feature request: download historical points

[ggirol-rc]

for example in https://bencher.dev/perf/git?lower_value=false&upper_value=false&lower_boundary=false&upper_boundary=true&x_axis=date_time&branches=595859eb-071c-48e9-97cf-195e0a3d6ed1&testbeds=02dcb8ad-6873-494c-aabc-9a6237601308&benchmarks=5e5c6ae1-ec8e-4c25-b27d-dcf773d33a51&measures=63dafffb-98c4-4c27-ba43-7112cae627fc&tab=benchmarks&plots_search=0d7f6186-f80a-4fbe-9022-75b6caf5164e&key=true&reports_per_page=4&branches_per_page=8&testbeds_per_page=8&benchmarks_per_page=8&plots_per_page=8&reports_page=1&branches_page=1&testbeds_page=1&benchmarks_page=1&plots_page=1&end_time=1745971200000&start_time=1740787200000&utm_medium=share&utm_source=bencher&utm_content=img&utm_campaign=perf%2Bimg&utm_term=git&clear=true would it be possible to add a button to download the data in csv or another format?

[epompeii]

@ggirol-rc yes, it would be possible.
Can you please help me understand your use case. What would a downloadable CSV help accomplish that using the /v0/projects/{project}/perf API either directly or via the CLI cannot?

[ggirol-rc]

I wanted a quick and dirty way to plot the distribution of points to know if they better fit the normal distribution of the lognormal one.

[epompeii]

I wanted a quick and dirty way to plot the distribution of points to know if they better fit the normal distribution of the lognormal one.

Ah! As mentioned here #131 (comment), I think this should be tied into the Console UI. Probably backed by an API endpoint that does some sort of "what is the distribution of my data" analysis.

Would that solve your need here?

[ggirol-rc]

you have a good point, however more generally, "the API can do this" is not very applicable in deployments where end-users are notably different from administrators, like in my case.

[epompeii]

"the API can do this" is not very applicable in deployments where end-users are notably different from administrators, like in my case.

Can you please help me understand this. Is your concern with using an API endpoint or with having access to the API endpoint?

[ggirol-rc]

obtaining an api key is easy, but as an end user (ie: somebody else set up the CI for us, and I am only expected to have a look at the web interface when code I push is flagged by CI) using the API is cumbersome.