Feature #6039
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Added by Gareth Sylvester-Bradley about 14 years ago.
Updated about 12 years ago.
Description
The "Files" tab includes a "D/L" column (which is an odd abbreviation...) that shows the number of downloads for each file.
For some projects, it would be useful to expand on this to be able to see the history of downloads (e.g. (graph of) number of downloads per day/week/month) and even information about who was downloading (e.g. user id for logged-in users similar to the history for wiki pages).
Is this something that would be possible already with a plug-in?
Gareth Sylvester-Bradley wrote:
Is this something that would be possible already with a plug-in?
If you write it, yes :-) I'm not aware of one that does that currently, nor do I think that such a feature should nor will make it into core.
Wouldn't be hard to write/extend, just create a separate table to handle the data. But, you guys would need to provide some hooks in the Projects controller. I didn't find where you're actually tracking the download (i.e. where you're currently incrementing the counter), but chances are that would have to be wrapped using alias_method_chain or something as well, unless a more friendly way could be worked in...
Felix Schäfer wrote:
Gareth Sylvester-Bradley wrote:
Is this something that would be possible already with a plug-in?
If you write it, yes :-) I'm not aware of one that does that currently, nor do I think that such a feature should nor will make it into core.
- Category set to Plugin Request
If you want to create a plugin for this functionality, I'd be happy to add any hooks you might need.
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Nick Peelman wrote:
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sure. Will get right on that.
Felix Schäfer wrote:
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Nick Peelman wrote:
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I know I will sound like a grumpy old man, but please please refrain from top-posting.
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Hi all,
I like the file download statistics feature as well. I don't need fancy graphic but just a table to list follow fields:
- Download Date & Time
- Download By User
- (Maybe) IP address
Cheers,
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