Event definitions API Reference

Event definitions

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

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`GET`

List all event definitions

Required API key scopes

event_definition:read

Query parameters

exclude_hidden
boolean
exclude_stale
boolean
limit
integer
offset
integer

Response

Example request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/
api_key = "[your personal api key]"
project_id = "[your project id]"
response = requests.get(
    "<ph_app_host>/api/projects/{project_id}/event_definitions/".format(
        project_id=project_id
    ),
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(api_key)},
).json()

Example response

Status 200

RESPONSE
{
  "count": 123,
  "next": "http://api.example.org/accounts/?offset=400&limit=100",
  "previous": "http://api.example.org/accounts/?offset=200&limit=100",
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
      "name": "string",
      "owner": 0,
      "description": "string",
      "tags": [
        null
      ],
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "updated_by": {
        "id": 0,
        "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
        "distinct_id": "string",
        "first_name": "string",
        "last_name": "string",
        "email": "user@example.com",
        "is_email_verified": true,
        "hedgehog_config": {},
        "role_at_organization": "engineering"
      },
      "last_seen_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "last_updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "verified": true,
      "verified_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "verified_by": {
        "id": 0,
        "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
        "distinct_id": "string",
        "first_name": "string",
        "last_name": "string",
        "email": "user@example.com",
        "is_email_verified": true,
        "hedgehog_config": {},
        "role_at_organization": "engineering"
      },
      "hidden": true,
      "enforcement_mode": "allow",
      "primary_property": "string",
      "is_action": true,
      "action_id": 0,
      "is_calculating": true,
      "last_calculated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "created_by": {
        "id": 0,
        "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
        "distinct_id": "string",
        "first_name": "string",
        "last_name": "string",
        "email": "user@example.com",
        "is_email_verified": true,
        "hedgehog_config": {},
        "role_at_organization": "engineering"
      },
      "post_to_slack": false,
      "default_columns": [
        "string"
      ],
      "media_preview_urls": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Create event definitions

Required API key scopes

event_definition:write

Request parameters

name
string
owner
integernull
description
stringnull
tags
array
verified
boolean
hidden
booleannull
enforcement_mode
primary_property
stringnull
post_to_slack
boolean
Default: false
default_columns
array

Response

Example request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions
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/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/\
	-d name="string"
api_key = "[your personal api key]"
project_id = "[your project id]"
response = requests.post(
    "<ph_app_host>/api/projects/{project_id}/event_definitions/".format(
        project_id=project_id
    ),
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(api_key)},
	data={
		"name": "string"
	}
).json()

Example response

Status 201

RESPONSE
{
  "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
  "name": "string",
  "owner": 0,
  "description": "string",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "updated_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "last_seen_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "last_updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "verified": true,
  "verified_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "verified_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "hidden": true,
  "enforcement_mode": "allow",
  "primary_property": "string",
  "is_action": true,
  "action_id": 0,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "last_calculated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "post_to_slack": false,
  "default_columns": [
    "string"
  ],
  "media_preview_urls": [
    "string"
  ]
}

Retrieve event definitions

Required API key scopes

event_definition:read

Path parameters

id
string

Response

Example request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/:id
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/:id/
api_key = "[your personal api key]"
project_id = "[your project id]"
response = requests.get(
    "<ph_app_host>/api/projects/{project_id}/event_definitions/{event_definition_id}/".format(
        project_id=project_id,
		event_definition_id="<the event definition id>"
    ),
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(api_key)},
).json()

Example response

Status 200

RESPONSE
{
  "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
  "name": "string",
  "owner": 0,
  "description": "string",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "updated_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "last_seen_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "last_updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "verified": true,
  "verified_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "verified_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "hidden": true,
  "enforcement_mode": "allow",
  "primary_property": "string",
  "is_action": true,
  "action_id": 0,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "last_calculated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "post_to_slack": false,
  "default_columns": [
    "string"
  ],
  "media_preview_urls": [
    "string"
  ]
}

Update event definitions

Required API key scopes

event_definition:write

Path parameters

id
string

Request parameters

name
string
owner
integernull
description
stringnull
tags
array
verified
boolean
hidden
booleannull
enforcement_mode
primary_property
stringnull
post_to_slack
boolean
Default: false
default_columns
array

Response

Example request

PATCH /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/:id
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl -X PATCH \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/:id/\
	-d name="string"
api_key = "[your personal api key]"
project_id = "[your project id]"
response = requests.patch(
    "<ph_app_host>/api/projects/{project_id}/event_definitions/{event_definition_id}/".format(
        project_id=project_id,
		event_definition_id="<the event definition id>"
    ),
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(api_key)},
	data={
		"name": "string"
	}
).json()

Example response

Status 200

RESPONSE
{
  "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
  "name": "string",
  "owner": 0,
  "description": "string",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "updated_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "last_seen_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "last_updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "verified": true,
  "verified_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "verified_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "hidden": true,
  "enforcement_mode": "allow",
  "primary_property": "string",
  "is_action": true,
  "action_id": 0,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "last_calculated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "post_to_slack": false,
  "default_columns": [
    "string"
  ],
  "media_preview_urls": [
    "string"
  ]
}

Delete event definitions

Required API key scopes

event_definition:write

Path parameters

id
string

Example request

DELETE /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/:id
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl  -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/:id/
api_key = "[your personal api key]"
project_id = "[your project id]"
response = requests.delete(
    "<ph_app_host>/api/projects/{project_id}/event_definitions/{event_definition_id}/".format(
        project_id=project_id,
		event_definition_id="<the event definition id>"
    ),
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(api_key)},
)

Example response

Status 204 No response body

Retrieve event definitions metrics

Path parameters

id
string

Example request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/:id/metrics
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/:id/metrics/
api_key = "[your personal api key]"
project_id = "[your project id]"
response = requests.get(
    "<ph_app_host>/api/projects/{project_id}/event_definitions/{event_definition_id}/metrics/".format(
        project_id=project_id,
		event_definition_id="<the event definition id>"
    ),
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(api_key)},
).json()

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Create event definitions bulk update tags

Add, remove, or replace tags across multiple event definitions in one request.

