Environments-12

For instructions on how to authenticate to use this endpoint, see API overview.

This endpoint is meant for reading and deleting persons. To create or update persons, we recommend using the capture API, the $set and $unset properties, or one of our SDKs.

Retrieve environments persons activity retrieve

Required API key scopes

activity_log:read

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this person.

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request

GET /api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/activity
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/activity/

Response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve environments persons activity retrieve

Required API key scopes

activity_log:read

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this person.

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request

GET /api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/activity
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/activity/

Response

Status 200 No response body

Create environments persons delete events

Queue deletion of all events associated with this person. The task runs during non-peak hours.

Required API key scopes

person:write

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this person.

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

  • properties

Request

POST /api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/delete_events
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/delete_events/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200 No response body

Create environments persons delete events

Queue deletion of all events associated with this person. The task runs during non-peak hours.

Required API key scopes

person:write

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this person.

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

  • properties

Request

POST /api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/delete_events
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/delete_events/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200 No response body

Create environments persons delete property

Required API key scopes

person:write

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this person.

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • $unset
    string

    Specify the property key to delete

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

  • properties

Request

POST /api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/delete_property
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/delete_property/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200 No response body

Create environments persons delete property

Required API key scopes

person:write

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this person.

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • $unset
    string

    Specify the property key to delete

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

  • properties

Request

POST /api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/delete_property
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/delete_property/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve environments persons properties timeline

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this person.

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request

GET /api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/properties_timeline
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/properties_timeline/

Response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve environments persons properties timeline

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this person.

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request

GET /api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/properties_timeline
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/properties_timeline/

Response

Status 200 No response body

Create environments persons split

Required API key scopes

person:write

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this person.

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

  • properties

Request

POST /api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/split
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/split/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200 No response body

Create environments persons split

Required API key scopes

person:write

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this person.

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

  • properties

Request

POST /api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/split
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/split/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200 No response body

Create environments persons update property

Required API key scopes

person:write

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this person.

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"
  • key
    string

    Specify the property key

  • value

    Specify the property value

Request parameters

  • properties

Request

POST /api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/update_property
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/update_property/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200 No response body

Create environments persons update property

Required API key scopes

person:write

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this person.

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"
  • key
    string

    Specify the property key

  • value

    Specify the property value

Request parameters

  • properties

Request

POST /api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/update_property
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/:id/update_property/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve environments persons activity

Required API key scopes

activity_log:read

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request

GET /api/environments/:project_id/persons/activity
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/activity/

Response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve environments persons activity

Required API key scopes

activity_log:read

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request

GET /api/environments/:project_id/persons/activity
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/activity/

Response

Status 200 No response body

Create environments persons bulk delete

This endpoint allows you to bulk delete persons, either by the PostHog person IDs or by distinct IDs. You can pass in a maximum of 1000 IDs per call.

Required API key scopes

person:write

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • delete_events
    boolean

    If true, a task to delete all events associated with this person will be created and queued. The task does not run immediately and instead is batched together and at 5AM UTC every Sunday

  • distinct_ids
    object

    A list of distinct IDs, up to 1000 of them. We'll delete all persons associated with those distinct IDs.

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"
  • ids
    object

    A list of PostHog person IDs, up to 1000 of them. We'll delete all the persons listed.

Request parameters

  • properties

Request

POST /api/environments/:project_id/persons/bulk_delete
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/bulk_delete/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200 No response body

Create environments persons bulk delete

This endpoint allows you to bulk delete persons, either by the PostHog person IDs or by distinct IDs. You can pass in a maximum of 1000 IDs per call.

Required API key scopes

person:write

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • delete_events
    boolean

    If true, a task to delete all events associated with this person will be created and queued. The task does not run immediately and instead is batched together and at 5AM UTC every Sunday

  • distinct_ids
    object

    A list of distinct IDs, up to 1000 of them. We'll delete all persons associated with those distinct IDs.

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"
  • ids
    object

    A list of PostHog person IDs, up to 1000 of them. We'll delete all the persons listed.

Request parameters

  • properties

Request

POST /api/environments/:project_id/persons/bulk_delete
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/bulk_delete/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve environments persons cohorts

Required API key scopes

person:readcohort:read

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request

GET /api/environments/:project_id/persons/cohorts
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/cohorts/

Response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve environments persons cohorts

Required API key scopes

person:readcohort:read

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request

GET /api/environments/:project_id/persons/cohorts
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/cohorts/

Response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve environments persons funnel

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request

GET /api/environments/:project_id/persons/funnel
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/funnel/

Response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve environments persons funnel

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request

GET /api/environments/:project_id/persons/funnel
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/environments/:project_id/persons/funnel/

Response

Status 200 No response body
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