icswebtracker 0.1.1

A Django app for tracking website visitors

ICSwebtracker

A simple, lightweight Django app for tracking website visitors without JavaScript.

Features

• Track page visits with IP address, user agent, and other metadata
• Configurable exclusion rules for paths and IP addresses
• Easy-to-use admin interface for viewing visitor data
• Works with Django's built-in authentication system
• Optimized for low-traffic sites (less than 1,000 visitors per month)
• No JavaScript required - works server-side with Django middleware

Installation

pip install icswebtracker

Quick Start

1. Add 'icswebtracker' to your INSTALLED_APPS:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ...
    'icswebtracker',
]

2. Add the middleware:

MIDDLEWARE = [
    # ...
    'icswebtracker.middleware.TrackMiddleware',
]

3. Run migrations:

python manage.py migrate icswebtracker

4. Configure settings (optional):

WEBTRACKER_SETTINGS = {
    'ENABLED': True,
    'IGNORE_PATHS': ['/admin/', '/static/', '/media/'],
    'IGNORE_IPS': ['127.0.0.1'],
    'TRACK_AUTHENTICATED': True,
    'TRACK_ANONYMOUS': True,
    'RESOLVE_COUNTRY': False,
}

Usage

Visit data is available in the Django admin interface. You can also query the data programmatically:

from icswebtracker.models import Visit

# Get all visits
all_visits = Visit.objects.all()

# Get visits to a specific page
page_visits = Visit.objects.filter(path='/some/page/')

# Get visits from a specific country
country_visits = Visit.objects.filter(country='US')

Configuration Options

• ENABLED: Enable or disable tracking (default: True)
• IGNORE_PATHS: Paths to exclude from tracking (default: ['/admin/', '/static/', '/media/'])
• IGNORE_IPS: IP addresses to exclude from tracking (default: [])
• TRACK_AUTHENTICATED: Whether to track authenticated users (default: True)
• TRACK_ANONYMOUS: Whether to track anonymous users (default: True)
• RESOLVE_COUNTRY: Enable IP to country resolution (default: False, requires GeoIP2)

License

MIT