Events
Triggering Webhook Types
The following event types are associated with the Posthog Event event payload from Posthog.$Autocapture$Identify$Pageleave$Pageview$Rageclick$Screen$Set$Web Vitals
{
"event": {
"distinct_id": "776b6998-96d2-4914-88b8-c1668170cea0",
"elements_chain": "button:attr__id=\"pageViewBtn\"attr__onclick=\"trackPageView()\"attr_id=\"pageViewBtn\"nth-child=\"1\"nth-of-type=\"1\"text=\"Track Page View\";div.button-group:attr__class=\"button-group\"nth-child=\"3\"nth-of-type=\"2\";div.container:attr__class=\"container\"nth-child=\"1\"nth-of-type=\"1\";body:nth-child=\"2\"nth-of-type=\"1\"",
"event": "$pageview",
"properties": {
"$browser": "Chrome",
"$current_url": "https://us.posthog.com/project/158784/pipeline/new/destination/hog-template-webhook"
},
"timestamp": "2025-06-02T10:58:03.080Z",
"url": "https://us.posthog.com/project/158784/events/",
"uuid": "b677f41f-7cd9-42c4-9015-556c34879707"
},
"person": {
"id": "ecf17b10-8971-4826-a463-1fb9a24a6aff",
"name": "Example person",
"properties": {
"email": "example@posthog.com"
},
"url": "https://us.posthog.com/person/ecf17b10-8971-4826-a463-1fb9a24a6aff"
}
}
{
"event": {
"distinct_id": "Links events to a specific user",
"elements_chain": "Contains data on the location of autocapture events in your code",
"event": "Event name",
"properties": "Properties of the person",
"timestamp": "Timestamp of the event",
"url": "URL associated with the event",
"uuid": "Unique identifier for this event"
},
"person": {
"id": "Unique identifier for the person",
"name": "Name of the person",
"properties": "Properties of the person",
"url": "URL to the person's profile"
}
}
Payload Field Details
Event Payload
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object
required
Description coming soon
CEL
event
Example
{
"distinct_id": "776b6998-96d2-4914-88b8-c1668170cea0",
"elements_chain": "button:attr__id=\"pageViewBtn\"attr__onclick=\"trackPageView()\"attr_id=\"pageViewBtn\"nth-child=\"1\"nth-of-type=\"1\"text=\"Track Page View\";div.button-group:attr__class=\"button-group\"nth-child=\"3\"nth-of-type=\"2\";div.container:attr__class=\"container\"nth-child=\"1\"nth-of-type=\"1\";body:nth-child=\"2\"nth-of-type=\"1\"",
"event": "$pageview",
"properties": {
"$browser": "Chrome",
"$current_url": "https://us.posthog.com/project/158784/pipeline/new/destination/hog-template-webhook"
},
"timestamp": "2025-06-02T10:58:03.080Z",
"url": "https://us.posthog.com/project/158784/events/",
"uuid": "b677f41f-7cd9-42c4-9015-556c34879707"
}
string
required
Unique identifier for this event
CEL
event.uuid
Example
"b677f41f-7cd9-42c4-9015-556c34879707"
string
required
Links events to a specific user
CEL
event.distinct_id
Example
"776b6998-96d2-4914-88b8-c1668170cea0"
timing.v1.Timestamp
required
Timestamp of the event
CEL
event.timestamp
Example
"2025-06-02T10:58:03.080Z"
string
Contains data on the location of autocapture events in your code
CEL
event.elements_chain
Example
"button:attr__id=\"pageViewBtn\"attr__onclick=\"trackPageView()\"attr_id=\"pageViewBtn\"nth-child=\"1\"nth-of-type=\"1\"text=\"Track Page View\";div.button-group:attr__class=\"button-group\"nth-child=\"3\"nth-of-type=\"2\";div.container:attr__class=\"container\"nth-child=\"1\"nth-of-type=\"1\";body:nth-child=\"2\"nth-of-type=\"1\""
string
URL associated with the event
CEL
event.url
Example
"https://us.posthog.com/project/158784/events/"
string
required
Event name
CEL
event.event
Example
"$pageview"
object
required
Properties of the person
CEL
event.properties
Example
{
"$browser": "Chrome",
"$current_url": "https://us.posthog.com/project/158784/pipeline/new/destination/hog-template-webhook"
}
object
required
Description coming soon
CEL
person
Example
{
"id": "ecf17b10-8971-4826-a463-1fb9a24a6aff",
"name": "Example person",
"properties": {
"email": "example@posthog.com"
},
"url": "https://us.posthog.com/person/ecf17b10-8971-4826-a463-1fb9a24a6aff"
}
string
required
Unique identifier for the person
CEL
person.id
Example
"ecf17b10-8971-4826-a463-1fb9a24a6aff"
object
required
Properties of the person
CEL
person.properties
Example
{
"email": "example@posthog.com"
}
string
Name of the person
CEL
person.name
Example
"Example person"
string
URL to the person’s profile
CEL
person.url
Example
"https://us.posthog.com/person/ecf17b10-8971-4826-a463-1fb9a24a6aff"