Mixpanel Events API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Mixpanel Annotations Events API
  description: API for creating, retrieving, updating, and deleting annotations that label specific points in time on Mixpanel charts with descriptions, useful for marking product launches, campaigns, or data anomalies.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Mixpanel Support
    email: support@mixpanel.com
    url: https://mixpanel.com/get-support
  termsOfService: https://mixpanel.com/legal/terms-of-use
servers:
- url: https://mixpanel.com/api/app
  description: Mixpanel US Data Residency
- url: https://eu.mixpanel.com/api/app
  description: Mixpanel EU Data Residency
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Events
  description: Track and import event data
paths:
  /track:
    post:
      operationId: trackEvent
      summary: Mixpanel Track event
      description: Send a single event or batch of events to Mixpanel in real time. Events sent via /track are processed immediately.
      tags:
      - Events
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/verbose'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ip'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - data
              properties:
                data:
                  oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
                  - type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
                    maxItems: 2000
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                data:
                  type: string
                  description: Base64-encoded JSON event data
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Events accepted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TrackResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad request
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - invalid token
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
      security:
      - projectToken: []
  /import:
    post:
      operationId: importEvents
      summary: Mixpanel Import events
      description: Import events into Mixpanel. Designed for high-throughput historical data import. Supports up to 2000 events per batch. Events can have timestamps in the past.
      tags:
      - Events
      parameters:
      - name: strict
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          enum:
          - 0
          - 1
        description: When set to 1, validates all properties and rejects the entire batch if any event is invalid
      - name: project_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The project ID to import events into
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
              maxItems: 2000
          application/x-ndjson:
            schema:
              type: string
              description: Newline-delimited JSON events
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Events imported successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid event data
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
      security:
      - basicAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    ImportResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code
        num_records_imported:
          type: integer
          description: Number of records successfully imported
        status:
          type: string
          description: Status message
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: Error code
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error message
        status:
          type: string
          description: Status indicator
        num_records_imported:
          type: integer
          description: Number of records imported before failure
        failed_records:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              index:
                type: integer
                description: Index of the failed record
              message:
                type: string
                description: Error message for this record
    Event:
      type: object
      required:
      - event
      - properties
      properties:
        event:
          type: string
          description: The event name
        properties:
          type: object
          properties:
            distinct_id:
              type: string
              description: Unique identifier for the user who performed the event
            time:
              type: integer
              description: Unix timestamp in seconds when the event occurred
            $insert_id:
              type: string
              description: Unique identifier for the event for deduplication
            token:
              type: string
              description: Mixpanel project token
          additionalProperties: true
    TrackResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
          enum:
          - 0
          - 1
          description: 1 for success, 0 for failure
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error message if status is 0
  parameters:
    ip:
      name: ip
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        enum:
        - 0
        - 1
      description: When set to 1, use the IP address for geolocation
    verbose:
      name: verbose
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        enum:
        - 0
        - 1
      description: When set to 1, returns a JSON response with status and error details
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Service account credentials for API authentication.
externalDocs:
  description: Mixpanel Annotations API Documentation
  url: https://developer.mixpanel.com/reference/create-annotation