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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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