The most basic Google Analytics access in python

basic-gdata.py

import gdata.analytics.service
from datetime import date, timedelta
from xml.dom.minidom import parseString

def main():

        client = gdata.analytics.service.AnalyticsDataService()
        client.ClientLogin('<your email here>', '<your password here>')

        today = date.today()
         
        q = gdata.analytics.service.DataQuery(
            ids='ga:<your GA ID here>',
            dimensions='ga:pagePath',
            metrics='ga:pageviews',
            filters='ga:pagepath=~^/store',
            sort='-ga:pageviews',
            start_date=today - timedelta(days=7),
            end_date=today,
            start_index='',
            max_results='50')
       
        gadata = client.AnalyticsDataFeed(q.ToUri())
        xml = parseString(str(gadata))
        for title in xml.getElementsByTagName("ns0:title"):
            for child in title.childNodes:
                print child.data
                
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()