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Le Matin: Digital Platform Configuration Details Revealed
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Recent analysis of the Le Matin digital platform’s configuration, as outlined in a publicly accessible JSON file, provides a detailed look into the infrastructure powering the Swiss French-language news website (www.lematin.ch). This information, while technical in nature, offers insights into the platform’s architecture, API integrations, and data handling practices.
Key API Endpoints and Services
The configuration details a wide array of API endpoints used for various functionalities. These include:
- Comment Management: APIs for user reactions (
https://api.lematin.ch/comment/v1/user-reactions), comment escalation (https://api.lematin.ch/comment/v1/escalations), and comment rules (/reglesducommentaire). - Analytics: Integration with a “Kaia” analytics service (
https://api.lematin.ch/kaia/v1/most-consumed) to track content consumption. - Content Rating: Endpoints for content ratings, utilizing both v1 and v2 of the rating service (
https://api.lematin.ch/content-rating/v1/ratings,https://api.lematin.ch/content-rating/v2/ratings). - Popularity: An API to determine popular content (
https://api.lematin.ch/popularity/v1/populars). - User Profiles: Extensive user profile services, including profile access (
https://profile.onelog.ch/lematin,https://api.lematin.ch/user/v1/profile?tenantId=4), activity statistics and history (https://api.lematin.ch/user/v1/statistics?tenantIds=4,https://api.lematin.ch/user/v1/history/content?tenantIds=4,https://api.lematin.ch/comment/v1/history/comments?tenantIds=4), avatar management (https://api.lematin.ch/user/v1/avatars?tenantId=4,https://api.lematin.ch/user/v1/profile/avatar?tenantId=4,https://api.lematin.ch/media/v1/profile). - SEO: Services for managing robots.txt (
https://api.lematin.ch/seo/v1/robots) and redirects (https://api.lematin.ch/seo/v1/redirect). The structured data identifies the website as lematin.ch. - Editorial: An API for accessing information about editors and journalists (
https://api.lematin.ch/editor/v1/people).
Technical Details and Platform configuration
The configuration reveals several technical aspects of the platform:
- Tenant ID: A consistent “tenantId” of 4 is used across multiple API calls, likely identifying Le Matin within a larger system.
- Date Range for Unavailable Videos: A specific date range (January 1, 2022 – September 30, 2022) is flagged for unavailable videos in categories 32, 81, and 980. This suggests a period where certain video content was inaccessible, possibly due to licensing issues or technical problems.
- Front Page Configuration: The front page path is defined as
https://www.lematin.ch/, with the front category set to “home” and an ad context of “prime.” - Script Loading: The platform utilizes a script loader with a defined strategy for Google Tag Manager (GTM-PKTSKJX), facebook SDK, and Google reCAPTCHA. The reCAPTCHA key is