Property definitions

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

Endpoints

GET
GET
PATCH
DELETE
GET

List all property definitions

Required API key scopes

property_definition:read

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

  • exclude_core_properties
    boolean
    Default: false

    Whether to exclude core properties

  • exclude_hidden
    boolean
    Default: false

    Whether to exclude properties marked as hidden

  • 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""session"

    What property definitions to return

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

Response


Example 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" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/property_definitions/

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

Retrieve property definitions

Required API key scopes

property_definition:read

Path parameters

  • id
    string

    A UUID string identifying this property definition.

  • 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


Example 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" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/property_definitions/:id/

Example response

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

Update property definitions

Required API key scopes

property_definition:write

Path parameters

  • id
    string

    A UUID string identifying this property definition.

  • 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

  • name
    string
  • is_numerical
    boolean
  • property_type
  • tags
    array

Response


Example 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" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/property_definitions/:id/\
	-d name="string"

Example response

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

Delete property definitions

Required API key scopes

property_definition:write

Path parameters

  • id
    string

    A UUID string identifying this property definition.

  • 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/.

Example 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" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/property_definitions/:id/

Example 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

Required API key scopes

property_definition:read

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/.

Example 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" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/property_definitions/seen_together/

Example response

Status 200 No response body

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