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David Planella
Asked: 2013-05-17 04:21:43 +0800 CST

How to find out the package download count from a PPA?

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I'd like to know how many downloads of a given package in a PPA there have been since it was first published.

I remember there was a bug about it about getting these metrics on the web UI, but as far as I know, it never got implemented.

But I think the number of downloads can nevertheless be obtained via the Launchpad API if I'm the owner of that PPA. Any pointers?

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4 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Check out this script:

    #!/usr/bin/python2

# Usage python ppastats.py PPATEAM (ex: webupd8team) PPA (ex: gthumb) DIST (Ubuntu version eg maverick) ARCH (ubuntu arch eg i386 or amd64)
# Example - highest downloaded file: python ppastats.py webupd8team y-ppa-manager maverick amd64 | tr '\t' ',' | cut -d ',' -f3 | sort -gr

import sys
from launchpadlib.launchpad import Launchpad

PPAOWNER = sys.argv[1]
PPA = sys.argv[2]
desired_dist_and_arch = 'https://api.launchpad.net/devel/ubuntu/' + sys.argv[3] + '/' + sys.argv[4]

cachedir = "~/.launchpadlib/cache/"
lp_ = Launchpad.login_anonymously('ppastats', 'production', cachedir)
owner = lp_.people[PPAOWNER]
archive = owner.getPPAByName(name=PPA)

for individualarchive in archive.getPublishedBinaries(status='Published', distro_arch_series=desired_dist_and_arch):
    x = individualarchive.getDownloadCount()
    if x > 0:
        print individualarchive.binary_package_name + "\t" + individualarchive.binary_package_version + "\t" + str(individualarchive.getDownloadCount())
    elif x < 1:
        print '0'

    To use it: 

    python ppastats.py webupd8team themes natty i386
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  2. You can generate an HTML report containing statistics and graphs about download counts of a PPA with ppastats (http://wpitchoune.net/blog/ppastats/).

    Here is an example: http://wpitchoune.net/ppastats/ppa/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp/.

    If you are using Ubuntu, you can install it by using the PPA ppa:jfi/ppastats:

    sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jfi/ppastats
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ppastats

    Then to generate the HTML report:

    ppastats [PPA_OWNER] [PPA_NAME] -o [OUTPUT_DIR]
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  3. From the jfi/ppastats package, I managed to figure out how the API worked, and I made a userscript (Greasemonkey/Tampermonkey), that will neatly list the download count next to your packages. Make sure to go to the "View all builds" view, to which there is two links added in your package details. Patches for improvements are welcome!

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  4. There is another python script available at:

    https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/139855/comments/66

    DL: https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/139855/+attachment/3217345/+files/ppastats

    usage: ppastat.py [-h] [--all] [--arch ARCH] user [ppa [ppa ...]]

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