Google Analytics Reporting API vs Query Parameters

Question

I am trying to build a centralized dashboard to display information from google analytics. I have researched about reporting API which helps in embedding charts directly form analytics dashboard and also on query parameters to store analytics data in local database such as MySQL. I wanted to know which would be easy to implement and which is more effective. I have more than 300 websites which are monitored on analytics through a single account, So the data is going to be huge. I t would be great if anyone could post a code snippet to access data from analytics and store it in the database. Thanks!

Answer 1

You can use the Google Analytics Reporting API v4 , it is the updated version after Core Reporting API . The Query Explorer can help you to identify what data to extract.

There is also another alternative if you want easier data import/export. This Analytics Canvas can do the job.

For reference, see this SO post .