External Data

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

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Retrieve external data sources

Create, Read, Update and Delete External data Sources.

Required API key scopes

external_data_source:read

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Response


Example request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/external_data_sources/: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/external_data_sources/:id/

Example response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
"id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
"created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
"created_by": "string",
"status": "string",
"client_secret": "string",
"account_id": "string",
"source_type": "Ashby",
"latest_error": "string",
"prefix": "string",
"description": "string",
"access_method": "warehouse",
"engine": "duckdb",
"last_run_at": "string",
"schemas": [
{
"property1": null,
"property2": null
}
],
"job_inputs": null,
"revenue_analytics_config": {
"enabled": true,
"include_invoiceless_charges": true
},
"user_access_level": "string",
"supports_webhooks": true
}

Update external data sources

Create, Read, Update and Delete External data Sources.

Required API key scopes

external_data_source:write

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Request parameters

  • client_secret
    string
  • account_id
    string
  • prefix
    string
  • description
    string
  • job_inputs

Response


Example request

PATCH /api/projects/:project_id/external_data_sources/: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/external_data_sources/:id/\
-d created_at="string"

Example response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
"id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
"created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
"created_by": "string",
"status": "string",
"client_secret": "string",
"account_id": "string",
"source_type": "Ashby",
"latest_error": "string",
"prefix": "string",
"description": "string",
"access_method": "warehouse",
"engine": "duckdb",
"last_run_at": "string",
"schemas": [
{
"property1": null,
"property2": null
}
],
"job_inputs": null,
"revenue_analytics_config": {
"enabled": true,
"include_invoiceless_charges": true
},
"user_access_level": "string",
"supports_webhooks": true
}

Delete external data sources

Create, Read, Update and Delete External data Sources.

Required API key scopes

external_data_source:write

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Example request

DELETE /api/projects/:project_id/external_data_sources/: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/external_data_sources/:id/

Example response

Status 204 No response body

Create external data sources create webhook

Create, Read, Update and Delete External data Sources.

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Request parameters

  • client_secret
    string
  • account_id
    string
  • prefix
    string
  • description
    string
  • job_inputs

Example request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/external_data_sources/:id/create_webhook
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/external_data_sources/:id/create_webhook/\
-d client_secret="string",\
-d account_id="string"

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Create external data sources delete webhook

Create, Read, Update and Delete External data Sources.

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Request parameters

  • client_secret
    string
  • account_id
    string
  • prefix
    string
  • description
    string
  • job_inputs

Example request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/external_data_sources/:id/delete_webhook
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/external_data_sources/:id/delete_webhook/\
-d client_secret="string",\
-d account_id="string"

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve external data sources jobs

Create, Read, Update and Delete External data Sources.

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Create external data sources refresh schemas

Fetch current schema/table list from the source and create any new ExternalDataSchema rows (no data sync).

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Request parameters

  • client_secret
    string
  • account_id
    string
  • prefix
    string
  • description
    string
  • job_inputs

Example request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/external_data_sources/:id/refresh_schemas
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/external_data_sources/:id/refresh_schemas/\
-d client_secret="string",\
-d account_id="string"

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Create external data sources reload

Create, Read, Update and Delete External data Sources.

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Request parameters

  • client_secret
    string
  • account_id
    string
  • prefix
    string
  • description
    string
  • job_inputs

Example request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/external_data_sources/:id/reload
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/external_data_sources/:id/reload/\
-d client_secret="string",\
-d account_id="string"

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Update external data sources revenue analytics config

Update the revenue analytics configuration and return the full external data source.

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Request parameters

  • client_secret
    string
  • account_id
    string
  • prefix
    string
  • description
    string
  • job_inputs

Example request

PATCH /api/projects/:project_id/external_data_sources/:id/revenue_analytics_config
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/external_data_sources/:id/revenue_analytics_config/\
-d created_at="string"

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Create external data sources update webhook inputs

Create, Read, Update and Delete External data Sources.

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Request parameters

  • client_secret
    string
  • account_id
    string
  • prefix
    string
  • description
    string
  • job_inputs

Example request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/external_data_sources/:id/update_webhook_inputs
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/external_data_sources/:id/update_webhook_inputs/\
-d client_secret="string",\
-d account_id="string"

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve external data sources webhook info

Create, Read, Update and Delete External data Sources.

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

List all external data sources connections

Create, Read, Update and Delete External data Sources.

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

Query parameters

  • limit
    integer
  • offset
    integer
  • search
    string

Response


Example request

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

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",
"prefix": "string",
"engine": "duckdb"
}
]
}

Create external data sources database schema

Create, Read, Update and Delete External data Sources.

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

Request parameters

  • client_secret
    string
  • account_id
    string
  • prefix
    string
  • description
    string
  • job_inputs

Example request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/external_data_sources/database_schema
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/external_data_sources/database_schema/\
-d client_secret="string",\
-d account_id="string"

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Create external data sources source prefix

Create, Read, Update and Delete External data Sources.

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

Request parameters

  • client_secret
    string
  • account_id
    string
  • prefix
    string
  • description
    string
  • job_inputs

Example request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/external_data_sources/source_prefix
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/external_data_sources/source_prefix/\
-d client_secret="string",\
-d account_id="string"

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve external data sources wizard

Create, Read, Update and Delete External data Sources.

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

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