Google Analytics API v3 how to extract values? - php

Question

I'm a newbie at GA API so I have no clue how to extract results the correct way in this case.
e.g. I'm trying to extract avgTimeOnPage values based on filtering from ga:pagePath = ...
But each one is returning a single digit value on ga:pagePath.. so I'm thinking the ga:pagePath and ga:avgTimeOnPage results are not being displayed correctly. Maybe I'm not extracting the right way.
Anyone who can help would be greatly appreciated.
$ids = 'ga:123456789';
// $start_date $end_date already defined
$filter = 'ga:pagePath==/folder/somepage.html';
$metrics = 'ga:avgTimeOnPage';
$optParams = array('dimensions' => 'ga:pagePath', 'filters' => $filter);
$data = $service->data_ga->
get($ids, $start_date, $end_date, $metrics, $optParams);
foreach($data['totalsForAllResults'] as $rows) :
echo $rows['ga:pagePath']; // why returning a single digit value?
echo $rows['ga:avgTimeOnPage']; // also returns a single digit
endforeach;

Answer 1

$data['totalsForAllResults'] will return a single row that is the total row. You are looking for the values not the totals. so you should use:
foreach ($data->getRows() as $row) :
And then you can iterate $rows for every cell.
Check this full example:
private printDataTable(&$results) {
if (count($results->getRows()) > 0) {
$table .= '<table>';
// Print headers.
$table .= '<tr>';
foreach ($results->getColumnHeaders() as $header) {
$table .= '<th>' . $header->name . '</th>';
}
$table .= '</tr>';
// Print table rows.
foreach ($results->getRows() as $row) {
$table .= '<tr>';
foreach ($row as $cell) {
$table .= '<td>'
. htmlspecialchars($cell, ENT_NOQUOTES)
. '</td>';
}
$table .= '</tr>';
}
$table .= '</table>';
} else {
$table .= '<p>No Results Found.</p>';
}
print $table;
}
source: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/core/v3/coreDevguide#working