Querying HTTP events by hostname with GraphQL

In this example, we are going to use the GraphQL Analytics API to query aggregated metrics about HTTP events by hostname over a specific period of time.

The following API call will request the number of visits and edge response bytes for the custom hostname hostname.example.com over a four day period. Be sure to replace CLOUDFLARE_ZONE_ID AND CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN with your zone ID and API credentials, and adjust the datetime_geq and datetime_leq values as needed.

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The returned results will be in JSON format (as requested), so piping the output to jq will make them easier to read, like in the following example: