Actions

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

List all actions

Required API key scopes

action: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"
  • limit
    integer

    Number of results to return per page.

  • offset
    integer

    The initial index from which to return the results.

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

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": 0,
      "name": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "tags": [
        null
      ],
      "post_to_slack": true,
      "slack_message_format": "string",
      "steps": [
        {
          "event": "string",
          "properties": [
            {
              "property1": null,
              "property2": null
            }
          ],
          "selector": "string",
          "tag_name": "string",
          "text": "string",
          "text_matching": "contains",
          "href": "string",
          "href_matching": "contains",
          "url": "string",
          "url_matching": "contains"
        }
      ],
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "created_by": {
        "id": 0,
        "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
        "distinct_id": "string",
        "first_name": "string",
        "last_name": "string",
        "email": "user@example.com",
        "is_email_verified": true,
        "hedgehog_config": {
          "property1": null,
          "property2": null
        }
      },
      "deleted": true,
      "is_calculating": true,
      "last_calculated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "team_id": 0,
      "is_action": true,
      "bytecode_error": "string",
      "plugin_configs": [
        {
          "id": 0,
          "plugin": 0,
          "enabled": true,
          "order": -2147483648,
          "config": "string",
          "error": "string",
          "team_id": 0,
          "plugin_info": "string",
          "delivery_rate_24h": "string",
          "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
          "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
          "name": "string",
          "description": "string",
          "deleted": true,
          "match_action": 0
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Create actions

Required API key scopes

action:write

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

  • 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

Status 201
RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "post_to_slack": true,
  "slack_message_format": "string",
  "steps": [
    {
      "event": "string",
      "properties": [
        {
          "property1": null,
          "property2": null
        }
      ],
      "selector": "string",
      "tag_name": "string",
      "text": "string",
      "text_matching": "contains",
      "href": "string",
      "href_matching": "contains",
      "url": "string",
      "url_matching": "contains"
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    }
  },
  "deleted": true,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "last_calculated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "team_id": 0,
  "is_action": true,
  "bytecode_error": "string",
  "plugin_configs": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "plugin": 0,
      "enabled": true,
      "order": -2147483648,
      "config": "string",
      "error": "string",
      "team_id": 0,
      "plugin_info": "string",
      "delivery_rate_24h": "string",
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "name": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "deleted": true,
      "match_action": 0
    }
  ]
}

Retrieve actions

Required API key scopes

action:read

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this action.

  • 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/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

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "post_to_slack": true,
  "slack_message_format": "string",
  "steps": [
    {
      "event": "string",
      "properties": [
        {
          "property1": null,
          "property2": null
        }
      ],
      "selector": "string",
      "tag_name": "string",
      "text": "string",
      "text_matching": "contains",
      "href": "string",
      "href_matching": "contains",
      "url": "string",
      "url_matching": "contains"
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    }
  },
  "deleted": true,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "last_calculated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "team_id": 0,
  "is_action": true,
  "bytecode_error": "string",
  "plugin_configs": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "plugin": 0,
      "enabled": true,
      "order": -2147483648,
      "config": "string",
      "error": "string",
      "team_id": 0,
      "plugin_info": "string",
      "delivery_rate_24h": "string",
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "name": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "deleted": true,
      "match_action": 0
    }
  ]
}

Update actions

Required API key scopes

action:write

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this action.

  • 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

  • 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

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "tags": [
    null
  ],
  "post_to_slack": true,
  "slack_message_format": "string",
  "steps": [
    {
      "event": "string",
      "properties": [
        {
          "property1": null,
          "property2": null
        }
      ],
      "selector": "string",
      "tag_name": "string",
      "text": "string",
      "text_matching": "contains",
      "href": "string",
      "href_matching": "contains",
      "url": "string",
      "url_matching": "contains"
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "created_by": {
    "id": 0,
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f",
    "distinct_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "is_email_verified": true,
    "hedgehog_config": {
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    }
  },
  "deleted": true,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "last_calculated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "team_id": 0,
  "is_action": true,
  "bytecode_error": "string",
  "plugin_configs": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "plugin": 0,
      "enabled": true,
      "order": -2147483648,
      "config": "string",
      "error": "string",
      "team_id": 0,
      "plugin_info": "string",
      "delivery_rate_24h": "string",
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "name": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "deleted": true,
      "match_action": 0
    }
  ]
}

Delete actions

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

Required API key scopes

action:write

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this action.

  • 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

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

Status 405 No response body

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