Overrides TaggedItemViewSetMixin.bulk_update_tags, which assumes integer PKs and runs object-level access-control filtering. Event definitions use UUID PKs and are not an object-level access-controlled resource — project membership (enforced by the viewset) is the only boundary, matching the single-object update path — so this scopes by project and skips the per-object editor check. Tags live on the base EventDefinition row, so it operates there regardless of the enterprise extension.

Required API key scopes

event_definition:write

Request parameters

ids
array
action
tags
array

Response

Example request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/bulk_update_tags
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/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/bulk_update_tags/\
	-d ids="array",\
	-d action=undefined,\
	-d tags="array"
api_key = "[your personal api key]"
project_id = "[your project id]"
response = requests.post(
    "<ph_app_host>/api/projects/{project_id}/event_definitions/bulk_update_tags/".format(
        project_id=project_id
    ),
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(api_key)},
	data={
		"ids": "array",
		"tags": "array"
	}
).json()

Example response

Status 200

RESPONSE
{
  "updated": [
    {
      "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
      "tags": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "skipped": [
    {
      "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
      "reason": "string"
    }
  ]
}

Retrieve event definitions by name

Get event definition by exact name

Required API key scopes

event_definition:read

Query parameters

name
string

Response

Example request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/by_name
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/by_name/
api_key = "[your personal api key]"
project_id = "[your project id]"
response = requests.get(
    "<ph_app_host>/api/projects/{project_id}/event_definitions/by_name/".format(
        project_id=project_id
    ),
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(api_key)},
).json()

Example response

Status 200

RESPONSE
{
  "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
  "name": "string",
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "last_seen_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "last_updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "enforcement_mode": "allow",
  "primary_property": "string",
  "is_action": true,
  "action_id": 0,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "last_calculated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {},
    "role_at_organization": "engineering"
  },
  "post_to_slack": false
}

Retrieve event definitions golang

Required API key scopes

event_definition:read

Example request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/golang
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/golang/
api_key = "[your personal api key]"
project_id = "[your project id]"
response = requests.get(
    "<ph_app_host>/api/projects/{project_id}/event_definitions/golang/".format(
        project_id=project_id
    ),
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(api_key)},
).json()

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve event definitions primary properties

Resolve team-configured primary properties for event definitions.

The response only contains entries where a non-null primary_property is set on the EventDefinition. Callers should fall back to the core taxonomy defaults client-side for names not present in the response.

Required API key scopes

event_definition:read

Query parameters

names
array

Response

Example request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/primary_properties
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/primary_properties/
api_key = "[your personal api key]"
project_id = "[your project id]"
response = requests.get(
    "<ph_app_host>/api/projects/{project_id}/event_definitions/primary_properties/".format(
        project_id=project_id
    ),
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(api_key)},
).json()

Example response

Status 200

RESPONSE
{
  "primary_properties": {
    "property1": "string",
    "property2": "string"
  }
}

Retrieve event definitions python

Required API key scopes

event_definition:read

Example request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/python
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/python/
api_key = "[your personal api key]"
project_id = "[your project id]"
response = requests.get(
    "<ph_app_host>/api/projects/{project_id}/event_definitions/python/".format(
        project_id=project_id
    ),
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(api_key)},
).json()

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve event definitions typescript

Required API key scopes

event_definition:read

Example request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/typescript
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/typescript/
api_key = "[your personal api key]"
project_id = "[your project id]"
response = requests.get(
    "<ph_app_host>/api/projects/{project_id}/event_definitions/typescript/".format(
        project_id=project_id
    ),
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(api_key)},
).json()

Event definitions

Endpoints

List all event definitions

Required API key scopes

Query parameters

Response

Example request

Example response

Status 200

Create event definitions

Required API key scopes

Request parameters

Response

Example request

Example response

Status 201

Retrieve event definitions

Required API key scopes

Path parameters

Response

Example request

Example response

Status 200

Update event definitions

Required API key scopes

Path parameters

Request parameters

Response

Example request

Example response

Status 200

Delete event definitions

Required API key scopes

Path parameters

Example request

Example response

Status 204 No response body

Retrieve event definitions metrics

Path parameters

Example request

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Create event definitions bulk update tags

Required API key scopes

Request parameters

Response

Example request

Example response

Status 200

Retrieve event definitions by name

Required API key scopes

Query parameters

Response

Example request

Example response

Status 200

Retrieve event definitions golang

Required API key scopes

Example request

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve event definitions primary properties

Required API key scopes

Query parameters

Response

Example request

Example response

Status 200

Retrieve event definitions python

Required API key scopes

Example request

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve event definitions typescript

Required API key scopes

Example request

Example response

Status 200 No response body

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