Use this endpoint to fetch the details of the events for a customer using the customer's UUID.
API at a glance
Description: This API retrieves all events for a specific customer using their UUID. Returns detailed event data including timestamps, browser info, and custom event parameters.
Authentication & testing
Testing the API on this page
How to try it here
- Use your User API Key as the Username (leave Password blank).
- Select the appropriate API endpoint based on your Blueshift region.
- Enter the necessary parameters and click Try It to run the request.
Authentication using Base64 encoding
Note for developers
API requests require authentication using HTTP Basic Authentication with an API key.
The API key serves as the username, while the password field should be left empty.
The format to encode is: your_api_key: (note the trailing colon).
This string must be Base64-encoded and included in the request's Authorization header as follows:
Authorization: Basic encoded_valueYou can generate the encoded value using a trusted Base64 encoder.
Postman collection
Try it with Postman: Explore the API using Blueshift's Postman collection.
CautionThis API endpoint is provided for debugging purposes only and supports a maximum of 10 calls per hour.
Things to know before you start
- Customer UUID required: Obtain the customer UUID from the Search customer or Create/Update customer response.
Finding the customer UUID > >You can find the customer UUID in the URL when viewing a customer profile in the Blueshift app. For example, if you open a customer profile in the Blueshift app, its URL looks like
https://app.getblueshift.com/dashboard#/app/customer/<CUSTOMER_UUID>/show/overview.
- Rate limit: Maximum 10 calls per hour - designed for debugging, not production use.
- Event data: Returns all event types, including identify, page views, purchases, custom events, etc.
- Response format: An array of events, sorted by timestamp, with detailed metadata.
- Use case: Best for debugging customer behavior, troubleshooting event tracking, and investigating specific customer journeys.
Request parameters
Check out the request parameters
Query parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
uuid | string | ✅ Yes | UUID of the customer whose events to fetch. |
Example requests & responses
Get customer events
GET /api/v1/customer_search/show_events?uuid=51aceb79-2cbc-4e2b-a132-b02de69bba15[
{
"_bsft_doc_type": "events",
"_bsft_ts": "2021-08-25T06:06:59.415Z",
"_bsft_type": {
"name": "events",
"parent": "51aceb79-2cbc-4e2b-a132-b02de69bba15"
},
"account_uuid": "4b5b584f-fee7-44f3-ae3a-8ba90aa7d2d5",
"browser_platform": "Windows",
"browser_type": "Firefox",
"browser_version": "126.0",
"cookie": "b854bae6-6dc8-c80c-6133-c45d0ba0fdc4",
"email": "[email protected]",
"event": "identify",
"event_uuid": "3766f118-d4cd-11eb-a278-0242ac110006",
"ip": "201.33.19.3",
"referrer": "http://site.com",
"santized_at": "2021-08-25T06:06:59.415Z",
"session_uuid": null,
"site": "http://site.com",
"timestamp": "2021-06-24T04:53:54Z",
"timestamp_epoch": 1624510434,
"url": "http://site.com",
"user_agent": "mozilla/5.0 (macintosh; intel mac os x 10_15_7) applewebkit/537.36 (khtml, like gecko) chrome/91.0.4472.77 safari/537.36",
"user_uuid": "51aceb79-2cbc-4e2b-a132-b02de69bba15"
}
]