Check how many times the file was downloaded?

Question

I have a zip file on a website running on a Windows 2008 / IIS7 server. Is there a way to check how many times this file has been downloaded?

Answer 1

You can do it differently

(in order of increasing complexity and stupidity);)

• Provide a direct link to the file and track your weblogs. You can use Microsoft's LogParser tool to run SQL, such as log queries, to retrieve the necessary data.

• Do not provide a direct link to the file. Instead, click the button. When the button is pressed, you increase the counter and serve the file.

• URL (, bit.ly) - ..

  . "+" URL- bit.ly, . .

  - . :

  shortcode1 - Path1\File1.ext
  shortcode2 - Path2\File2.ext
  ...
  shortcodeN - PathN\FileN.ext

  zip :

  http://www.yoursite.com/getFile.aspx?code=shortcode1

  getFile.aspx , , , Path1\File1.ext .

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Answer 2

, . awstats webalizer.

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Answer 3

Or you directly track it using Google Analytics

<a href="http://www.example.com/files/map.pdf" onClick="javascript: _gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/downloads/map']);"> 

more about this here .