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# Cohorts API

> Retrieve your app's install cohorts (installs, spend, revenue, ROAS and in-app events by day, week or month since install) through the Appstack REST API.

Retrieve the cohort data of your app: users grouped by install date, then followed day by day (or week, or month) after install. The numbers are the same as the Cohorts view of the Appstack dashboard.

For event-level rows, use the [Export API](https://docs.appstack.tech/api/export.md).

## Quick start

ROAS of October's cohorts by media source:

```bash theme={null}
curl -G "https://api.appstack.tech/api/v1/cohorts" \
  -H "Authorization: <your-api-key>" \
  -d start_date=2026-10-01 -d end_date=2026-10-31 \
  -d group_by=media_source \
  -d measures=installs,total_spend,cohort_revenue,roas
```

ROAS curve from D0 to D30 (add up the rows from D0 to D7 for the D7 ROAS):

```bash theme={null}
curl -G "https://api.appstack.tech/api/v1/cohorts" \
  -H "Authorization: <your-api-key>" \
  -d start_date=2026-10-01 -d end_date=2026-10-31 \
  -d period=day -d max_period=30 \
  -d measures=cohort_revenue,roas_of_cohort_revenue
```

One of your own events, `paywall_viewed`: count, value and ROAS per day since install:

```bash theme={null}
curl -G "https://api.appstack.tech/api/v1/cohorts" \
  -H "Authorization: <your-api-key>" \
  -d start_date=2026-10-01 -d end_date=2026-10-31 \
  -d period=day -d max_period=30 \
  -d measures=custom:paywall_viewed,custom:paywall_viewed:value,roas_of_custom:paywall_viewed:value
```

Weekly cohorts of Meta campaigns, in euros, as CSV:

```bash theme={null}
curl -G "https://api.appstack.tech/api/v1/cohorts" \
  -H "Authorization: <your-api-key>" \
  -d start_date=2026-09-01 -d end_date=2026-10-31 \
  -d install_date_granularity=week -d period=week \
  -d group_by=campaign_name -d media_source=meta -d currency=EUR \
  -d measures=installs,total_spend,rc_trial_converted,cohort_revenue \
  -d format=csv -o cohorts.csv
```

## Authentication

Every request must include an `Authorization` header containing your Appstack API key, as for the [Export API](https://docs.appstack.tech/api/export.md#authentication).

```text theme={null}
Authorization: <your-api-key>
```

> [!NOTE]
>
> Cohorts are built from production data only, whatever the environment of the key.

## Endpoint

```text theme={null}
GET https://api.appstack.tech/api/v1/cohorts
```

## Query parameters

### Cohorts

**start\_date** `string` *required*

First install date (inclusive), `YYYY-MM-DD`.

**end\_date** `string` *required*

Last install date (inclusive), `YYYY-MM-DD`. The range is capped at 366 days.

**install\_date\_granularity** `string`

One cohort per install `day`, `week` (weeks start on Sunday) or `month`, returned in `install_date`. Without it, the whole date range is one cohort. Only installs between `start_date` and `end_date` count, so the first and last weeks or months can be partial.

**period** `string`

One row per `day`, `week` or `month` since install, returned in `days_since_install`, `weeks_since_install` or `months_since_install`. Without it, you get the cohort totals.

**max\_period** `integer`

With `period`: stop at this period. `period=day&max_period=30` returns D0 to D30.

**group\_by** `string`

Split the cohorts by `media_source`, `campaign_name`, `adset_name`, `ad_name` or `keyword`. Several values allowed. `event_name` is also accepted, to [list your custom events](#custom-events).

### Filters

**media\_source** `string`

Keep only these media sources, for example `meta` or `organic`.

**campaign\_name** `string`

Keep only these campaigns. `adset_name`, `ad_name` and `keyword` work the same way.

**currency** `string` (default: USD)

Currency of spend, revenue and values, as an ISO 4217 code such as `EUR`. Amounts are converted with each day's exchange rate.

### Metrics and output

**measures** `string` (default: installs,total\_spend,cohort\_revenue)

The metrics to return, one column each. See [Measures](#measures).

