# How a figure was made

> tidekeeper's API reference: https://tidekeeper.eu/docs/api/get-sites-site-why

`GET /api/v1/sites/{site}/why`

How a figure was made: what arrived, what was left out and why, what was counted without a key.

## Parameters

- `site` (in path, needed): A site's id or name

## The answer

200, `WhyResponse`: How a figure was made (ME-12).

- `caveats` (list of CaveatView, needed)
- `daily_visitors` (list of DayCount, needed): The visitor figure day by day: it is their sum.
- `definition` (string, needed): The metric's one definition, in the words shown everywhere.
- `events` (integer, needed)
- `imported_views` (integer, needed): Views that came from an import (IV-12).
- `label` (string, needed)
- `left_out` (list of LeftOutView, needed)
- `left_out_is_site_wide` (boolean, needed): The left-out counts are for the whole site, not for the filtered slice: they are kept per site and day only.
- `metric` (string, needed)
- `no_key_views` (integer, needed): Views counted without a visitor key (VC-13).
- `period` (PeriodView, needed)
- `received` (integer, needed): Hits received in the period: counted plus left out.
- `site` (string, needed)
- `value` (number or null): The figure itself.
- `views` (integer, needed)
- `visitors` (integer, needed)

## Asking

```sh
curl https://tidekeeper.eu/api/v1/sites/example.org/why \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TIDEKEEPER_TOKEN"
```