changes to add a "hit" button in readme

Author: selipot

.github/workflows/update-traffic-badge.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: Update traffic badge
+
+on:
+  push:            # update when you push to your fork/branch
+    branches: ["**"]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "7 3 * * *"   # daily
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  update:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Update badge.json with views (last 14d)
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            // Fetch 14-day views for THIS repo (your fork until merged)
+            const { data } = await github.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/traffic/views', {
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo
+            });
+
+            const total = data?.count ?? 0;
+            const payload = {
+              schemaVersion: 1,
+              label: "views (14d)",
+              message: String(total)
+            };
+
+            const fs = require('fs');
+            fs.writeFileSync('badge.json', JSON.stringify(payload));
+
+      - name: Commit and push if changed
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions"
+          git config user.email "[email protected]"
+          git add badge.json
+          git diff --quiet || git commit -m "Update traffic badge"
+          git push

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 [![NSF-2126413](https://img.shields.io/badge/NSF-2126413-blue.svg)](https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2126413)
 [![Zenodo DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/DOI/10.5281/zenodo.11081647.svg)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11081647)
 [![JOSS DOI](https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.06742/status.svg)](https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06742)
-[![Hits](https://hits.seeyoufarm.com/api/count/incr/badge.svg?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FCloud-Drift%2Fclouddrift&count_bg=%2368C563&title_bg=%23555555&icon=&icon_color=%23E7E7E7&title=hits&edge_flat=false)](https://hits.seeyoufarm.com)
+![Views (14d)][traffic-badge]
 
 ### 📦 Distributions
 [![Available on conda-forge](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/clouddrift/badges/version.svg?style=flat-square)](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/clouddrift/)
@@ -169,3 +169,5 @@ best to help you.
 
 Please create a new issue [here](https://github.com/Cloud-Drift/clouddrift/issues/new)
 and provide as much detail as possible about your problem or question.
+
+[traffic-badge]: https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/selipot/clouddrift/hit-button/badge.json&cacheSeconds=3600

badge.json

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+{ "schemaVersion": 1, "label": "views (14d)", "message": "…" }