Event definitions

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Retrieve event definitions

Required API key scopes

event_definition:read

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Create event definitions

Required API key scopes

event_definition:write

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

Example request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions
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/event_definitions/

Example response

Status 201 No response body

Retrieve event definitions retrieve

Required API key scopes

event_definition:read

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Example request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/: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/event_definitions/:id/

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Update event definitions

Required API key scopes

event_definition:write

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Example request

PATCH /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/: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/event_definitions/:id/

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Delete event definitions

Required API key scopes

event_definition:write

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Example request

DELETE /api/projects/:project_id/event_definitions/: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/event_definitions/:id/

Example response

Status 204 No response body

Retrieve event definitions metrics

Path parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve event definitions golang

Required API key scopes

event_definition:read

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve event definitions python

Required API key scopes

event_definition:read

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve event definitions typescript

Required API key scopes

event_definition:read

Path parameters

  • project_id
    string

Example request

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

Example response

Status 200 No response body

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