Astro

PostHog makes it easy to get data about traffic and usage of your Astro app. Integrating PostHog into your site enables analytics about user behavior, custom events capture, session recordings, feature flags, and more.

This guide walks you through integrating PostHog into your Astro app using the JavaScript Web SDK.

Installation

In your src/components folder, create a posthog.astro file:

Terminal

cd ./src/components 
# or 'cd ./src && mkdir components && cd ./components' if your components folder doesnt exist 
touch posthog.astro

In this file, add your Web snippet which you can find in your project settings. Be sure to include the is:inline directive to prevent Astro from processing it, or you will get Typescript and build errors that property 'posthog' does not exist on type 'Window & typeof globalThis'.

posthog.astro

---
// src/components/posthog.astro
---
<script is:inline>
  !function(t,e){var o,n,p,r;e.__SV||(window.posthog=e,e._i=[],e.init=function(i,s,a){function g(t,e){var o=e.split(".");2==o.length&&(t=t[o[0]],e=o[1]),t[e]=function(){t.push([e].concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments,0)))}}(p=t.createElement("script")).type="text/javascript",p.crossOrigin="anonymous",p.async=!0,p.src=s.api_host+"/static/array.js",(r=t.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]).parentNode.insertBefore(p,r);var u=e;for(void 0!==a?u=e[a]=[]:a="posthog",u.people=u.people||[],u.toString=function(t){var e="posthog";return"posthog"!==a&&(e+="."+a),t||(e+=" (stub)"),e},u.people.toString=function(){return u.toString(1)+".people (stub)"},o="capture identify alias people.set people.set_once set_config register register_once unregister opt_out_capturing has_opted_out_capturing opt_in_capturing reset isFeatureEnabled onFeatureFlags getFeatureFlag getFeatureFlagPayload reloadFeatureFlags group updateEarlyAccessFeatureEnrollment getEarlyAccessFeatures getActiveMatchingSurveys getSurveys getNextSurveyStep onSessionId".split(" "),n=0;n<o.length;n++)g(u,o[n]);e._i.push([i,s,a])},e.__SV=1)}(document,window.posthog||[]);
  posthog.init(
    '<ph_project_api_key>',
    {
      api_host:'https://us.i.posthog.com'
    }
  )
</script>

The next step is to a create a Layout where we will use posthog.astro. Create a new file PostHogLayout.astro in your src/layouts folder:

Terminal

cd .. && cd .. # move back to your base directory if you're still in src/components/posthog.astro
cd ./src/layouts
# or 'cd ./src && mkdir layouts && cd ./layouts' if your layouts folder doesn't exist yet
touch PostHogLayout.astro

Add the following code to PostHogLayout.astro:

PostHogLayout.astro

---
import PostHog from '../components/posthog.astro'
---
<head>
    <PostHog />
</head>

Lastly, update index.astro to wrap your existing app components with the new Layout:

index.astro

---
import PostHogLayout from '../layouts/PostHogLayout.astro';
---
<PostHogLayout>
  <!-- your existing app components -->
</PostHogLayout>

Next steps

For any technical questions for how to integrate specific PostHog features into Astro (such as analytics, feature flags, A/B testing, surveys, etc.), have a look at our JavaScript Web SDK docs.

Alternatively, the following tutorials can help you get started:

Installation

Next steps

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