api.php giving weird numbers for dns_queries_today

[jacobwhite]

I'm seeing some weird numbers from api.php. I've written a quick script to grab the value for the field dns_queries_today. And then created a chart of those numbers.

What I'm seeing in my chart, is that every hour or so there's a drop in queries. Am I misunderstanding what the dns_queries_today field is representing? I expected this to be a value that would increase over the day, and then reset at midnight.

I've attached a screenshot of what my chart looks like.

[Bucking_Horn]

Pi-hole is using a one-day rolling time frame, i.e. you are seeing the values for the last 24 hours, not a calendar day.

[jacobwhite]

That still doesn’t explain the huge drop every half hour.

[jfb]

Please post a screen capture of your admin dashboard showing the 24 hour graphs.

[jacobwhite]

Here you go.

[jfb]

The graph looks very normal.

[jacobwhite]

Is it possible to get a count that just counts up from midnight?

[jfb]

You can get this count from the long term database. Select "Today" as the date range.

[jacobwhite]

Can you point me to where that is?

[jfb]