diff --git a/controllers/analytics_controller.rb b/controllers/analytics_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6c2207c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/analytics_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+require 'csv'
+class AnalyticsController < ApplicationController
+
+  ##
+  # get all ontology analytics for a given year/month combination
+  # TODO use a namespace analytics after migration the old OntologyAnalyticsController
+  namespace "/data/analytics" do
+
+    get 'ontologies' do
+      expires 86400, :public
+      year = year_param(params)
+      error 400, "The year you supplied is invalid. Valid years start with 2 and contain 4 digits." if params["year"] && !year
+      month = month_param(params)
+      error 400, "The month you supplied is invalid. Valid months are 1-12." if params["month"] && !month
+      acronyms = restricted_ontologies_to_acronyms(params)
+      analytics = Ontology.analytics(year, month, acronyms)
+
+      reply analytics
+    end
+
+
+    get 'users' do
+      expires 86400, :public
+      year = year_param(params)
+      error 400, "The year you supplied is invalid. Valid years start with 2 and contain 4 digits." if params["year"] && !year
+      month = month_param(params)
+      error 400, "The month you supplied is invalid. Valid months are 1-12." if params["month"] && !month
+      analytics = User.analytics(year, month)
+      reply analytics['all_users']
+    end
+
+    get 'page_visits' do
+      expires 86400, :public
+      year = year_param(params)
+      error 400, "The year you supplied is invalid. Valid years start with 2 and contain 4 digits." if params["year"] && !year
+      month = month_param(params)
+      error 400, "The month you supplied is invalid. Valid months are 1-12." if params["month"] && !month
+      analytics = User.page_visits_analytics
+      reply analytics['all_pages']
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/helpers/application_helper.rb b/helpers/application_helper.rb
index d90630a3..24893eef 100644
--- a/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def month_param(params=nil)
         if params["month"]
           month = params["month"].strip
           if %r{(?<month>^(0[1-9]|[1-9]|1[0-2])$)}x === month
-            month.to_i
+            month.to_i.to_s
           end
         end
       end
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def year_param(params=nil)
         if params["year"]
           year = params["year"].strip
           if %r{(?<year>^([1-2]\d{3})$)}x === year
-            year.to_i
+            year.to_i.to_s
           end
         end
       end