Plausible

Plausible Events API

Submit pageviews and custom events.

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POST /api/event Record a pageview or custom event #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Plausible CustomProps Events API
  description: The Plausible Events API allows server-side and non-browser clients to send pageviews and custom events to Plausible.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Plausible Support
    url: https://plausible.io/contact
  license:
    name: AGPL-3.0
    url: https://github.com/plausible/analytics/blob/master/LICENSE.md
servers:
- url: https://plausible.io
  description: Plausible Cloud
tags:
- name: Events
  description: Submit pageviews and custom events.
paths:
  /api/event:
    post:
      tags:
      - Events
      summary: Record a pageview or custom event
      description: Sends a pageview or a custom event to Plausible. The User-Agent and client IP are used to compute a privacy-preserving visitor identifier.
      operationId: recordEvent
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: User-Agent
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Used to derive the visitor identifier.
      - in: header
        name: X-Forwarded-For
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Client IP address; defaults to the sender's remote IP.
      - in: header
        name: X-Debug-Request
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
        description: When true, returns the IP used for visitor counting.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventRequest'
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Event accepted (always returned, even if dropped).
        '400':
          description: Bad request.
components:
  schemas:
    EventRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - domain
      - name
      - url
      properties:
        domain:
          type: string
          description: The site's domain registered in Plausible.
        name:
          type: string
          description: Event name. Use "pageview" for pageviews; any other value is a custom event.
          example: pageview
        url:
          type: string
          description: URL of the page where the event was triggered.
        referrer:
          type: string
          description: The referrer URL.
        props:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            oneOf:
            - type: string
            - type: number
            - type: boolean
          description: Custom properties (max 30 key/value pairs).
        revenue:
          type: object
          properties:
            currency:
              type: string
              example: USD
            amount:
              type: number
              example: 19.99
        interactive:
          type: boolean
          description: Indicates whether the event affects bounce rate.