Monthly downloads

[espadrine]

Currently, there is no way in the api to get the number of downloads for the latest month. That figure is a very strong indicator of a project's usage, much more than the number of downloads of the latest version (or the total download count, for that matter), which can span many years.

It would be great if there was a way to get to that information through the RubyGems.org API, one way or another.

This issue is somewhat linked to that one: #16, which supports the removal of an API that used to give the information requested in this issue, but was strongly inaccurate.

[tlee0818]

Hi! Has there been a solution to this? I've been trying to get monthly download counts for all open-source ruby gems.

[simi]

Hi! Has there been a solution to this? I've been trying to get monthly download counts for all open-source ruby gems.

Sadly not yet, but you can try other sources accumulating some numbers in time (like https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/projects/rails).