Property

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

List all property definitions

Path Parameters

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Query Parameters

  • event_names
    string

    If sent, response value will have is_seen_on_filtered_events populated. JSON-encoded

  • excluded_properties
    string

    JSON-encoded list of excluded properties

  • filter_by_event_names
    boolean

    Whether to return only properties for events in event_names

  • group_type_index
    integer

    What group type is the property for. Only should be set if type=group

  • is_feature_flag
    boolean

    Whether to return only (or excluding) feature flag properties

  • is_numerical
    boolean

    Whether to return only (or excluding) numerical property definitions

  • limit
    integer

    Number of results to return per page.

  • offset
    integer

    The initial index from which to return the results.

  • properties
    string

    Comma-separated list of properties to filter

  • search
    string

    Searches properties by name

  • type
    string
    Default: event
    One of: "event""person""group"

    What property definitions to return

    • event - event
    • person - person
    • group - group

Response


Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/property_definitions
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/property_definitions/

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",
      "description": "string",
      "tags": [
        null
      ],
      "is_numerical": true,
      "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
      },
      "is_seen_on_filtered_events": "string",
      "property_type": "DateTime",
      "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
      }
    }
  ]
}

Retrieve property definitions

Path Parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Response


Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/property_definitions/:id
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/property_definitions/:id/

Response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "is_numerical": true,
  "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
  },
  "is_seen_on_filtered_events": "string",
  "property_type": "DateTime",
  "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
  }
}

Update property definitions

Path Parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Request Parameters

  • description
    string
  • tags
    array
  • property_type
    string
    One of: "DateTime""String""Numeric""Boolean"
    • DateTime - DateTime
    • String - String
    • Numeric - Numeric
    • Boolean - Boolean
  • verified
    boolean

Response


Request

PATCH /api/projects/:project_id/property_definitions/:id
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl -X PATCH \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/property_definitions/:id/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "is_numerical": true,
  "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
  },
  "is_seen_on_filtered_events": "string",
  "property_type": "DateTime",
  "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
  }
}

Delete property definitions

Path Parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Request

DELETE /api/projects/:project_id/property_definitions/:id
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl  -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/property_definitions/:id/

Response

Status 204 No response body

Retrieve property definitions seen together

Allows a caller to provide a list of event names and a single property name Returns a map of the event names to a boolean representing whether that property has ever been seen with that event_name

Path Parameters

  • project_id
    string

    Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.

Response


Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/property_definitions/seen_together
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/property_definitions/seen_together/

Response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "is_numerical": true,
  "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
  },
  "is_seen_on_filtered_events": "string",
  "property_type": "DateTime",
  "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
  }
}

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