diff --git a/content/posts/2018-09.md b/content/posts/2018-09.md
index b043492a8..ec40db592 100644
--- a/content/posts/2018-09.md
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@@ -335,4 +335,29 @@ $ http 'http://localhost:3000/solr/statistics/select?indent=on&rows=0&q=type:0+o
 - That one returns 766, which is exactly 1655 minus 889...
 - Also, Solr's `fq` is similar to the regular `q` query parameter, but it is considered for the Solr query cache so it should be faster for multiple queries
 
+## 2018-09-18
+
+- I managed to create a simple proof of concept REST API to expose item view and download statistics: [cgspace-statistics-api](https://github.com/alanorth/cgspace-statistics-api)
+- It uses the Python-based [Falcon](https://falcon.readthedocs.io) web framework and talks to Solr directly using the [SolrClient](https://github.com/moonlitesolutions/SolrClient) library (which seems to have issues in Python 3.7 currently)
+- After deploying on DSpace Test I can then get the stats for an item using its ID:
+
+```
+$ http -b 'https://dspacetest.cgiar.org/rest/statistics/item?id=110988'
+{
+    "downloads": 2,
+    "id": 110988,
+    "views": 15
+}
+```
+
+- The numbers are different than those that come from Atmire's statlets for some reason, but as I'm querying Solr directly, I have no idea where their numbers come from!
+- Moayad from CodeObia asked if I could make the API be able to paginate over all items, for example: /statistics?limit=100&page=1
+- Getting all the item IDs from PostgreSQL is certainly easy:
+
+```
+dspace=# select item_id from item where in_archive is True and withdrawn is False and discoverable is True;
+```
+
+- The rest of the Falcon tooling will be more difficult...
+
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@@ -490,6 +490,35 @@ $ grep -c -E 'session_id=[A-Z0-9]{32}:ip_addr=50.116.102.77' dspace.log.2018-09-
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 </ul>
 
+<h2 id="2018-09-18">2018-09-18</h2>
+
+<ul>
+<li>I managed to create a simple proof of concept REST API to expose item view and download statistics: <a href="https://github.com/alanorth/cgspace-statistics-api">cgspace-statistics-api</a></li>
+<li>It uses the Python-based <a href="https://falcon.readthedocs.io">Falcon</a> web framework and talks to Solr directly using the <a href="https://github.com/moonlitesolutions/SolrClient">SolrClient</a> library (which seems to have issues in Python 3.7 currently)</li>
+<li>After deploying on DSpace Test I can then get the stats for an item using its ID:</li>
+</ul>
+
+<pre><code>$ http -b 'https://dspacetest.cgiar.org/rest/statistics/item?id=110988'
+{
+    &quot;downloads&quot;: 2,
+    &quot;id&quot;: 110988,
+    &quot;views&quot;: 15
+}
+</code></pre>
+
+<ul>
+<li>The numbers are different than those that come from Atmire&rsquo;s statlets for some reason, but as I&rsquo;m querying Solr directly, I have no idea where their numbers come from!</li>
+<li>Moayad from CodeObia asked if I could make the API be able to paginate over all items, for example: /statistics?limit=100&amp;page=1</li>
+<li>Getting all the item IDs from PostgreSQL is certainly easy:</li>
+</ul>
+
+<pre><code>dspace=# select item_id from item where in_archive is True and withdrawn is False and discoverable is True;
+</code></pre>
+
+<ul>
+<li>The rest of the Falcon tooling will be more difficult&hellip;</li>
+</ul>
+
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