is not possible.

For inspiration see this blog post about tracking file downloads in GA

peterkraume commented 6 years ago

Such a documentation would be appreciated very much! Has there been any progress on this topic?