Actions

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

List all actions

Path Parameters

  • project_id
    string

Query Parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"
  • limit
    integer
  • offset
    integer

Response


Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/actions
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/actions/

Response

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": 0,
      "name": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "tags": [
        null
      ],
      "post_to_slack": true,
      "slack_message_format": "string",
      "steps": [
        {
          "id": "string",
          "event": "string",
          "tag_name": "string",
          "text": "string",
          "text_matching": "contains",
          "href": "string",
          "href_matching": "contains",
          "selector": "string",
          "url": "string",
          "name": "string",
          "url_matching": "contains",
          "properties": {
            "property1": null,
            "property2": null
          }
        }
      ],
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "created_by": {
        "id": 0,
        "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
        "distinct_id": "string",
        "first_name": "string",
        "email": "user@example.com",
        "is_email_verified": true
      },
      "deleted": true,
      "is_calculating": true,
      "last_calculated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "team_id": 0,
      "is_action": true,
      "bytecode_error": "string"
    }
  ]
}

Create actions

Path Parameters

  • project_id
    string

Query Parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request Parameters

  • name
    string
  • description
    string
  • tags
    array
  • post_to_slack
    boolean
  • slack_message_format
    string
  • steps
    Click to open
    array
  • deleted
    boolean
  • last_calculated_at
    string

Response


Request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/actions
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/actions/\
	-d name="string"

Response

RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "post_to_slack": true,
  "slack_message_format": "string",
  "steps": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "event": "string",
      "tag_name": "string",
      "text": "string",
      "text_matching": "contains",
      "href": "string",
      "href_matching": "contains",
      "selector": "string",
      "url": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "url_matching": "contains",
      "properties": {
        "property1": null,
        "property2": null
      }
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true
  },
  "deleted": true,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "last_calculated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "team_id": 0,
  "is_action": true,
  "bytecode_error": "string"
}

Retrieve actions

Path Parameters

  • id
    integer
  • project_id
    string

Query Parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Response


Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/actions/: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/actions/:id/

Response

RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "post_to_slack": true,
  "slack_message_format": "string",
  "steps": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "event": "string",
      "tag_name": "string",
      "text": "string",
      "text_matching": "contains",
      "href": "string",
      "href_matching": "contains",
      "selector": "string",
      "url": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "url_matching": "contains",
      "properties": {
        "property1": null,
        "property2": null
      }
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true
  },
  "deleted": true,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "last_calculated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "team_id": 0,
  "is_action": true,
  "bytecode_error": "string"
}

Update actions

Path Parameters

  • id
    integer
  • project_id
    string

Query Parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request Parameters

  • name
    string
  • description
    string
  • tags
    array
  • post_to_slack
    boolean
  • slack_message_format
    string
  • steps
    Click to open
    array
  • deleted
    boolean
  • last_calculated_at
    string

Response


Request

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

Response

RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "post_to_slack": true,
  "slack_message_format": "string",
  "steps": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "event": "string",
      "tag_name": "string",
      "text": "string",
      "text_matching": "contains",
      "href": "string",
      "href_matching": "contains",
      "selector": "string",
      "url": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "url_matching": "contains",
      "properties": {
        "property1": null,
        "property2": null
      }
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true
  },
  "deleted": true,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "last_calculated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "team_id": 0,
  "is_action": true,
  "bytecode_error": "string"
}

Delete actions

Hard delete of this model is not allowed. Use a patch API call to set "deleted" to true

Path Parameters

  • id
    integer
  • project_id
    string

Query Parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Request

DELETE /api/projects/:project_id/actions/: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/actions/:id/

Response

No response

Retrieve actions count

Path Parameters

  • id
    integer
  • project_id
    string

Query Parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Response


Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/actions/:id/count
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/actions/:id/count/

Response

RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "post_to_slack": true,
  "slack_message_format": "string",
  "steps": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "event": "string",
      "tag_name": "string",
      "text": "string",
      "text_matching": "contains",
      "href": "string",
      "href_matching": "contains",
      "selector": "string",
      "url": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "url_matching": "contains",
      "properties": {
        "property1": null,
        "property2": null
      }
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true
  },
  "deleted": true,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "last_calculated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "team_id": 0,
  "is_action": true,
  "bytecode_error": "string"
}

Retrieve actions people

Path Parameters

  • project_id
    string

Query Parameters

  • format
    string
    One of: "csv""json"

Response


Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/actions/people
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/actions/people/

Response

RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "post_to_slack": true,
  "slack_message_format": "string",
  "steps": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "event": "string",
      "tag_name": "string",
      "text": "string",
      "text_matching": "contains",
      "href": "string",
      "href_matching": "contains",
      "selector": "string",
      "url": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "url_matching": "contains",
      "properties": {
        "property1": null,
        "property2": null
      }
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true
  },
  "deleted": true,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "last_calculated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "team_id": 0,
  "is_action": true,
  "bytecode_error": "string"
}

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