Session

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

List all session recordings

Path Parameters

  • project_id
    string

Query Parameters

  • limit
    integer
  • offset
    integer

Response


Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/session_recordings
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/session_recordings/

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": "string",
      "distinct_id": "string",
      "viewed": "string",
      "recording_duration": 0,
      "active_seconds": 0,
      "inactive_seconds": 0,
      "start_time": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "end_time": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "click_count": 0,
      "keypress_count": 0,
      "mouse_activity_count": 0,
      "console_log_count": 0,
      "console_warn_count": 0,
      "console_error_count": 0,
      "start_url": "string",
      "person": {
        "id": 0,
        "name": "string",
        "distinct_ids": [
          "string"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "property1": null,
          "property2": null
        },
        "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
        "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
      },
      "storage": "string",
      "pinned_count": "string"
    }
  ]
}

Retrieve session recordings

Path Parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Response


Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/session_recordings/: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/session_recordings/:id/

Response

RESPONSE
{
  "id": "string",
  "distinct_id": "string",
  "viewed": "string",
  "recording_duration": 0,
  "active_seconds": 0,
  "inactive_seconds": 0,
  "start_time": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "end_time": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "click_count": 0,
  "keypress_count": 0,
  "mouse_activity_count": 0,
  "console_log_count": 0,
  "console_warn_count": 0,
  "console_error_count": 0,
  "start_url": "string",
  "person": {
    "id": 0,
    "name": "string",
    "distinct_ids": [
      "string"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    },
    "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
  },
  "storage": "string",
  "pinned_count": "string"
}

Delete session recordings

Path Parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Request

DELETE /api/projects/:project_id/session_recordings/: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/session_recordings/:id/

Response

No response

Retrieve session recordings snapshots

Snapshots can be loaded from multiple places:

  1. From S3 if the session is older than our ingestion limit. This will be multiple files that can be streamed to the client
  2. From Redis if the session is newer than our ingestion limit.
  3. From Clickhouse whilst we are migrating to the new ingestion method

Path Parameters

  • id
    string
  • project_id
    string

Response


Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/session_recordings/:id/snapshots
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/session_recordings/:id/snapshots/

Response

RESPONSE
{
  "id": "string",
  "distinct_id": "string",
  "viewed": "string",
  "recording_duration": 0,
  "active_seconds": 0,
  "inactive_seconds": 0,
  "start_time": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "end_time": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "click_count": 0,
  "keypress_count": 0,
  "mouse_activity_count": 0,
  "console_log_count": 0,
  "console_warn_count": 0,
  "console_error_count": 0,
  "start_url": "string",
  "person": {
    "id": 0,
    "name": "string",
    "distinct_ids": [
      "string"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    },
    "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
  },
  "storage": "string",
  "pinned_count": "string"
}

Retrieve session recordings matching events

    Gets a list of event ids that match the given session recording filter.
    The filter must include a single session ID.
    And must include at least one event or action filter.
    This API is intended for internal use and might have unannounced breaking changes.

Path Parameters

  • project_id
    string

Response


Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/session_recordings/matching_events
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/session_recordings/matching_events/

Response

RESPONSE
{
  "id": "string",
  "distinct_id": "string",
  "viewed": "string",
  "recording_duration": 0,
  "active_seconds": 0,
  "inactive_seconds": 0,
  "start_time": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "end_time": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "click_count": 0,
  "keypress_count": 0,
  "mouse_activity_count": 0,
  "console_log_count": 0,
  "console_warn_count": 0,
  "console_error_count": 0,
  "start_url": "string",
  "person": {
    "id": 0,
    "name": "string",
    "distinct_ids": [
      "string"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    },
    "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
  },
  "storage": "string",
  "pinned_count": "string"
}

Retrieve session recordings properties

Path Parameters

  • project_id
    string

Response


Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/session_recordings/properties
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/session_recordings/properties/

Response

RESPONSE
{
  "id": "string",
  "distinct_id": "string",
  "viewed": "string",
  "recording_duration": 0,
  "active_seconds": 0,
  "inactive_seconds": 0,
  "start_time": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "end_time": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "click_count": 0,
  "keypress_count": 0,
  "mouse_activity_count": 0,
  "console_log_count": 0,
  "console_warn_count": 0,
  "console_error_count": 0,
  "start_url": "string",
  "person": {
    "id": 0,
    "name": "string",
    "distinct_ids": [
      "string"
    ],
    "properties": {
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    },
    "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "uuid": "095be615-a8ad-4c33-8e9c-c7612fbf6c9f"
  },
  "storage": "string",
  "pinned_count": "string"
}

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