Locale - Languages Read

Endpoint

/o?method=langs

Overview

Returns language usage metrics for an app and selected period. Data is aggregated from locale metric documents and returned in Countly's standard time-object format.

Authentication

Countly API supports three authentication methods:

1. API Key (parameter): api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
2. Auth Token (parameter): auth_token=YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN
3. Auth Token (header): countly-token: YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN

Permissions

Requires locale Read permission.

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
method	String	Yes	Must be langs.
api_key	String	Yes (or use auth_token)	API key for authentication.
auth_token	String	No	Auth token as query parameter or countly-token header.
app_id	String	Conditionally required	Required for non-global users under read-permission validation.
period	String	No	Time range accepted by Countly period parser (default behavior follows shared fetch logic).
timezone	String	No	Timezone used for period calculations.
action	String	No	Optional mode switch. Use refresh to return only the latest refresh-focused slice instead of a full-period merge.

Response

Success Response

{
  "2026": {
    "2": {
      "17": {
        "langs": {
          "en": {
            "t": 24,
            "u": 18,
            "n": 6
          },
          "fr": {
            "t": 8,
            "u": 7,
            "n": 2
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "langs": [
      "en",
      "fr"
    ]
  }
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
(root)	Object	Raw merged time object for locale metrics.
{year}	Object	Year bucket.
{year}.{month}	Object	Month bucket.
{year}.{month}.{day}	Object	Day bucket containing language metric entries.
...langs.{lang_code}.t	Number	Total sessions for language code in period slice.
...langs.{lang_code}.u	Number	Unique users for language code in period slice.
...langs.{lang_code}.n	Number	New users for language code in period slice.
meta.langs	Array	Language codes present in the dataset.

Error Responses

• 400

{
  "result": "Missing parameter \"api_key\" or \"auth_token\""
}

• 400

{
  "result": "Token not valid"
}

• 401

{
  "result": "No app_id provided"
}

• 401

{
  "result": "User does not exist"
}

• 401

{
  "result": "App does not exist"
}

• 401

{
  "result": "User does not have right"
}

• 401

{
  "result": "User is locked"
}

• 401

{
  "result": "Token is invalid"
}

Behavior/Processing

Behavior Modes

Mode	Trigger	Processing Path	Response Shape
Standard read	action is not refresh	Validates access and returns merged locale time-object data for the requested period.	Raw root object keyed by time buckets plus meta.
Refresh read	action=refresh	Validates access and returns refresh-focused fields (latest daily/weekly/monthly slices and metadata).	Raw root object with a reduced metric slice for fast refresh use.

Database Collections

Collection	Used for	Data touched by this endpoint
countly.members	Authentication and permission checks	Reads member account, role, lock state, and feature access rights.
countly.apps	App validation and context loading	Validates app_id and loads app timezone/country context for period handling.
countly.langs	Stores aggregated locale/language metrics	Reads language metric documents for the requested app and period.

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Examples

Read language metrics for current month

/o?method=langs&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&app_id=YOUR_APP_ID&period=month

Read language metrics for last 7 days

/o?method=langs&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&app_id=YOUR_APP_ID&period=7days

Limitations

• Metric granularity and shape follow shared Countly time-object fetch behavior.
• Empty dataset returns an empty object.

Related Endpoints

• Locale - Language Map Read

Last Updated

2026-02-17