chore: change captureMode to json

examples/example_expo_rn_web/App.tsx

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export const posthog = new PostHog('phc_pQ70jJhZKHRvDIL5ruOErnPy6xiAiWCqlL4ayELj
   captureNativeAppLifecycleEvents: false,
   sendFeatureFlagEvent: false,
   preloadFeatureFlags: false,
-  // captureMode: 'form',
   // persistence: 'memory',
 })
 posthog.debug(true)

posthog-core/src/index.ts

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export abstract class PostHogCoreStateless {
     this.maxBatchSize = Math.max(this.flushAt, options?.maxBatchSize ?? 100)
     this.maxQueueSize = Math.max(this.flushAt, options?.maxQueueSize ?? 1000)
     this.flushInterval = options?.flushInterval ?? 10000
-    this.captureMode = options?.captureMode || 'form'
+    this.captureMode = options?.captureMode || 'json'
 
     // If enable is explicitly set to false we override the optout
     this.defaultOptIn = options?.defaultOptIn ?? true

posthog-core/src/types.ts

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export type PostHogCoreOptions = {
   featureFlagsRequestTimeoutMs?: number
   /** For Session Analysis how long before we expire a session (defaults to 30 mins) */
   sessionExpirationTimeSeconds?: number
-  /** Whether to post events to PostHog in JSON or compressed format. Defaults to 'form' */
+  /** Whether to post events to PostHog in JSON or compressed format. Defaults to 'json' */
   captureMode?: 'json' | 'form'
   disableGeoip?: boolean
 }

posthog-core/test/posthog.capture.spec.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe('PostHog Core', () => {
       await waitForPromises()
       expect(mocks.fetch).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
       const [url, options] = mocks.fetch.mock.calls[0]
-      expect(url).toMatch(/^https:\/\/us\.i\.posthog\.com\/e\/\?ip=1&_=[0-9]+&v=[0-9.a-z-]+$/)
+      expect(url).toMatch(/^https:\/\/us\.i\.posthog\.com\/batch\//)
       expect(options.method).toBe('POST')
       const body = parseBody(mocks.fetch.mock.calls[0])
 

posthog-core/test/posthog.flush.spec.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ describe('PostHog Core', () => {
         fetchRetryCount: 3,
         fetchRetryDelay: 100,
         preloadFeatureFlags: false,
-        captureMode: 'json',
       })
     })
 

posthog-core/test/posthog.shutdown.spec.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ describe('PostHog Core', () => {
       ;[posthog, mocks] = createTestClient('TEST_API_KEY', {
         flushAt: 10,
         preloadFeatureFlags: false,
-        captureMode: 'json',
       })
     })
 

posthog-core/test/test-utils/test-utils.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { LZString } from '../../src/lz-string'
-
 export const wait = async (t: number): Promise<void> => {
   await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, t))
 }
@@ -17,6 +15,5 @@ export const waitForPromises = async (): Promise<void> => {
 export const parseBody = (mockCall: any): any => {
   const options = mockCall[1]
   expect(options.method).toBe('POST')
-  const bodyText = decodeURIComponent(options.body.split('&')[0].split('=')[1])
-  return JSON.parse(LZString.decompressFromBase64(bodyText) || '')
+  return JSON.parse(options.body || '')
 }

posthog-node/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # 4.1.1 - 2024-08-20
 
 1. Local evaluation returns correct results on `undefined/null` values
+
 # 4.1.0 - 2024-08-14
 
 1. chore: change host to new address.

posthog-node/src/posthog-node.ts

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ export class PostHog extends PostHogCoreStateless implements PostHogNodeV1 {
   distinctIdHasSentFlagCalls: Record<string, string[]>
 
   constructor(apiKey: string, options: PostHogOptions = {}) {
-    options.captureMode = options?.captureMode || 'json'
     super(apiKey, options)
 
     this.options = options

posthog-react-native/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 # Next
 
+## Changed
+
+1. chore: default `captureMode` changed to `json`.
+    1. To keep using the `form` mode, just set the `captureMode` option to `form` when initializing the PostHog client.
+
 # 3.1.2 - 2024-08-14
 
+## Changed
+
 1. chore: change host to new address.
 
