documentation/content/en/entities/Admin_Dimension.md

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title: Admin::Dimension description: Represents qualitative data about the server. menu: docs:

parent: entities

aliases: [ "/entities/admin-dimension", "/entities/Admin-Dimension", "/entities/admin_dimension", "/entities/Admin_Dimension", "/api/entities/admin-dimension", "/api/entities/Admin-Dimension", "/api/entities/admin_dimension", "/api/entities/Admin_Dimension",

]

Attributes

key {#key}

Description: The unique keystring for the requested dimension.\ Type: String\ Version history:\ 3.5.0 - added

data {#data}

Description: The data available for the requested dimension.\ Type: Array of Hash\ Version history:\ 3.5.0 - added

Data attributes

key {#data-key}

Description: The unique keystring for this data item.\ Type: String\ Version history:\ 3.5.0 - added

human_key {#data-human_key}

Description: A human-readable key for this data item.\ Type: String\ Version history:\ 3.5.0 - added

value {#data-value}

Description: The value for this data item.\ Type: String\ Version history:\ 3.5.0 - added

unit {{%optional%}} {#data-unit}

Description: The units associated with this data item's value, if applicable.\ Type: String\ Version history:\ 3.5.0 - added

human_value {{%optional%}} {#data-human_value}

Description: A human-readable formatted value for this data item.\ Type: String\ Version history:\ 3.5.0 - added

Examples

languages {#languages}

Count how many local statuses are posted in each language, then show dimensional data about how popular each language is.

{
	"key": "languages",
	"data": [
		{
			"key": "en",
			"human_key": "English",
			"value": "10"
		},
		{
			"key": "es",
			"human_key": "Spanish",
			"value": "1"
		},
		// ...
	]
}

sources {#sources}

Count how many local statuses were authored by a given client, then show dimensional data about how popular each client is.

{
	"key": "sources",
	"data": [
		{
			"key": "web",
			"human_key": "Website",
			"value": "2"
		},
		// ...
	]
}

servers {#servers}

Count how many statuses were posted from a given domain, then show dimensional data about the most popular remote servers.

{
    "key": "servers",
    "data": [
      {
        "key": "botsin.space",
        "human_key": "botsin.space",
        "value": "13738"
      },
      {
        "key": "mastodon.social",
        "human_key": "mastodon.social",
        "value": "8928"
      },
		// ...
    ]
  }

space_usage {#space_usage}

Show dimensional data about how much space is used by each software in your server stack.

{
	"key": "space_usage",
	"data": [
		{
			"key": "postgresql",
			"human_key": "PostgreSQL",
			"value": "14924935",
			"unit": "bytes",
			"human_value": "14.2 MB"
		},
		{
			"key": "redis",
			"human_key": "Redis",
			"value": "1972544",
			"unit": "bytes",
			"human_value": "1.88 MB"
		},
		{
			"key": "media",
			"human_key": "Media storage",
			"value": "0",
			"unit": "bytes",
			"human_value": "0 Bytes"
		}
	]
}

software_versions {#software_versions}

Show dimensional data about which versions of software in your server stack you are using.

{
	"key": "software_versions",
	"data": [
		{
			"key": "mastodon",
			"human_key": "Mastodon",
			"value": "3.5.3",
			"human_value": "3.5.3"
		},
		{
			"key": "ruby",
			"human_key": "Ruby",
			"value": "3.0.4p208",
			"human_value": "3.0.4p208"
		},
		{
			"key": "postgresql",
			"human_key": "PostgreSQL",
			"value": "10.22",
			"human_value": "10.22"
		},
		{
			"key": "redis",
			"human_key": "Redis",
			"value": "4.0.9",
			"human_value": "4.0.9"
		}
	]
}

tag_servers {#tag_servers}

Count how many statuses contain the trending tag with the given id, then show dimensional data about the most popular servers using that trending tag.

{
	"key": "tag_servers",
	"data": [
		{
			"key": "live.hatnix.net",
			"human_key": "live.hatnix.net",
			"value": "6"
		},
		{
			"key": "linuxrocks.online",
			"human_key": "linuxrocks.online",
			"value": "4"
		}
	]
}

tag_languages {#tag_languages}

Count how many statuses contain the trending tag with the given id, then show dimensional data about the most popular languages for those statuses.

{
    "key": "tag_languages",
    "data": [
      {
        "key": "und",
        "human_key": "und",
        "value": "8"
      },
      {
        "key": "en",
        "human_key": "English",
        "value": "7"
      },
		// ...
    ]
  }

instance_accounts {#instance_accounts}

Count how many followers each account from the given domain has, then show dimensional data about the most popular accounts from that remote server.

{
	"key": "instance_accounts",
	"data": [
		{
			"key": "fribbledom",
			"human_key": "fribbledom",
			"value": "33"
		},
		{
			"key": "ShugoWah",
			"human_key": "ShugoWah",
			"value": "26"
		},
		// ...
	]
}

instance_languages {#instance_languages}

Count how many statuses from the given domain are posted in each language, then show dimensional data about how popular each language is on that remote server.

{
	"key": "instance_languages",
	"data": [
		{
			"key": "en",
			"human_key": "English",
			"value": "5848"
		},
		{
			"key": "de",
			"human_key": "German",
			"value": "155"
		},
		// ...
	]
}

See also

{{< page-relref ref="methods/admin/dimensions" caption="admin/dimensions API methods" >}}

{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/serializers/rest/admin/dimension_serializer.rb" caption="app/serializers/rest/admin/dimension_serializer.rb" >}}

{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/lib/admin/metrics/dimension.rb" caption="app/lib/admin/metrics/dimension.rb" >}}

{{< caption-link url="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/app/lib/admin/metrics/dimension/" caption="app/lib/admin/metrics/dimension/" >}}