HTTP Analytics

Learn how to analyze user behavior, referers, and device activity using the HTTP Analytics dashboard.

The HTTP Analytics dashboard gives a detailed view of HTTP-level activity across your CDN traffic. It helps you explore user interactions, identify top-performing URLs, and detect client-side or path-specific issues. By combining referer analysis, device statistics, and error patterns, you can optimize content delivery and improve user experience.

Request Overview

Analyze overall request trends to understand your CDN traffic flow.

• Requests (time series): Displays total requests over time.

• Total Requests (counter): Shows the total number of requests based on active filters.

A sudden drop in request volume can indicate temporary log ingestion delay or a filtering mismatch.

Traffic Sources

Discover where your traffic originates and which pages drive the most engagement.

• Referers (table): Lists top referring websites or applications.

• Paths (table): Displays most requested URL paths (URIs).

• Hosts (table): Shows CDN resources generating the highest traffic.

Combine Referer and Status filters to identify which external sources produce 404 or 500 errors.

Client Insights

Break down request patterns by device type, operating system, and browser.

• Device Types (table): Categorizes traffic by desktop, mobile, or tablet devices.

• OS (table): Shows operating systems used by clients.

• Browser (table): Displays top browsers generating traffic.

These insights help tailor optimization — for example, high mobile traffic may justify additional image compression or responsive caching rules.

Error Behavior

Investigate HTTP errors and identify problem areas.

• Error Patterns: Detect 4xx or 5xx spikes and associate them with specific devices, referers, or URIs.

• Top Error Sources: View which domains or paths cause the highest number of failed requests.

Persistent 404 errors from the same path may indicate outdated links or incomplete content deployment on the origin.

Filters

You can refine HTTP traffic analysis by applying filters to focus on specific parameters. All tables and charts update automatically when filters change.

Filter	Description
Domain	Select a specific CDN resource or host domain.
Path	Filter by URL path or partial match.
HTTP Referer	Filter by referring website or application.
Status	Filter requests by HTTP status codes (2xx–5xx).
Metric	Choose between Requests, Data Transferred, or Bandwidth.

Use Path and Referer filters together to trace broken links or investigate referral-based performance differences.

FAQ

Q1: Why are some referers shown as “–”? Requests with missing or blocked Referer headers (e.g., from secure contexts or privacy settings) appear as “–”.

Q2: Can I see device-level performance metrics? HTTP Analytics focuses on request and user-agent data. For latency and cache metrics, see the Performance or Cache Analytics dashboards.

Q3: What’s the difference between Path and Host filters? Path refers to a specific URI within a domain (e.g., /images/banner.png), while Host identifies the CDN resource or domain itself.