Integrate PostHog

After you have your PostHog deployment up and running, the next step is to start sending events. This guide gives a general overview of all the ways to bring data into PostHog, with links to guides that provide step-by-step information for setting up each method.

This guide covers the following:

• JS Snippet: A small piece of JavaScript code you can include in your website to get tracking set up quick
• Client libraries: Language and framework specific SDKs for more in-depth event tracking on the frontend
• Server libraries: Packages for sending events to PostHog directly from your backend server
• Apps: Integrate with 3rd party services to import data or transform your events
• API: Send events directly to PostHog using our API

Note: The following information only covers how to bring in new events. If you have a data warehouse or database with past events, see this guide on importing historical data.

Snippet

This is the simplest way to get PostHog up and running on your website, and only takes a few minutes to set-up. This method generally works best for non-technical users or for very simple websites which don't need full tracking. If you do need to set up more detailed tracking, take a look at our client libraries.

After including the snippet on your website, it will automatically start to:

• Capture $pageview events when a user visits a page
• Track when users click on links or buttons
• Record videos of user sessions that you can play back

Installation

For a detailed guide on how to install the snippet, read our installation guide.

Libraries

This is the most flexible way of integrating with PostHog, and generally the one we recommend if there's a package for the language or framework you're using.

These libraries allow you to:

• Track events that aren't automatically captured
• Add extra information to events
• Identify logged-in users and attribute events to them
• Use advanced functionality such as feature flags (If supported by your chosen library)

For more information, read the live data ingestion guide.

Client libraries

Client libraries let you send events to PostHog from your frontend website or app. This is generally the best option for tracking UI related events as well as events from anonymous users.

Official libraries

• JavaScript
• Android
• iOS
• Flutter
• React Native

Check out the pages above for information on how to set-up each library, as well as which features each library supports.

Server libraries

Server libraries let you send events to PostHog directly from your backend server. In most cases, sending events from the server-side is the best and most reliable option, however this generally only works well for users who are signed in.

Official libraries

• NodeJS
• Python
• PHP
• Ruby
• Golang
• Java

Community libraries

• Elixir
• Nim

Check out the pages above for information on how to set-up each library, as well as which features each library supports. As a note, session recording is only supported in client-side libraries.

Apps

Apps extend PostHog's functionality and are an incredibly powerful part of the PostHog ecosystem. If you need to bring in data from a 3rd party service or perform some operation on all events coming into PostHog, apps are generally the best and most reliable option.

Apps can help you:

• Import data from 3rd party services
• Enrich events in your pipeline by adding extra data
• Filter events to keep your data clean

Installation

Below is a list of all our apps for bringing data and events into PostHog. Apps can be installed from the app section in the dashboard. For information on how to set up each app, the list below contains links to each app's documentation page.

Ingestion apps (25)

For a list of all our apps, see here

• 
  Amazon Kinesis Importer

  Stream events from an Amazon Kinesis stream directly into PostHog

• 
  Automatic Cohort Creator

  Group similar users into cohorts by their properties

• 
  BitBucket Release Tracker

  Track BitBucket releases in PostHog

• 
  Currency Normalizer

  Normalize multiple currencies in your events

• 
  Downsampling

  Limit how many events are ingested into PostHog

• 
  Email Scoring

  Collects email scores for identified users with the Mailboxlayer API

• 
  GeoIP Enricher

  Add geographic data to PostHog events and persons using IP addresses

• 
  GitHub Release Tracker

  Track GitHub releases in PostHog

• 
  GitHub Star Sync

  Analyze your most important datapoint - GitHub Stars!

• 
  GitLab Release Tracker

  Track and display GitLab releases

• 
  Heartbeat

  Sends an event every minute to test PostHog is setup correctly

• 
  n8n Connector

  Create automated workflows in n8n to send data to PostHog

• 
  Orbit Connector

  Send workspace data from Orbit to PostHog

• 
  Redshift Import

  Pull data from Amazon Redshift into PostHog as events

• 
  Property Filter

  Remove unwanted information from PostHog properties

• 
  Segment Connector

  Send events to PostHog via Segment

• 
  Shopify Connector

  Sync customer and order data from Shopify into PostHog

• 
  Twitter Followers Tracker

  Track the number of Twitter followers you have in PostHog

• 
  Unduplicator

  Clean up your data by removing duplicate events.

• 
  URL Normalizer

  Normalize the format of URLs in events

• 
  User Agent Populator

  Include browser details whenever a user agent is detected.

• 
  Zapier Connector

  Connect PostHog to 4,000+ other tools with Zapier

• 
  Zendesk Connector

  Sync Zendesk issues and customer data with PostHog

For more detail on how apps work and tutorials on how to build your own, see our apps docs.

API

Events can also be ingested directly using our API and the /capture endpoint, which is the same endpoint that all of our libraries use behind the scenes.

Generally, this isn't something you'll need to use when integrating PostHog, but if you're working with a language or framework that PostHog doesn't support yet, this will allow you to still send events.

For more information, read our API docs.