**format** `string` (default: json)

`json` (default), `ndjson`, `csv`, `tsv`, `xml`, `xlsx` or `parquet`.

**limit** `integer` (default: 10000)

Maximum number of rows, between `1` and `10000`.

**offset** `integer` (default: 0)

Rows to skip. Increase it by `limit` to get the next page; a page with fewer than `limit` rows is the last one.

> [!TIP]
>
> To pass several values, repeat the parameter: `group_by=media_source&group_by=campaign_name`. `measures`, `group_by` and `media_source` also accept commas: `group_by=media_source,campaign_name`. `campaign_name`, `adset_name`, `ad_name` and `keyword` don't, since names can contain commas.

## Measures

### How measures work: cohort totals vs. by period

You can query a cohort in two ways:

* **Cohort totals** (no `period`): one value per cohort, covering everything since install.
* **By period** (with `period`): one row per period since install (D0, D1, D2…), so you can build curves.

Installs and ad spend happen once, at install. They are always recorded on the install period (`days_since_install = 0`) and never on later periods. As a result, any measure that divides by or subtracts spend (CPI, ROAS, profit, cost per event) is only available on cohort totals. To get ROAS or profit by period, use the [`roas_of_*` and `profit_of_*` measures](#roas-and-profit-by-period).

### Measures

| Measure | Description | Works with `period` |
| - | - | - |
| `installs` | Installs attributed to the cohort. | ✓ (install period only) |
| `total_spend` | Ad spend on the cohort. | ✓ (install period only) |
| `cohort_revenue` | Gross revenue (sales), net of refunds. | ✓ |
| `cohort_proceeds` | Net revenue (proceeds after store fees), net of refunds. | ✓ |
| `cpi` | Cost per install. | ✗ |
| `roas` / `roas_proceeds` | Revenue / proceeds divided by ad spend. | ✗ |
| `profit` / `profit_proceeds` | Revenue / proceeds minus ad spend. | ✗ |

Measures marked ✗ are rejected with a `422` when `period` is set.

### Event measures

Every standard in-app event has three measures:

| Measure | Example | Works with `period` |
| - | - | - |
| `<event>` (count) | `rc_trial_started` | ✓ |
| `<event>_value` | `rc_trial_converted_value` | ✓ |
| `cost_per_<event>` | `cost_per_rc_trial_converted` | ✗ |

The event name is prefixed with its source:

| Prefix | Source |
| - | - |
| *(none)* | Appstack SDK (e.g. `purchase`, `purchase_value`, `cost_per_purchase`) |
| `rc_` | RevenueCat |
| `sw_` | Superwall |
| `qo_` | Qonversion |
| `st_` | Stripe |
| `s2s_` | Server-to-server |

### Custom events

Your own (non-standard) events don't have fixed measure names. Query them with `custom:` followed by the event name, exactly as your app sends it:

| Measure | Example | Works with `period` |
| - | - | - |
| `custom:<event name>` (count) | `custom:paywall_viewed` | ✓ |
| `custom:<event name>:value` | `custom:paywall_viewed:value` | ✓ |
| `custom:<event name>:cpa` (cost per event) | `custom:paywall_viewed:cpa` | ✗ |

Server-to-server events keep their prefix: `custom:s2s_paywall_viewed`. Each one is its own column, so you can request several custom events in one call, next to any other measure: `measures=installs,custom:paywall_viewed,custom:onboarding_start`. An event name your app never sent returns `null`.

**Listing your custom events.** Custom events also share a single set of measures per source:

| Source | Count | Value | Cost per event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Appstack SDK | `custom_event` | `custom_event_value` | `cost_per_custom_event` |
| Server-to-server | `s2s_custom_event` | `s2s_custom_event_value` | `cost_per_s2s_custom_event` |

To choose which event these measures refer to:

* **All events side by side:** add `group_by=event_name`. This is also how you list the event names available. Installs, spend and revenue have no event name: they come back on a separate row whose `event_name` is `N/A`.
* **One event:** pass its name in `event_name` (only these measures are allowed with it).

