PostHog

PostHog Desktop Recordings API

The desktop_recordings API from PostHog — 3 operation(s) for desktop_recordings.

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Operations 7

GET /api/environments/{project_id}/desktop_recordings/ Desktop recordings list #

POST /api/environments/{project_id}/desktop_recordings/ Desktop recordings create #

GET /api/environments/{project_id}/desktop_recordings/{id}/ Desktop recordings retrieve #

PUT /api/environments/{project_id}/desktop_recordings/{id}/ Desktop recordings update #

PATCH /api/environments/{project_id}/desktop_recordings/{id}/ Desktop recordings partial update #

DELETE /api/environments/{project_id}/desktop_recordings/{id}/ Desktop recordings destroy #

POST /api/environments/{project_id}/desktop_recordings/{id}/append_segments/ Desktop recordings append segments create #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: PostHog Desktop Recordings API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: ''
tags:
- name: desktop_recordings
paths:
  /api/environments/{project_id}/desktop_recordings/:
    get:
      operationId: desktop_recordings_list
      description: 'RESTful API for managing desktop meeting recordings.


        Standard CRUD operations plus transcript management as a subresource.'
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        required: false
        in: query
        description: Number of results to return per page.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: offset
        required: false
        in: query
        description: The initial index from which to return the results.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ProjectIdPath'
      tags:
      - desktop_recordings
      security:
      - PersonalAPIKeyAuth:
        - desktop_recording:read
      - PersonalAPIKeyAuth:
        - desktop_recording:read
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginatedDesktopRecordingList'
          description: ''
      x-explicit-tags:
      - desktop_recordings
      summary: Desktop recordings list
      x-summary-source: derived
    post:
      operationId: desktop_recordings_create
      description: Create a new recording and get Recall.ai upload token for the desktop SDK
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ProjectIdPath'
      tags:
      - desktop_recordings
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateRecordingRequest'
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateRecordingRequest'
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateRecordingRequest'
      security:
      - PersonalAPIKeyAuth:
        - desktop_recording:write
      - PersonalAPIKeyAuth:
        - desktop_recording:write
      responses:
        '201':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateRecordingResponse'
          description: ''
      x-explicit-tags:
      - desktop_recordings
      summary: Desktop recordings create
      x-summary-source: derived
  /api/environments/{project_id}/desktop_recordings/{id}/:
    get:
      operationId: desktop_recordings_retrieve
      description: 'RESTful API for managing desktop meeting recordings.


        Standard CRUD operations plus transcript management as a subresource.'
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        description: A UUID string identifying this desktop recording.
        required: true
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ProjectIdPath'
      tags:
      - desktop_recordings
      security:
      - PersonalAPIKeyAuth:
        - desktop_recording:read
      - PersonalAPIKeyAuth:
        - desktop_recording:read
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesktopRecording'
          description: ''
      x-explicit-tags:
      - desktop_recordings
      summary: Desktop recordings retrieve
      x-summary-source: derived
    put:
      operationId: desktop_recordings_update
      description: 'RESTful API for managing desktop meeting recordings.


        Standard CRUD operations plus transcript management as a subresource.'
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        description: A UUID string identifying this desktop recording.
        required: true
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ProjectIdPath'
      tags:
      - desktop_recordings
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesktopRecording'
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesktopRecording'
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesktopRecording'
        required: true
      security:
      - PersonalAPIKeyAuth:
        - desktop_recording:write
      - PersonalAPIKeyAuth:
        - desktop_recording:write
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesktopRecording'
          description: ''
      x-explicit-tags:
      - desktop_recordings
      summary: Desktop recordings update
      x-summary-source: derived
    patch:
      operationId: desktop_recordings_partial_update
      description: 'RESTful API for managing desktop meeting recordings.


        Standard CRUD operations plus transcript management as a subresource.'
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        description: A UUID string identifying this desktop recording.
        required: true
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ProjectIdPath'
      tags:
      - desktop_recordings
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatchedDesktopRecording'
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatchedDesktopRecording'
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PatchedDesktopRecording'
      security:
      - PersonalAPIKeyAuth:
        - desktop_recording:write
      - PersonalAPIKeyAuth:
        - desktop_recording:write
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesktopRecording'
          description: ''
      x-explicit-tags:
      - desktop_recordings
      summary: Desktop recordings partial update
      x-summary-source: derived
    delete:
      operationId: desktop_recordings_destroy
      description: 'RESTful API for managing desktop meeting recordings.


        Standard CRUD operations plus transcript management as a subresource.'
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        description: A UUID string identifying this desktop recording.
        required: true
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ProjectIdPath'
      tags:
      - desktop_recordings
      security:
      - PersonalAPIKeyAuth:
        - desktop_recording:write
      - PersonalAPIKeyAuth:
        - desktop_recording:write
      responses:
        '204':
          description: No response body
      x-explicit-tags:
      - desktop_recordings
      summary: Desktop recordings destroy
      x-summary-source: derived
  /api/environments/{project_id}/desktop_recordings/{id}/append_segments/:
    post:
      operationId: desktop_recordings_append_segments_create
      description: Append transcript segments (supports batched real-time streaming)
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        description: A UUID string identifying this desktop recording.
        required: true
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ProjectIdPath'
      tags:
      - desktop_recordings
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AppendSegments'
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AppendSegments'
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AppendSegments'
        required: true
      security:
      - PersonalAPIKeyAuth:
        - desktop_recording:write
      - PersonalAPIKeyAuth:
        - desktop_recording:write
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesktopRecording'
          description: ''
      x-explicit-tags:
      - desktop_recordings
      summary: Desktop recordings append segments create
      x-summary-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    AppendSegments:
      type: object
      description: Serializer for appending transcript segments (supports batched real-time uploads)
      properties:
        segments:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TranscriptSegment'
          minItems: 1
      required:
      - segments
    CreateRecordingRequest:
      type: object
      description: Request body for creating a new recording
      properties:
        platform:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateRecordingRequestPlatformEnum'
          default: desktop_audio
          description: 'Meeting platform being recorded


