{
  "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"
  }
}

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Events

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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"
  }
}

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Payload Field Details

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Posthog Event
Event Payload