Persons API Reference

Persons

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

To create or update persons, use a PostHog library of your choice and use an identify call. This API endpoint is only for reading and deleting.

Endpoints

`GET`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/`
`GET`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/`
`PATCH`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/`
`DELETE`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/`
`GET`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/activity/`
`POST`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/delete_property/`
`GET`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/properties_timeline/`
`POST`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/split/`
`POST`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/update_property/`
`GET`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/activity/`
`GET`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/cohorts/`
`GET`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/funnel/`
`POST`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/funnel/`
`GET`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/funnel/correlation/`
`POST`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/funnel/correlation/`
`GET`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/lifecycle/`
`GET`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/path/`
`POST`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/path/`
`GET`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/retention/`
`GET`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/stickiness/`
`GET`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/trends/`
`GET`	`/api/projects/:project_id/persons/values/`

List all persons

Required API key scopes

person: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

distinct_id
string
Filter list by distinct id.
email
string
Filter persons by email (exact match)
format
string
One of: "csv""json"
limit
integer
Number of results to return per page.
offset
integer
The initial index from which to return the results.
properties
array
Filter Persons by person properties.
search
string
Search persons, either by email (full text search) or distinct_id (exact match).

Response

Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/persons

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/persons/

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "next": "https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/{project_id}/accounts/?offset=400&limit=100",
  "previous": "https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/{project_id}/accounts/?offset=400&limit=100",
  "count": 400,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "name": "string",
      "distinct_ids": [
        "string"
      ],
      "properties": null,
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
    }
  ]
}

Retrieve persons

Required API key scopes

person:read

Path parameters

id
integer
A unique integer value identifying this person.
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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Response

Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/persons/: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/persons/:id/

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Update persons

Required API key scopes

person:write

Path parameters

id
integer
A unique integer value identifying this person.
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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

properties

Response

Request

PATCH /api/projects/:project_id/persons/: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/persons/:id/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Delete persons

Required API key scopes

person:write

Path parameters

id
integer
A unique integer value identifying this person.
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

delete_events
boolean
If true, a task to delete all events associated with this person will be created and queued. The task does not run immediately and instead is batched together and at 5AM UTC every Sunday (controlled by environment variable CLEAR_CLICKHOUSE_REMOVED_DATA_SCHEDULE_CRON)
format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Request

DELETE /api/projects/:project_id/persons/: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/persons/:id/

Response

Status 204 No response body

Retrieve persons activity retrieve

Required API key scopes

activity_log:read

Path parameters

id
integer
A unique integer value identifying this person.
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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Response

Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/activity

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/persons/:id/activity/

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Create persons delete property

Path parameters

id
integer
A unique integer value identifying this person.
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

$unset
string
Specify the property key to delete
format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

properties

Response

Request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/delete_property

export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/delete_property/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Retrieve persons properties timeline

Path parameters

id
integer
A unique integer value identifying this person.
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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Response

Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/properties_timeline

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/persons/:id/properties_timeline/

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Create persons split

Path parameters

id
integer
A unique integer value identifying this person.
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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

properties

Response

Request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/split

export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/split/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Create persons update property

Path parameters

id
integer
A unique integer value identifying this person.
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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"
key
string
Specify the property key
value
Specify the property value

Request parameters

properties

Response

Request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/update_property

export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/persons/:id/update_property/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Retrieve persons activity

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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Response

Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/persons/activity

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/persons/activity/

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Retrieve persons cohorts

Required API key scopes

person:readcohort: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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Response

Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/persons/cohorts

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/persons/cohorts/

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Retrieve persons funnel

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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Response

Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/persons/funnel

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/persons/funnel/

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Create persons funnel

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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

properties

Response

Request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/persons/funnel

export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/persons/funnel/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Retrieve persons funnel correlation

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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Response

Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/persons/funnel/correlation

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/persons/funnel/correlation/

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Create persons funnel correlation

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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

properties

Response

Request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/persons/funnel/correlation

export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/persons/funnel/correlation/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Retrieve persons lifecycle

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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Response

Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/persons/lifecycle

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/persons/lifecycle/

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Retrieve persons path

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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Response

Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/persons/path

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/persons/path/

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Create persons path

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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Request parameters

properties

Response

Request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/persons/path

export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    https://app.posthog.com/api/projects/:project_id/persons/path/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Retrieve persons retention

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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Response

Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/persons/retention

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/persons/retention/

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Retrieve persons stickiness

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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Response

Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/persons/stickiness

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/persons/stickiness/

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Retrieve persons trends

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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Response

Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/persons/trends

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/persons/trends/

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}

Retrieve persons values

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

format
string
One of: "csv""json"

Response

Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/persons/values

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/persons/values/

Response

Status 200

RESPONSE

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "distinct_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "properties": null,
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
}