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Little Software Stats

Little Software Stats is a web application that allows users to monitor their software.

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Additional Parameters

TP (required) In order to determine what event is being sent, there must be an event code sent as well. The TP parameter will be specified along with each event in this documentation. SS (required) Every time data is sent Read article

Custom Data

The custom data feature allows you to collect data that is more specific to the user. This can include information such as email addresses, usernames (see Privacy Information for recommendations on storing personal information) or computer specifications that aren’t already Read article

Event

When an action is performed in your software then it is considered an event. Unlike event value and event period, this only has a category and name passed with it. The event is split into categories that display occurrences of Read article

Event Period

When an action is performed that has taken a certain amount of time to perfrom then it is considered an event value. The event value uses a category, name, duration and whether the event completed successfully or not as parameters. Read article

Event Value

When an action is performed that has a value associated with it then it is considered an event value. The event value uses a category, name and a value as parameters. The event is split into categories and names that Read article

Exception

The exception feature allows Little Software Stats to keep track of errors that are occurring in your software. Although not every error is the same, Little Software Stats tries to group exceptions using error messages, stack trace, source and target Read article

How It Works

Little Software Stats uses an API (Application Programming Interface) in order to receive software usage information. The API currently accepts POST data that contains either JSON or XML data. In order to process the JSON and XML data, Little Software Read article

Install

The install feature allows Little Software Stats to keep track of how many times your software was installed. The install feature is important for developers that want to keep track of people that install and execute their software (bounce rate). Read article

Licenses

The license feature uses the same parameters as custom data does. The event type is also the same (which is “ctD”). If you would like to send license information, then specify “License” as the name (nm) parameter. The value (vl) Read article

Log

The log feature can be used to log various messages. The message can be up to 255 characters long. Parameter Meaning Type Notes tp Event Type String lg ss Session ID String See Additional Parameters ts Timestamp Integer See Additional Read article