PostHog Python

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PostHog Python SDK

SDK Version: 7.0.1

Integrate PostHog into any python application.

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# Context usage
from posthog import identify_context, new_context
with new_context():
    identify_context('distinct_id_of_the_user')
    posthog.capture('user_signed_up')
    posthog.capture('user_logged_in')
    posthog.capture('some-custom-action', distinct_id='distinct_id_of_the_user')

# Set event properties
posthog.capture(
    "user_signed_up",
    distinct_id="distinct_id_of_the_user",
    properties={
        "login_type": "email",
        "is_free_trial": "true"
    }
)

is_my_flag_enabled = posthog.feature_enabled('flag-key', 'distinct_id_of_your_user')
if is_my_flag_enabled:
    # Do something differently for this user
    # Optional: fetch the payload
    matched_flag_payload = posthog.get_feature_flag_payload('flag-key', 'distinct_id_of_your_user')

enabled_variant = posthog.get_feature_flag('flag-key', 'distinct_id_of_your_user')
if enabled_variant == 'variant-key': # replace 'variant-key' with the key of your variant
    # Do something differently for this user
    # Optional: fetch the payload
    matched_flag_payload = posthog.get_feature_flag_payload('flag-key', 'distinct_id_of_your_user')

is_my_flag_enabled = posthog.feature_enabled('flag-key', 'distinct_id_of_your_user')

if is_my_flag_enabled:
    # Do something differently for this user
    # Optional: fetch the payload
    matched_flag_payload = posthog.get_feature_flag_payload('flag-key', 'distinct_id_of_your_user')

flag_result = posthog.get_feature_flag_result('flag-key', 'distinct_id_of_your_user')
if flag_result and flag_result.get_value() == 'variant-key':
    # Do something differently for this user
    # Optional: fetch the payload
    matched_flag_payload = flag_result.payload

# Set person properties
from posthog import capture
capture(
    'distinct_id',
    event='event_name',
    properties={
        '$set': {'name': 'Max Hedgehog'},
        '$set_once': {'initial_url': '/blog'}
    }
)

# Set property once
from posthog import capture
capture(
    'distinct_id',
    event='event_name',
    properties={
        '$set': {'name': 'Max Hedgehog'},
        '$set_once': {'initial_url': '/blog'}
    }
)

# Context and capture usage
from posthog import new_context, identify_context, tag_context, capture
# Enter a new context (e.g. a request/response cycle, an instance of a background job, etc)
with new_context():
    # Associate this context with some user, by distinct_id
    identify_context('some user')

    # Capture an event, associated with the context-level distinct ID ('some user')
    capture('movie started')

    # Capture an event associated with some other user (overriding the context-level distinct ID)
    capture('movie joined', distinct_id='some-other-user')

    # Capture an event with some properties
    capture('movie played', properties={'movie_id': '123', 'category': 'romcom'})

    # Capture an event with some properties
    capture('purchase', properties={'product_id': '123', 'category': 'romcom'})
    # Capture an event with some associated group
    capture('purchase', groups={'company': 'id:5'})

    # Adding a tag to the current context will cause it to appear on all subsequent events
    tag_context('some-tag', 'some-value')

    capture('another-event') # Will be captured with `'some-tag': 'some-value'` in the properties dict

# Set event properties
from posthog import capture
capture(
    "user_signed_up",
    distinct_id="distinct_id_of_the_user",
    properties={
        "login_type": "email",
        "is_free_trial": "true"
    }
)

# Boolean feature flag
from posthog import feature_enabled, get_feature_flag_payload
is_my_flag_enabled = feature_enabled('flag-key', 'distinct_id_of_your_user')
if is_my_flag_enabled:
    matched_flag_payload = get_feature_flag_payload('flag-key', 'distinct_id_of_your_user')

# Multivariate feature flag
from posthog import get_feature_flag, get_feature_flag_payload
enabled_variant = get_feature_flag('flag-key', 'distinct_id_of_your_user')
if enabled_variant == 'variant-key':
    matched_flag_payload = get_feature_flag_payload('flag-key', 'distinct_id_of_your_user')