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Admin::Dimension

Represents qualitative data about the server.

    • Attributes
      • key
      • data
    • Data attributes
      • key
      • human_key
      • value
      • unit optional
      • human_value optional
    • Examples
      • languages
      • sources
      • servers
      • space_usage
      • software_versions
      • tag_servers
      • tag_languages
      • instance_accounts
      • instance_languages
    • See also

Attributes

key

Description: The unique keystring for the requested dimension.
Type: String
Version history:
3.5.0 - added

data

Description: The data available for the requested dimension.
Type: Array of Hash
Version history:
3.5.0 - added

Data attributes

key

Description: The unique keystring for this data item.
Type: String
Version history:
3.5.0 - added

human_key

Description: A human-readable key for this data item.
Type: String
Version history:
3.5.0 - added

value

Description: The value for this data item.
Type: String
Version history:
3.5.0 - added

unit optional

Description: The units associated with this data item’s value, if applicable.
Type: String
Version history:
3.5.0 - added

human_value optional

Description: A human-readable formatted value for this data item.
Type: String
Version history:
3.5.0 - added

Examples

languages

Count how many local statuses are posted in each language, then show dimensional data about how popular each language is.

{
	"key": "languages",
	"data": [
		{
			"key": "en",
			"human_key": "English",
			"value": "10"
		},
		{
			"key": "es",
			"human_key": "Spanish",
			"value": "1"
		},
		// ...
	]
}

sources

Count how many local statuses were authored by a given client, then show dimensional data about how popular each client is.

{
	"key": "sources",
	"data": [
		{
			"key": "web",
			"human_key": "Website",
			"value": "2"
		},
		// ...
	]
}

servers

Count how many statuses were posted from a given domain, then show dimensional data about the most popular remote servers.

{
    "key": "servers",
    "data": [
      {
        "key": "botsin.space",
        "human_key": "botsin.space",
        "value": "13738"
      },
      {
        "key": "mastodon.social",
        "human_key": "mastodon.social",
        "value": "8928"
      },
		// ...
    ]
  }

space_usage

Show dimensional data about how much space is used by each software in your server stack.

{
	"key": "space_usage",
	"data": [
		{
			"key": "postgresql",
			"human_key": "PostgreSQL",
			"value": "14924935",
			"unit": "bytes",
			"human_value": "14.2 MB"
		},
		{
			"key": "redis",
			"human_key": "Redis",
			"value": "1972544",
			"unit": "bytes",
			"human_value": "1.88 MB"
		},
		{
			"key": "media",
			"human_key": "Media storage",
			"value": "0",
			"unit": "bytes",
			"human_value": "0 Bytes"
		}
	]
},

software_versions

Show dimensional data about which versions of software in your server stack you are using.

{
	"key": "software_versions",
	"data": [
		{
			"key": "mastodon",
			"human_key": "Mastodon",
			"value": "3.5.3",
			"human_value": "3.5.3"
		},
		{
			"key": "ruby",
			"human_key": "Ruby",
			"value": "3.0.4p208",
			"human_value": "3.0.4p208"
		},
		{
			"key": "postgresql",
			"human_key": "PostgreSQL",
			"value": "10.22",
			"human_value": "10.22"
		},
		{
			"key": "redis",
			"human_key": "Redis",
			"value": "4.0.9",
			"human_value": "4.0.9"
		}
	]
}

tag_servers

Count how many statuses contain the trending tag with the given id, then show dimensional data about the most popular servers using that trending tag.

{
	"key": "tag_servers",
	"data": [
		{
			"key": "live.hatnix.net",
			"human_key": "live.hatnix.net",
			"value": "6"
		},
		{
			"key": "linuxrocks.online",
			"human_key": "linuxrocks.online",
			"value": "4"
		}
	]
}

tag_languages

Count how many statuses contain the trending tag with the given id, then show dimensional data about the most popular languages for those statuses.

{
    "key": "tag_languages",
    "data": [
      {
        "key": "und",
        "human_key": "und",
        "value": "8"
      },
      {
        "key": "en",
        "human_key": "English",
        "value": "7"
      },
		// ...
    ]
  }

instance_accounts

Count how many followers each account from the given domain has, then show dimensional data about the most popular accounts from that remote server.

{
	"key": "instance_accounts",
	"data": [
		{
			"key": "fribbledom",
			"human_key": "fribbledom",
			"value": "33"
		},
		{
			"key": "ShugoWah",
			"human_key": "ShugoWah",
			"value": "26"
		},
		// ...
	]
}

instance_languages

Count how many statuses from the given domain are posted in each language, then show dimensional data about how popular each language is on that remote server.

{
	"key": "instance_languages",
	"data": [
		{
			"key": "en",
			"human_key": "English",
			"value": "5848"
		},
		{
			"key": "de",
			"human_key": "German",
			"value": "155"
		},
		// ...
	]
}

See also

admin/dimensions API methods
app/serializers/rest/admin/dimension_serializer.rb
app/lib/admin/metrics/dimension.rb
app/lib/admin/metrics/dimension/

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