Create a cohort
Creates a cohort: a static one with its first people, or a dynamic one with its definition.
Guide: Cohorts
A project secret key: vh_sk_... for production, vh_sk_test_... for test. Keep it on your servers.
In: header
Path parameters
The project's id, proj_.... A secret key works only in the project it belongs to.
Request body
application/json
TypeScript definitions
Use the request body type in TypeScript.
The cohort's name, 1 to 255 characters.
1 <= length <= 255What the cohort is for, up to 4,000 characters.
static unless given.
Who a dynamic cohort holds. Required for one, and only allowed there.
Makes a static cohort of every person behind one point of a metric, as reportMetricActors lists them, at most 10,000; a point of more people is refused. Visitors never identified can't be members, so they are left out. Not with definition or personIds.
Examples
curl -X POST "https://api.voidhash.com/api/v1/projects/proj_tz4a98xxat96iws9zmbrgj3a/analytics/cohorts" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer vh_sk_..." \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "name": "Power users", "description": "Finished three workouts in the last 30 days.", "kind": "dynamic", "definition": { "match": "all", "conditions": [ { "kind": "performed", "event": "workout_completed", "isNegated": false, "count": { "op": "gte", "value": 3 }, "withinDays": 30, "filters": [] } ] } }'{ "id": "an_cohort_q8w4e6r0t5y2u8k3v9m2x7c1", "projectId": "proj_tz4a98xxat96iws9zmbrgj3a", "name": "Power users", "description": "Finished three workouts in the last 30 days.", "kind": "dynamic", "definition": { "match": "all", "conditions": [ { "kind": "performed", "event": "workout_completed", "isNegated": false, "count": { "op": "gte", "value": 3 }, "withinDays": 30, "filters": [] } ] }, "memberCount": 128, "createdAt": "2026-03-05T12:00:00.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-03-05T12:00:00.000Z"}{ "error": { "type": "invalid_request", "code": "invalid_analytics_cohort", "message": "Cohorts name each other in a circle: Power users names Lapsed, which names Power users." }}{ "error": { "type": "unauthenticated", "code": "invalid_api_key", "message": "This secret key is not valid." }}{ "error": { "type": "permission_denied", "code": "permission_denied", "message": "Insufficient permissions." }}{ "error": { "type": "not_found", "code": "project_not_found", "message": "There is no project proj_tz4a98xxat96iws9zmbrgj3a, or this credential cannot use it.", "param": "projectId" }}{ "error": { "type": "internal", "code": "internal_error", "message": "Something went wrong on our side. Try again, and contact support with the Request-Id header if it keeps failing." }}{ "error": { "type": "unavailable", "code": "string", "message": "string", "param": "string" }}Response body
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
Errors
| Status | type | code | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | invalid_request | invalid_analytics_cohort | For a definition that can't run, such as one naming a cohort of another project or naming cohorts in a circle, or people who aren't current people of the project. |
It can also fail with the errors every operation shares, such as unauthenticated; see Errors.
More in Cohorts
- List cohorts
GET - Preview a cohort definition
POST - Retrieve a cohort
GET - Update a cohort
PATCH - Delete a cohort
DELETE - List a cohort's people
GET - Add people to a cohort
PUT - Remove a person from a cohort
DELETE
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