> [!WARNING]
>
> If you set neither `event_name` nor `group_by=event_name`, these measures return the sum of all your custom events combined. `custom:` measures already pick their event, so they can't be combined with `event_name` or `group_by=event_name`.

### ROAS and profit by period

`roas_of_<value measure>` and `profit_of_<value measure>` compute ROAS and profit for a given value measure, matching the Cohorts view of the dashboard. Unlike `roas` and `profit`, **they work with `period`**, so use them to build ROAS or profit curves.

| To get… | Use |
| - | - |
| ROAS / profit on the whole cohort revenue | `roas_of_cohort_revenue`, `profit_of_cohort_revenue` |
| Same, on proceeds | `roas_of_cohort_proceeds`, `profit_of_cohort_proceeds` |
| ROAS / profit of one standard event | e.g. `roas_of_purchase_value`, `profit_of_rc_trial_converted_value` |
| ROAS / profit of one custom event | e.g. `roas_of_custom:paywall_viewed:value` (or `roas_of_custom_event_value` with `event_name`) |

**How they are calculated**

* **ROAS** = value ÷ the cohort's total ad spend.
* **Profit** = value − the cohort's total ad spend.
* **By period:** each period's ROAS is that period's value divided by the cohort's spend. Spend is subtracted from profit on the install period only. To get cumulative figures, sum the periods: D7 ROAS = ROAS of D0 + D1 + … + D7.
* **With `group_by=event_name`:** each event is measured against the cohort's whole spend, not a share of it.
* **Cohort without spend:** ROAS is `null`.

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Extra rows.** If a group has no value on the install period (for example, an event first tracked on day 7), the response still adds an install-period row for it, so its profit includes the spend. A page can therefore contain slightly more rows than `limit`.

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Missing periods.** With `period`, a missing row means no value, not `0`. Either nothing happened in that period, or the cohort hasn't reached it yet (e.g. D30 for a cohort installed last week).

> [!NOTE]
>
> **Finding measures.** An unknown measure is rejected with a `422` that names it. To list every measure available to your app, use the [MCP server](https://docs.appstack.tech/products/mcp.md)'s `list_metrics` tool with view `eac_cohorts_view`.

## Response

`format=json` returns a JSON object. The other formats return a file whose columns are, in order: `install_date`, the `group_by` dimensions, the period, then the measures.

With `period=day&group_by=media_source`:

```json theme={null}
{
  "data": [
    {
      "media_source": "meta",
      "days_since_install": 0,
      "installs": 120,
      "total_spend": 480.5,
      "cohort_revenue": 96.0
    },
    {
      "media_source": "meta",
      "days_since_install": 1,
      "installs": null,
      "total_spend": null,
      "cohort_revenue": 31.2
    }
  ],
  "total_count": 2
}
```

**data** `array`

One row per cohort (and per period with `period`). `install_date` is the first day of the install day, week or month (`2026-10-01T00:00:00.000`). A measure with no value for the row is `null`.

**total\_count** `integer`

Number of rows in this page.

## Errors

| Status | Description |
| - | - |
| `401` | Missing or invalid `Authorization` header. |
| `422` | Invalid request. The `detail` field says what to fix. See the list below. |
| `502` | The cohort backend is temporarily unavailable. Retry later. |
| `500` | Unexpected error. |

A `422` is returned when:

* a date is missing or invalid, `end_date` is before `start_date`, or the range exceeds 366 days;
* `period`, `group_by`, `install_date_granularity`, `format` or `currency` has an invalid value, or `max_period` is set without `period`;
* a measure is unknown, or is marked ✗ in [Measures](#measures) while `period` is set;
* `roas_of_` or `profit_of_` isn't followed by a revenue or value measure;
* a `custom:` measure has no event name, or is combined with `event_name` or `group_by=event_name`;
* `event_name` is used with measures other than the custom event ones;
* the request covers too many cohorts to compute `roas_of_`, `profit_of_` or `custom:` measures (narrow the dates or the `group_by`);
* `limit` or `offset` is out of range.

```json theme={null}
{
  "detail": "Unknown measure 'eac_cohorts_view.foo'"
}
```


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