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2023-02-26: Show stats pages + new API calls for show downloads and other queries

• All OP3 stats pages are available at the conventional url: https://op3.dev/show/<show-uuid-or-podcast-guid>
• New API call to query downloads for a given show.
• New API call to view basic show information such as title and episode metadata.
• New API call to find recent episodes with transcripts.
• New API call to find the top apps for a given show.

2023-01-12: Download calculation page

• Published a new page explaining how OP3 calculates Downloads.
• Show-level stats pages link to this page for reference.

2022-12-29: Preview links to OP3 show stats pages

• Made an early version of the show-level stats page available to podcasters running the OP3 prefix, primarily to verify the Downloads calculation.
• Podcasters going through the Setup page will now see instructions on how to request access to their stats page.
• The underlying OP3 Downloads API is not public yet, but will be part of an upcoming public release.

2022-10-20: Saving more request attributes, updated Privacy Policy

• Saving more non-listener-identifying fields on each request, after arriving at a consensus in a project disussion.
• Updated the Privacy Policy detailing the new fields captured: Country, Continent, Region, Timezone, Metro, ASN.

2022-10-18: New Setup page, API keys, optional prefix arguments

• Published a new Setup page with instructions, examples, and an easy-to-use feed checker to sanity-check your OP3 setup.
• Introduced proper API key management. Existing API users should switch over to these more stable credentials instead of hardcoding the shared preview tokens.
• Introduced a way to pass optional arguments in the prefix url using comma-delimited name=value pairs. Can be used to pass your Podcast Guid as part of the redirect (see Examples).

2022-09-24: Request URL "starts with" queries

• The existing Query Redirect Logs url parameter now supports trailing wildcards. Can be used for simple "episode URL starts with" queries before proper show rollup logic is in place.
• Added documention about the sort order of the Query Redirect Logs results.

2022-09-15: Initial launch! Prefix redirect and Data API preview

• New podcast episode prefix service: https://op3.dev/e/ ready to use - safely and securely stores basic episode request attributes.
• New API and associated API Documentation providing open access to low-level episode data, as a preview of what's to come.
• Existing podcasters can contribute real data to this project by adding the prefix to the episode urls in their podcast RSS feed.