Experiments

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

List all experiments

Required API key scopes

experiment: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/experiments
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/experiments/

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",
      "start_date": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "end_date": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "feature_flag_key": "string",
      "feature_flag": {
        "id": 0,
        "team_id": 0,
        "name": "string",
        "key": "string",
        "filters": {
          "property1": null,
          "property2": null
        },
        "deleted": true,
        "active": true,
        "ensure_experience_continuity": true
      },
      "holdout": {
        "id": 0,
        "name": "string",
        "description": "string",
        "filters": null,
        "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
          }
        },
        "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
        "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
      },
      "holdout_id": 0,
      "exposure_cohort": 0,
      "parameters": null,
      "secondary_metrics": null,
      "saved_metrics": [
        {
          "id": 0,
          "experiment": 0,
          "saved_metric": 0,
          "metadata": null,
          "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
        }
      ],
      "saved_metrics_ids": [
        null
      ],
      "filters": null,
      "archived": 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,
        "hedgehog_config": {
          "property1": null,
          "property2": null
        }
      },
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "type": "web",
      "metrics": null
    }
  ]
}

Create experiments

Required API key scopes

experiment: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
  • start_date
    string
  • end_date
    string
  • feature_flag_key
    string
  • holdout_id
    integer
  • parameters
  • secondary_metrics
  • saved_metrics_ids
    array
  • filters
  • archived
    boolean
  • type
  • metrics

Response


Request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/experiments
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/experiments/\
	-d name="string",\
	-d feature_flag_key="string"

Response

Status 201
RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "start_date": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "end_date": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "feature_flag_key": "string",
  "feature_flag": {
    "id": 0,
    "team_id": 0,
    "name": "string",
    "key": "string",
    "filters": {
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    },
    "deleted": true,
    "active": true,
    "ensure_experience_continuity": true
  },
  "holdout": {
    "id": 0,
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "filters": null,
    "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
      }
    },
    "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
  },
  "holdout_id": 0,
  "exposure_cohort": 0,
  "parameters": null,
  "secondary_metrics": null,
  "saved_metrics": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "experiment": 0,
      "saved_metric": 0,
      "metadata": null,
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
    }
  ],
  "saved_metrics_ids": [
    null
  ],
  "filters": null,
  "archived": 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,
    "hedgehog_config": {
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    }
  },
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "type": "web",
  "metrics": null
}

Retrieve experiments

Required API key scopes

experiment:read

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this experiment.

  • 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/experiments/:id
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/experiments/:id/

Response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "start_date": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "end_date": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "feature_flag_key": "string",
  "feature_flag": {
    "id": 0,
    "team_id": 0,
    "name": "string",
    "key": "string",
    "filters": {
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    },
    "deleted": true,
    "active": true,
    "ensure_experience_continuity": true
  },
  "holdout": {
    "id": 0,
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "filters": null,
    "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
      }
    },
    "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
  },
  "holdout_id": 0,
  "exposure_cohort": 0,
  "parameters": null,
  "secondary_metrics": null,
  "saved_metrics": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "experiment": 0,
      "saved_metric": 0,
      "metadata": null,
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
    }
  ],
  "saved_metrics_ids": [
    null
  ],
  "filters": null,
  "archived": 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,
    "hedgehog_config": {
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    }
  },
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "type": "web",
  "metrics": null
}

Update experiments

Required API key scopes

experiment:write

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this experiment.

  • 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
  • start_date
    string
  • end_date
    string
  • feature_flag_key
    string
  • holdout_id
    integer
  • parameters
  • secondary_metrics
  • saved_metrics_ids
    array
  • filters
  • archived
    boolean
  • type
  • metrics

Response


Request

PATCH /api/projects/:project_id/experiments/:id
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl -X PATCH \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/experiments/:id/\
	-d name="string"

Response

Status 200
RESPONSE
{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "start_date": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "end_date": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "feature_flag_key": "string",
  "feature_flag": {
    "id": 0,
    "team_id": 0,
    "name": "string",
    "key": "string",
    "filters": {
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    },
    "deleted": true,
    "active": true,
    "ensure_experience_continuity": true
  },
  "holdout": {
    "id": 0,
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "filters": null,
    "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
      }
    },
    "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
  },
  "holdout_id": 0,
  "exposure_cohort": 0,
  "parameters": null,
  "secondary_metrics": null,
  "saved_metrics": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "experiment": 0,
      "saved_metric": 0,
      "metadata": null,
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
    }
  ],
  "saved_metrics_ids": [
    null
  ],
  "filters": null,
  "archived": 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,
    "hedgehog_config": {
      "property1": null,
      "property2": null
    }
  },
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "type": "web",
  "metrics": null
}

Delete experiments

Required API key scopes

experiment:write

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this experiment.

  • 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/experiments/:id
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl  -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/experiments/:id/

Response

Status 204 No response body

Create experiments create exposure cohort for experiment

Required API key scopes

experiment:write

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this experiment.

  • 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
  • start_date
    string
  • end_date
    string
  • feature_flag_key
    string
  • holdout_id
    integer
  • parameters
  • secondary_metrics
  • saved_metrics_ids
    array
  • filters
  • archived
    boolean
  • type
  • metrics

Request

POST /api/projects/:project_id/experiments/:id/create_exposure_cohort_for_experiment
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl 
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json'\
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/experiments/:id/create_exposure_cohort_for_experiment/\
	-d name="string",\
	-d feature_flag_key="string"

Response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve experiments results

Required API key scopes

experiment:read

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this experiment.

  • 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

GET /api/projects/:project_id/experiments/:id/results
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/experiments/:id/results/

Response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve experiments secondary results

Required API key scopes

experiment:read

Path parameters

  • id
    integer

    A unique integer value identifying this experiment.

  • 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

GET /api/projects/:project_id/experiments/:id/secondary_results
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/experiments/:id/secondary_results/

Response

Status 200 No response body

Retrieve experiments requires flag implementation

Required API key scopes

experiment: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/.

Request

GET /api/projects/:project_id/experiments/requires_flag_implementation
export POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY=[your personal api key]
curl \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $POSTHOG_PERSONAL_API_KEY" \
    <ph_app_host>/api/projects/:project_id/experiments/requires_flag_implementation/

Response

Status 200 No response body

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