Traffic and audience
Review pageviews, visits, new visitors, bounce rate, daily trends, traffic sources, countries, search, and technology reports.
Grafana Dashboard Integration
Bring Hitsteps analytics into Grafana
Connect Hitsteps to Grafana through the Infinity data source and use an importable dashboard for traffic, live visitors, content, sources, Triggers, Funnels, and more.
Grafana Infinity
Bearer Token
Aggregate analytics
What you get
A complete analytics view inside the Grafana workflow
The ready-made dashboard uses the Hitsteps aggregate endpoint through Infinity. Change the Grafana time range, refresh the panels, and keep Hitsteps analytics beside the operational dashboards your team already monitors.
Live and content context
Keep current visitor totals, top pages, entry and exit pages, referrers, downloads, outbound links, videos, and goals in one dashboard.
Triggers and Funnels
Measure aggregate trigger matches, funnel starts, completions, conversion rates, and stage progression without returning visitor identities.
Setup
Configure Hitsteps Infinity in Grafana
Create the data source once, keep the API key in Grafana’s protected authentication setting, and then import the dashboard JSON.
Install Infinity
In Grafana Cloud, Infinity is available. In self-managed Grafana, install Grafana’s Infinity data source plugin and restart Grafana if requested.
Create the Hitsteps data source
Open Connections or Configuration, choose Data sources, click Add new data source, and select Infinity. Name the data source Hitsteps.
Configure Authentication
Open the Authentication tab, select Bearer Token, and enter your Hitsteps API key into the Bearer token field.
Bearer Token → your Hitsteps API keyAllow the Hitsteps host
In Allowed hosts, enter the Hitsteps website URL so Grafana permits requests to the connector.
https://www.hitsteps.com/Save and test
Save the data source and use Grafana’s Save & test action. The protected token should stay in the data source and never be placed in a panel URL.
Import the dashboard
Open Dashboards, choose Import, upload the Hitsteps dashboard JSON, and select the Hitsteps Infinity data source when Grafana asks you to map it.
Your API key stays in the data source
The dashboard JSON contains panel definitions and endpoint URLs, but no API key. Keep the key in Grafana’s secure Bearer Token field, limit access to the data source, and use HTTPS for all requests. Hitsteps returns bounded aggregate data and does not return visitor identities or individual trigger and funnel events through this connector.
Ready to import?
Download the maintained dashboard JSON and connect it to the Hitsteps data source you just created.
Questions and answers
Grafana integration FAQ
Do I need a custom Hitsteps Grafana plugin?
No. Use Grafana's Infinity data source. Hitsteps provides the authenticated JSON endpoint and the ready-made dashboard; no custom Grafana plugin installation is required.
Where should I put my Hitsteps API key?
Put the key in the Infinity data source Authentication tab as a Bearer Token. The dashboard JSON does not contain an API key, so you can import and share the dashboard without exposing the credential.
What does the dashboard show?
The dashboard covers aggregate Hitsteps traffic trends, live visitors, sources, pages, audience and technology reports, search, downloads, outbound links, videos, goals, Triggers, Funnels, and Funnel stages.
How do I import the Hitsteps dashboard?
Download the dashboard JSON from this page, open Dashboards then Import in Grafana, upload the file, and select the Hitsteps Infinity data source when Grafana asks you to map the data source.
Product proof
Understand your visitors. Take action with confidence.
Use it when you need live visitor context, practical installation routes, and action tools around the traffic you already have.
Maintained for real websites
Hitsteps has kept evolving across website platforms, browser changes, analytics shifts, and store workflows.
Works where your site already lives
WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Google Tag Manager, HTML, CMS, commerce, browser, and desktop setup paths are documented from one hub.
From tracking hit to next action
Live dashboard, visitor profiles, heatmaps, chat, triggers, uptime, reports, and alerts stay connected after tracking is installed.
