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posthog

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PostHog API

Use the PostHog API via direct curl calls to manage product analytics, feature flags, experiments, insights, dashboards, cohorts, annotations, and surveys.

Official docs: https://posthog.com/docs/api

When to Use

Use this skill when you need to:

  • Manage feature flags - create, update, list, and toggle feature flags
  • Run experiments - create and monitor A/B tests
  • Query analytics - run HogQL queries for custom analytics
  • Manage insights - create and retrieve saved insights (trends, funnels, retention)
  • Manage dashboards - create and organize dashboards
  • Track persons and events - query user data and event streams
  • Manage cohorts - create and query user segments
  • Create annotations - add timeline markers for deployments or incidents
  • Manage surveys - create and monitor in-app surveys

Prerequisites

Discovering Your Project ID

Most endpoints require a project ID. Get it from the projects endpoint:

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {id, name}'

Verify Authentication

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/users/@me/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '{uuid, first_name, email}'

How to Use

All examples below assume POSTHOG_TOKEN is set. Replace <project-id> with your actual project ID from the prerequisites step.

Base URL: https://us.posthog.com/api

Organizations

List Organizations

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/organizations/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {id, name, slug, created_at}'

Get Organization Details

Replace <org-id> with your organization ID:

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/organizations/<org-id>/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '{id, name, slug, created_at, membership_level}'

Projects

List Projects

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {id, name, timezone}'

Get Project Details

Replace <project-id> with your project ID:

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '{id, name, timezone, completed_snippet_onboarding, ingested_event}'

Feature Flags

List Feature Flags

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/feature_flags/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {id, key, name, active}'

Get Feature Flag Details

Replace <flag-id> with the feature flag ID:

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/feature_flags/<flag-id>/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '{id, key, name, active, filters, rollout_percentage}'

Create Feature Flag

Write to /tmp/posthog_request.json:

{
  "key": "my-new-flag",
  "name": "My New Feature Flag",
  "active": true,
  "filters": {
    "groups": [
      {
        "properties": [],
        "rollout_percentage": 100
      }
    ]
  }
}

curl -s -X POST "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/feature_flags/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/posthog_request.json | jq '{id, key, name, active}'

Update Feature Flag

Write to /tmp/posthog_request.json:

{
  "active": false
}

Replace <flag-id> with the feature flag ID:

curl -s -X PATCH "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/feature_flags/<flag-id>/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/posthog_request.json | jq '{id, key, name, active}'

Delete Feature Flag

Replace <flag-id> with the feature flag ID:

curl -s -X DELETE "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/feature_flags/<flag-id>/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)"

Experiments

List Experiments

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/experiments/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {id, name, start_date, end_date, feature_flag_key}'

Get Experiment Details

Replace <experiment-id> with the experiment ID:

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/experiments/<experiment-id>/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '{id, name, description, start_date, end_date, feature_flag_key, parameters}'

Create Experiment

Write to /tmp/posthog_request.json:

{
  "name": "Button Color Test",
  "description": "Testing red vs blue button",
  "feature_flag_key": "button-color-test",
  "parameters": {
    "feature_flag_variants": [
      {"key": "control", "rollout_percentage": 50},
      {"key": "test", "rollout_percentage": 50}
    ]
  },
  "filters": {
    "events": [{"id": "$pageview", "name": "$pageview"}]
  }
}

curl -s -X POST "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/experiments/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/posthog_request.json | jq '{id, name, feature_flag_key}'

Insights

List Saved Insights

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/insights/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {id, short_id, name, filters}'

Get Insight Details

Replace <insight-id> with the insight ID:

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/insights/<insight-id>/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '{id, short_id, name, description, filters, last_refresh}'

Create Trend Insight

Write to /tmp/posthog_request.json:

{
  "name": "Daily Pageviews",
  "filters": {
    "insight": "TRENDS",
    "events": [{"id": "$pageview", "name": "$pageview", "math": "total"}],
    "date_from": "-30d"
  }
}

curl -s -X POST "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/insights/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/posthog_request.json | jq '{id, short_id, name}'

Create Funnel Insight

Write to /tmp/posthog_request.json:

{
  "name": "Signup Funnel",
  "filters": {
    "insight": "FUNNELS",
    "events": [
      {"id": "$pageview", "order": 0},
      {"id": "signup_started", "order": 1},
      {"id": "signup_completed", "order": 2}
    ],
    "date_from": "-30d"
  }
}

curl -s -X POST "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/insights/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/posthog_request.json | jq '{id, short_id, name}'

Delete Insight

Replace <insight-id> with the insight ID:

curl -s -X DELETE "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/insights/<insight-id>/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)"

Dashboards

List Dashboards

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/dashboards/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {id, name, description, created_at}'

Get Dashboard Details

Replace <dashboard-id> with the dashboard ID:

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/dashboards/<dashboard-id>/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '{id, name, description, tiles: [.tiles[] | {id, insight: .insight.name}]}'

Create Dashboard

Write to /tmp/posthog_request.json:

{
  "name": "Engineering Dashboard",
  "description": "Key engineering metrics"
}

curl -s -X POST "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/dashboards/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/posthog_request.json | jq '{id, name}'

Delete Dashboard

Replace <dashboard-id> with the dashboard ID:

curl -s -X DELETE "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/dashboards/<dashboard-id>/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)"

HogQL Queries

Run arbitrary analytics queries using HogQL (PostHog's SQL dialect).

