Getting started

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👋 Welcome! This guide will get you set up with PostHog for your web app and backend.

Chapter 1

Install PostHog

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  1. Snippet
  2. SDKs
  3. Integrations
  4. API
Chapter 2

Send events

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  1. Setup autocapture
  2. Capture custom events
  3. Capture backend events
  4. When should I send events from the server vs. the client?
  5. Event ingestion nuances
Chapter 3

Identify users

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  1. Anonymous users
  2. Identifying a user when they sign up
  3. Identifying logged-in users
  4. Setting user properties
  5. Merging users
  6. Considerations
  7. Signup flow with frontend and backend
Chapter 4

User properties

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  1. Setting properties
  2. When to use set and set_once?
  3. How are properties managed when merging or aliasing users
  4. Person Display Name
  5. Default user properties
Chapter 5

Actions & insights

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  1. Creating a new action from autocapture events
  2. Creating a new trends insight
  3. Filtering events in our insight
Chapter 6

Group analytics

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  1. What is a group?
  2. Creating a group type
  3. Setting group properties
  4. Using groups in PostHog

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