Persons-5 API Reference

Persons-5

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

Endpoints

`GET`
`GET`
`POST`
`GET`
`GET`
`GET`

Retrieve persons lifecycle

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.

Path parameters

project_id
string

Query parameters

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve persons lifecycle

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.

Path parameters

project_id
string

Query parameters

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve persons properties at time

Get person properties as they existed at a specific point in time.

This endpoint reconstructs person properties by querying ClickHouse events for $set and $set_once operations up to the specified timestamp.

Query parameters:

distinct_id: The distinct_id of the person
timestamp: ISO datetime string for the point in time (e.g., "2023-06-15T14:30:00Z")
include_set_once: Whether to handle $set_once operations (default: false)
debug: Whether to include debug information with raw events (default: false)

Required API key scopes

person:read

Path parameters

project_id
string

Query parameters

debug
boolean
distinct_id
string
format
string
One of: "csv""json"
include_set_once
boolean
person_id
string
timestamp
string

Response

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200

RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "property1": "string",
    "property2": "string"
  },
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
  "last_seen_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "point_in_time_metadata": {
    "queried_timestamp": "string",
    "include_set_once": true,
    "distinct_id_used": "string",
    "person_id_used": "string",
    "query_mode": "string",
    "distinct_ids_queried": [
      "string"
    ],
    "distinct_ids_count": 0
  },
  "debug": {
    "query": "string",
    "params": {
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    },
    "events_found": 0,
    "events": [
      {
        "property1": null,
        "property2": null
      }
    ],
    "error": "string"
  }
}

Status 400

Status 404

Status 500

Retrieve persons properties at time

Get person properties as they existed at a specific point in time.

This endpoint reconstructs person properties by querying ClickHouse events for $set and $set_once operations up to the specified timestamp.

Query parameters:

distinct_id: The distinct_id of the person
timestamp: ISO datetime string for the point in time (e.g., "2023-06-15T14:30:00Z")
include_set_once: Whether to handle $set_once operations (default: false)
debug: Whether to include debug information with raw events (default: false)

Required API key scopes

person:read

Path parameters

project_id
string

Query parameters

debug
boolean
distinct_id
string
format
string
One of: "csv""json"
include_set_once
boolean
person_id
string
timestamp
string

Response

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200

RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "property1": "string",
    "property2": "string"
  },
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
  "last_seen_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "point_in_time_metadata": {
    "queried_timestamp": "string",
    "include_set_once": true,
    "distinct_id_used": "string",
    "person_id_used": "string",
    "query_mode": "string",
    "distinct_ids_queried": [
      "string"
    ],
    "distinct_ids_count": 0
  },
  "debug": {
    "query": "string",
    "params": {
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    },
    "events_found": 0,
    "events": [
      {
        "property1": null,
        "property2": null
      }
    ],
    "error": "string"
  }
}

Status 400

Status 404

Status 500

Create persons reset person distinct id

Reset a distinct_id for a deleted person. This allows the distinct_id to be used again.

Required API key scopes

person:write

Path parameters

project_id
string

Query parameters

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

properties

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Create persons reset person distinct id

Reset a distinct_id for a deleted person. This allows the distinct_id to be used again.

Required API key scopes

person:write

Path parameters

project_id
string

Query parameters

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

properties

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve persons stickiness

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.

Path parameters

project_id
string

Query parameters

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve persons stickiness

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.

Path parameters

project_id
string

Query parameters

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve persons trends

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.

Path parameters

project_id
string

Query parameters

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve persons trends

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.

Path parameters

project_id
string

Query parameters

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve persons values

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.

Required API key scopes

person:read

Path parameters

project_id
string

Query parameters

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve persons values

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.

Required API key scopes

person:read

Path parameters

project_id
string

Query parameters

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Example request

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