Cohorts

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

List all cohorts

Required API key scopes

cohort: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

  • 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/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/cohorts/

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",
      "groups": null,
      "deleted": true,
      "filters": null,
      "query": null,
      "is_calculating": true,
      "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
      },
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "last_calculation": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "errors_calculating": 0,
      "count": 0,
      "is_static": true,
      "experiment_set": [
        0
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Create cohorts

Required API key scopes

cohort: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/.

Request parameters

  • name
    string
  • description
    string
  • groups
  • deleted
    boolean
  • filters
  • query
  • is_static
    boolean

Response


Request

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

Response

Status 201
RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "groups": null,
  "deleted": true,
  "filters": null,
  "query": null,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "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
  },
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "last_calculation": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "errors_calculating": 0,
  "count": 0,
  "is_static": true,
  "experiment_set": [
    0
  ]
}

Retrieve cohorts

Required API key scopes

cohort:read

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this cohort.

  • 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


Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/cohorts/: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/cohorts/:id/

Response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "groups": null,
  "deleted": true,
  "filters": null,
  "query": null,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "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
  },
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "last_calculation": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "errors_calculating": 0,
  "count": 0,
  "is_static": true,
  "experiment_set": [
    0
  ]
}

Update cohorts

Required API key scopes

cohort:write

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this cohort.

  • 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
  • description
    string
  • groups
  • deleted
    boolean
  • filters
  • query
  • is_static
    boolean

Response


Request

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

Response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "groups": null,
  "deleted": true,
  "filters": null,
  "query": null,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "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
  },
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "last_calculation": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "errors_calculating": 0,
  "count": 0,
  "is_static": true,
  "experiment_set": [
    0
  ]
}

Delete cohorts

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

Required API key scopes

cohort:write

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this cohort.

  • 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

DELETE /api/projects/:project_id/cohorts/: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/cohorts/:id/

Response

Status 405 No response body

Retrieve cohorts duplicate as static cohort

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this cohort.

  • 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


Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/cohorts/:id/duplicate_as_static_cohort
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/cohorts/:id/duplicate_as_static_cohort/

Response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "groups": null,
  "deleted": true,
  "filters": null,
  "query": null,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "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
  },
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "last_calculation": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "errors_calculating": 0,
  "count": 0,
  "is_static": true,
  "experiment_set": [
    0
  ]
}

Retrieve cohorts persons

Required API key scopes

cohort:readperson:read

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this cohort.

  • 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/cohorts/: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/cohorts/:id/persons/

Response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "groups": null,
  "deleted": true,
  "filters": null,
  "query": null,
  "is_calculating": true,
  "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
  },
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "last_calculation": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "errors_calculating": 0,
  "count": 0,
  "is_static": true,
  "experiment_set": [
    0
  ]
}

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