Run a HogQL Query

Write to /tmp/posthog_request.json:

{
  "query": {
    "kind": "HogQLQuery",
    "query": "SELECT event, count() as cnt FROM events GROUP BY event ORDER BY cnt DESC LIMIT 10"
  }
}

curl -s -X POST "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/query/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/posthog_request.json | jq '{columns, results}'

Count Events by Day

Write to /tmp/posthog_request.json:

{
  "query": {
    "kind": "HogQLQuery",
    "query": "SELECT toDate(timestamp) as day, count() as cnt FROM events WHERE timestamp > now() - INTERVAL 7 DAY GROUP BY day ORDER BY day DESC"
  }
}

curl -s -X POST "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/query/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/posthog_request.json | jq '{columns, results}'

Query Persons

Write to /tmp/posthog_request.json:

{
  "query": {
    "kind": "HogQLQuery",
    "query": "SELECT distinct_id, properties.$browser as browser, properties.$os as os FROM persons LIMIT 10"
  }
}

curl -s -X POST "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/query/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/posthog_request.json | jq '{columns, results}'

Events

List Recent Events

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/events/?limit=10" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {id, event, distinct_id, timestamp}'

Filter Events by Type

Replace $pageview with the event name you want to filter:

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/events/?event=%24pageview&limit=10" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {id, event, distinct_id, timestamp, properties}'

Persons

List Persons

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/persons/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {id, distinct_ids, properties}'

Search Persons

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/persons/?search=user@example.com" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {id, distinct_ids}'

Get Person Details

Replace <person-id> with the person ID:

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/persons/<person-id>/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '{id, distinct_ids, properties, created_at}'

Cohorts

List Cohorts

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/cohorts/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {id, name, count, created_at}'

Create Cohort

Write to /tmp/posthog_request.json:

{
  "name": "Power Users",
  "groups": [
    {
      "properties": [
        {
          "key": "$pageview",
          "type": "behavioral",
          "value": "performed_event",
          "event_type": "events",
          "time_value": 7,
          "time_interval": "day",
          "total_periods": 3
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

curl -s -X POST "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/cohorts/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/posthog_request.json | jq '{id, name}'

Annotations

List Annotations

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/annotations/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {id, content, date_marker, scope}'

Create Annotation

Write to /tmp/posthog_request.json:

{
  "content": "Deployed v2.1.0",
  "date_marker": "2026-03-10T00:00:00Z",
  "scope": "organization"
}

curl -s -X POST "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/annotations/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/posthog_request.json | jq '{id, content, date_marker}'

Delete Annotation

Replace <annotation-id> with the annotation ID:

curl -s -X DELETE "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/annotations/<annotation-id>/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)"

Actions

List Actions

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/actions/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {id, name, steps}'

Create Action

Write to /tmp/posthog_request.json:

{
  "name": "Clicked Sign Up",
  "steps": [
    {
      "event": "$autocapture",
      "properties": [
        {"key": "$element_text", "value": "Sign Up", "type": "element"}
      ]
    }
  ]
}

curl -s -X POST "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/actions/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/posthog_request.json | jq '{id, name}'

Surveys

List Surveys

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/surveys/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {id, name, type, start_date, end_date}'

Create Survey

Write to /tmp/posthog_request.json:

{
  "name": "NPS Survey",
  "type": "popover",
  "questions": [
    {
      "type": "rating",
      "question": "How likely are you to recommend us?",
      "display": "number",
      "scale": 10,
      "lowerBoundLabel": "Not likely",
      "upperBoundLabel": "Very likely"
    }
  ]
}

curl -s -X POST "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/surveys/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" --header "Content-Type: application/json" -d @/tmp/posthog_request.json | jq '{id, name, type}'

Event Definitions

List Event Definitions

Discover what events are tracked in your project:

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/event_definitions/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {name, volume_30_day, query_usage_30_day}'

Property Definitions

List Property Definitions

Discover what properties are available:

curl -s "https://us.posthog.com/api/projects/<project-id>/property_definitions/" --header "Authorization: Bearer $(printenv POSTHOG_TOKEN)" | jq '.results[] | {name, property_type, is_numerical}'

Guidelines

  1. Discover project ID first: Call the projects endpoint to get your project ID before using other endpoints
  2. Pagination: Responses use count, next, and previous fields. Use ?limit=N&offset=M for pagination
  3. HogQL for complex queries: Use the query endpoint with HogQL for custom analytics that go beyond the standard endpoints
  4. Rate limits: PostHog has rate limits; implement backoff for 429 responses
  5. US vs EU: Use us.posthog.com for US Cloud or eu.posthog.com for EU Cloud
  6. Event names: PostHog built-in events start with $ (e.g., $pageview, $autocapture). URL-encode the $ as %24 in query parameters
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