Elixir

This library provides an Elixir HTTP client for PostHog. See the repository for more information.

Installation

This library was built by the community and is not maintained by the PostHog core team.

The package can be installed by adding posthog to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [
    {:posthog, "~> 0.1"}
  ]
end

Configuration

config :posthog,
  api_url: "<ph_instance_address>",
  api_key: "<ph_project_api_key>"

Optionally, you can pass in a :json_library key. The default JSON parser is Jason.

Capturing events

You can send custom events using capture:

Posthog.capture("user_signed_up", %{
  distinct_id: distinct_id_of_the_user
})

Tip: We recommend using a '[object][verb]' format for your event names, where '[object]' is the entity that the behavior relates to, and '[verb]' is the behavior itself. For example, project created, user signed up, or invite sent.

Setting event properties

Optionally, you can also include additional information in the event by setting the properties value:

Posthog.capture("user_signed_up", %{
  distinct_id: distinct_id_of_the_user,
  properties: %{
    login_type: "email",
    is_free_trial: true
  }
})

Batching events

To capture multiple events at once, use batch():

Posthog.batch([{"user_signed_up", [distinct_id: distinct_id_of_the_user], nil}])

Feature flags

PostHog's feature flags enable you to safely deploy and roll back new features.

Feature flags are not supported yet in our Elixir SDK. However, you can integrate them into your project by using the PostHog API.

Thanks

Thanks to nkezhaya for contributing this library.