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Mixpanel Retention API

Query retention analysis data

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Mixpanel Query Retention API
  description: API for querying and retrieving analytics data from Mixpanel, including cohorts, funnels, insights, retention, segmentation, activity feeds, and event breakdowns.
  version: '2.0'
  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/2.0
  description: Mixpanel US Data Residency
- url: https://eu.mixpanel.com/api/2.0
  description: Mixpanel EU Data Residency
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Retention
  description: Query retention analysis data
paths:
  /retention:
    get:
      operationId: queryRetention
      summary: Mixpanel Query retention data
      description: Query retention analysis data showing how many users return after performing an initial event.
      tags:
      - Retention
      parameters:
      - name: project_id
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: The Mixpanel project ID
      - name: from_date
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
        description: Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
      - name: to_date
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
        description: End date (YYYY-MM-DD)
      - name: born_event
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The initial event that defines the cohort
      - name: retention_type
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - birth
          - compounded
        description: Type of retention analysis
      - name: born_where
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Filter expression for the initial event
      - name: event
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The return event to measure
      - name: where
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Filter expression for the return event
      - name: interval
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Number of days per retention period
      - name: interval_count
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Number of retention periods to return
      - name: unit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - day
          - week
          - month
        description: Time unit for retention periods
      - name: true
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Property to segment results by
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Retention query results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RetentionResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid query parameters
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded
components:
  schemas:
    RetentionResponse:
      type: object
      additionalProperties:
        type: object
        properties:
          counts:
            type: array
            items:
              type: integer
            description: Retention counts for each period
          first:
            type: integer
            description: Number of users in the initial cohort
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Service account credentials. Use the service account username as the username and the service account secret as the password.
externalDocs:
  description: Mixpanel Query API Documentation
  url: https://developer.mixpanel.com/reference/query-api