Elixir product analytics installation

1

Install

Required

Add the PostHog Elixir library to your mix.exs dependencies:

mix.exs
def deps do
    [
        {:posthog, "~> 2.2.0"}
    ]
end

2

Required

Add your PostHog configuration to your config file:

config/config.exs
config :posthog,
    api_url: "https://us.i.posthog.com",
    api_key: "<ph_project_api_key>"

3

Recommended

Once installed, you can manually send events to test your integration:

Elixir
PostHog.capture("user_signed_up", %{
    distinct_id: "distinct_id_of_the_user",
    login_type: "email",
    is_free_trial: true
})

4

Recommended

Now that you're capturing events, continue with the resources below to learn what else Product Analytics enables within the PostHog platform.

Resource	Description
Capturing events	Learn how to capture custom events beyond autocapture
Identifying users	Associate events with specific users
Creating insights	Build trends, funnels, and retention charts
Group analytics	Track events at the company or account level

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