            * `zoom` - zoom

            * `teams` - teams

            * `meet` - meet

            * `desktop_audio` - desktop_audio

            * `slack` - slack'
    CreateRecordingResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response for creating a new recording (includes upload_token)
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
        team:
          type: integer
          readOnly: true
        created_by:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          readOnly: true
        sdk_upload_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
        recall_recording_id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uuid
        platform:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MeetingPlatformEnum'
        meeting_title:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          maxLength: 255
        meeting_url:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
          maxLength: 200
        duration_seconds:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          maximum: 2147483647
          minimum: -2147483648
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesktopRecordingStatusEnum'
        notes:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        error_message:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        video_url:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
          maxLength: 200
        video_size_bytes:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          maximum: 9223372036854775807
          minimum: -9223372036854775808
          format: int64
        participants:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: List of participant names
        transcript_text:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        transcript_segments:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TranscriptSegment'
          description: Transcript segments with timestamps
        summary:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        extracted_tasks:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesktopRecordingTask'
          description: AI-extracted tasks from transcript
        tasks_generated_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        summary_generated_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        started_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        completed_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
        upload_token:
          type: string
          description: Recall.ai upload token for the desktop SDK
      required:
      - created_at
      - created_by
      - id
      - platform
      - sdk_upload_id
      - team
      - transcript_text
      - updated_at
      - upload_token
    TranscriptSegment:
      type: object
      description: Serializer for individual transcript segments from AssemblyAI
      properties:
        timestamp:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
          format: double
          description: Milliseconds from recording start
        speaker:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        text:
          type: string
        confidence:
          type:
          - number
          - 'null'
          format: double
          description: Transcription confidence score
        is_final:
          type:
          - boolean
          - 'null'
          description: Whether this is the final version
      required:
      - text
    PaginatedDesktopRecordingList:
      type: object
      required:
      - count
      - results
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
          example: 123
        next:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
          example: http://api.example.org/accounts/?offset=400&limit=100
        previous:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
          example: http://api.example.org/accounts/?offset=200&limit=100
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesktopRecording'
    DesktopRecordingStatusEnum:
      enum:
      - recording
      - uploading
      - processing
      - ready
      - error
      type: string
      description: '* `recording` - Recording

        * `uploading` - Uploading

        * `processing` - Processing

        * `ready` - Ready

        * `error` - Error'
    PatchedDesktopRecording:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
        team:
          type: integer
          readOnly: true
        created_by:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          readOnly: true
        sdk_upload_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
        recall_recording_id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uuid
        platform:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MeetingPlatformEnum'
        meeting_title:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          maxLength: 255
        meeting_url:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
          maxLength: 200
        duration_seconds:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          maximum: 2147483647
          minimum: -2147483648
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesktopRecordingStatusEnum'
        notes:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        error_message:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        video_url:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
          maxLength: 200
        video_size_bytes:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          maximum: 9223372036854775807
          minimum: -9223372036854775808
          format: int64
        participants:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: List of participant names
        transcript_text:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        transcript_segments:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TranscriptSegment'
          description: Transcript segments with timestamps
        summary:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        extracted_tasks:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesktopRecordingTask'
          description: AI-extracted tasks from transcript
        tasks_generated_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        summary_generated_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        started_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        completed_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
    DesktopRecording:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
        team:
          type: integer
          readOnly: true
        created_by:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          readOnly: true
        sdk_upload_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
        recall_recording_id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uuid
        platform:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/MeetingPlatformEnum'
        meeting_title:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          maxLength: 255
        meeting_url:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
          maxLength: 200
        duration_seconds:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          maximum: 2147483647
          minimum: -2147483648
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesktopRecordingStatusEnum'
        notes:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        error_message:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        video_url:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
          maxLength: 200
        video_size_bytes:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          maximum: 9223372036854775807
          minimum: -9223372036854775808
          format: int64
        participants:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: List of participant names
        transcript_text:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        transcript_segments:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/TranscriptSegment'
          description: Transcript segments with timestamps
        summary:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        extracted_tasks:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DesktopRecordingTask'
          description: AI-extracted tasks from transcript
        tasks_generated_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        summary_generated_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        started_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        completed_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
      required:
      - created_at
      - created_by
      - id
      - platform
      - sdk_upload_id
      - team
      - transcript_text
      - updated_at
    DesktopRecordingTask:
      type: object
      description: Serializer for extracted tasks
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        assignee:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      required:
      - title
    MeetingPlatformEnum:
      enum:
      - zoom
      - teams
      - meet
      - desktop_audio
      - slack
      type: string
      description: '* `zoom` - Zoom

        * `teams` - Microsoft Teams

        * `meet` - Google Meet

        * `desktop_audio` - Desktop audio

        * `slack` - Slack huddle'
    CreateRecordingRequestPlatformEnum:
      enum:
      - zoom
      - teams
      - meet
      - desktop_audio
      - slack
      type: string
      description: '* `zoom` - zoom

        * `teams` - teams

        * `meet` - meet

        * `desktop_audio` - desktop_audio

        * `slack` - slack'
  parameters:
    ProjectIdPath:
      in: path
      name: project_id
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Project ID of the project you're trying to access. To find the ID of the project, make a call to /api/projects/.
  securitySchemes:
    PersonalAPIKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
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