gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys

# import the Auth Helper class
import hello_analytics_api_v3_auth

from apiclient.errors import HttpError
from oauth2client.client import AccessTokenRefreshError

def main(argv):
    # Step 1. Get an analytics service object.
    service = hello_analytics_api_v3_auth.initialize_service()
    
    try:
        # Step 2. Get the user's first profile ID.
        profile_id = get_first_profile_id(service)
    
        if profile_id:
            # Step 3. Query the Core Reporting API.
            results = get_results(service, profile_id)
            
            # Step 4. Output the results.
            print_results(results)

    except TypeError, error:
        # Handle errors in constructing a query.
        print ('There was an error in constructing your query : %s' % error)
    
    except HttpError, error:
        # Handle API errors.
        print ('Arg, there was an API error : %s : %s' %
               (error.resp.status, error._get_reason()))
    
    except AccessTokenRefreshError:
        # Handle Auth errors.
        print ('The credentials have been revoked or expired, please re-run '
               'the application to re-authorize')

def get_first_profile_id(service):
    # Get a list of all Google Analytics accounts for this user
    accounts = service.management().accounts().list().execute()
    
    if accounts.get('items'):
      # Get the first Google Analytics account
        firstAccountId = accounts.get('items')[0].get('id')
        
        # Get a list of all the Web Properties for the first account
        webproperties = service.management().webproperties().list(accountId=firstAccountId).execute()
        
        if webproperties.get('items'):
            # Get the first Web Property ID
            firstWebpropertyId = webproperties.get('items')[0].get('id')
            
            # Get a list of all Views (Profiles) for the first Web Property of the first Account
            profiles = service.management().profiles().list(
                accountId=firstAccountId,
                webPropertyId=firstWebpropertyId).execute()
            
            if profiles.get('items'):
                # return the first View (Profile) ID
                return profiles.get('items')[0].get('id')
    
    return None

def get_results(service, profile_id):
    # Use the Analytics Service Object to query the Core Reporting API
    return service.data().ga().get(
        ids='ga:' + profile_id,
        start_date='2012-03-03',
        end_date='2012-03-03',
        metrics='ga:visits').execute()
      
def print_results(results):
    # Print data nicely for the user.
    if results:
        print 'First View (Profile): %s' % results.get('profileInfo').get('profileName')
        print 'Total Visits: %s' % results.get('rows')[0][0]
    
    else:
        print 'No results found'