[Bug 481713] Add visits/rating numbers to REST API

Bugzilla Link	481713
Status	NEW
Importance	P3 enhancement
Reported	Nov 09, 2015 08:24 EDT
Modified	Jul 03, 2019 17:19 EDT
Reporter	Boris Baldassari

Description

[Following a discussion during the ECE 2015]
In the context of the PolarSys Maturity Assessment initiative, we are looking for metrics showing the popularity or usage of a project. As for now, the REST API proposes the following numbers:\

• favorited -- which is good, but the meaning is not clear: is it 'I use it' or 'I like it'.\
• installstotal -- but we need a time frame (next measure is better).\
• installsrecent -- which is good, but since users may install the plugins from many other locations (update site, downloads from project page, etc.) it is quite hard to interpret.

So, having another measure would greatly help us, something like e.g.\

• Number of visits on the project's marketplace page during last month or last 3 months

A fantastic feature would be to have a rating (say, from 1 to 5) with ability to add a comment, and then make it available throught the REST API. But this represents a lot of work, so not sure if you are willing to do that -- but the idea has been seeded. :-)