 # 3.1.1 - 2024-04-25
@@ -121,8 +128,8 @@
 
 # 2.9.0 - 2023-12-04
 
-1.  Renamed `personProperties` to `setPersonPropertiesForFlags` to match `posthog-js` and more clearly indicated what it does
-2.  Renamed `groupProperties` to `setGroupPropertiesForFlags` to match `posthog-js` and more clearly indicated what it does
+1. Renamed `personProperties` to `setPersonPropertiesForFlags` to match `posthog-js` and more clearly indicated what it does
+2. Renamed `groupProperties` to `setGroupPropertiesForFlags` to match `posthog-js` and more clearly indicated what it does
 
 # 2.8.1 - 2023-10-09
 
@@ -164,9 +171,9 @@
 
 # 2.4.0 - 2023-01-27
 
-- Adds support for https://github.com/wix/react-native-navigation
-- Allows passing of promise based `PostHog.initAsync` to `<PostHogProvider client={...} />`
-- Captures text content in autocapture (configurable via autocapture option `propsToCapture`)
+1. Adds support for https://github.com/wix/react-native-navigation
+2. Allows passing of promise based `PostHog.initAsync` to `<PostHogProvider client={...} />`
+3. Captures text content in autocapture (configurable via autocapture option `propsToCapture`)
 
 # 2.3.0 - 2022-1-26
 
@@ -176,21 +183,21 @@
 
 # 2.2.3 - 2023-01-25
 
-- Ensures the distinctId used in `.groupIdentify` is the same as the currently identified user
+1. Ensures the distinctId used in `.groupIdentify` is the same as the currently identified user
 
 # 2.2.2 - 2023-01-05
 
-- Fixes an issue with PostHogProvider where autocapture={false} would still capture lifecycle and navigation events.
+1. Fixes an issue with PostHogProvider where autocapture={false} would still capture lifecycle and navigation events.
 
 # 2.2.1 - 2022-11-21
 
-- Fixes an issue with async storage selection while installing PostHog React Native
-- Fixes an issue where React Hooks for feature flags were conditionally loaded
+1. Fixes an issue with async storage selection while installing PostHog React Native
+2. Fixes an issue where React Hooks for feature flags were conditionally loaded
 
 # 2.2.0 - 2022-11-11
 
-- Expo modules are no longer required. Expo apps work as before and standalone React Native apps can use the more common native dependencies or roll their own implementation of the necessary functions. See the [official docs](https://posthog.com/docs/integrate/client/react-native) for more information.
-- PostHog should now be initialised via the async helper `PostHog.initAsync` to ensure persisted data is loaded before any tracking takes place
+1. Expo modules are no longer required. Expo apps work as before and standalone React Native apps can use the more common native dependencies or roll their own implementation of the necessary functions. See the [official docs](https://posthog.com/docs/integrate/client/react-native) for more information.
+2. PostHog should now be initialised via the async helper `PostHog.initAsync` to ensure persisted data is loaded before any tracking takes place
 
 # 2.1.4 - 2022-10-28
 

posthog-web/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# Next
+
+## Changed
+
+1. chore: default `captureMode` changed to `json`.
+    1. To keep using the `form` mode, just set the `captureMode` option to `form` when initializing the PostHog client.
+
 # 3.0.2 - 2024-06-15
 
 ## Fixed
@@ -66,8 +73,8 @@
 
 # 2.5.0 - 2023-12-04
 
-1.  Renamed `personProperties` to `setPersonPropertiesForFlags` to match `posthog-js` and more clearly indicated what it does
-2.  Renamed `groupProperties` to `setGroupPropertiesForFlags` to match `posthog-js` and more clearly indicated what it does
+1. Renamed `personProperties` to `setPersonPropertiesForFlags` to match `posthog-js` and more clearly indicated what it does
+2. Renamed `groupProperties` to `setGroupPropertiesForFlags` to match `posthog-js` and more clearly indicated what it does
 
 # 2.4.0 - 2023-04-20
 
@@ -98,4 +105,4 @@
 
 # 2.0.1 - 2023-01-25
 
-- Ensures the distinctId used in `.groupIdentify` is the same as the currently identified user
+1. Ensures the distinctId used in `.groupIdentify` is the same as the currently identified user