From c0f290a3854d1127592a00c5172d05eca4e88fb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Vincent (Wen Yu) Ge" <gewenyu99@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 13:14:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(fastapi): use the Python context API for identify
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The fastapi example called posthog.identify() and posthog.capture(distinct_id,
event) — neither exists in the Python SDK v6+ — so login/signup would raise at
runtime; switch to new_context()/identify_context()/capture() like the rest of
the example (person props via $set).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 example-apps/fastapi/app/routers/main.py | 40 +++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/example-apps/fastapi/app/routers/main.py b/example-apps/fastapi/app/routers/main.py
index 0d1c5e53..ffb0719f 100644
--- a/example-apps/fastapi/app/routers/main.py
+++ b/example-apps/fastapi/app/routers/main.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Cookie, Depends, Form, Request
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, RedirectResponse
 from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
-from posthog import capture
+from posthog import capture, identify_context, new_context
 
 from app.dependencies import (
     CurrentUser,
@@ -47,15 +47,16 @@ async def login(
 
     if user:
         is_new_user = user.record_login(db)
-        posthog.identify(user.email, {"email": user.email, "is_staff": user.is_staff})
-        posthog.capture(
-            user.email,
-            "user_logged_in",
-            properties={
-                "username": user.email,
-                "is_new_user": is_new_user,
-            },
-        )
+        with new_context():
+            identify_context(user.email)
+            capture(
+                "user_logged_in",
+                properties={
+                    "$set": {"email": user.email, "is_staff": user.is_staff},
+                    "username": user.email,
+                    "is_new_user": is_new_user,
+                },
+            )
 
         # Create session and redirect
         response = RedirectResponse(url="/dashboard", status_code=302)
@@ -112,15 +113,16 @@ async def signup(
     # Create new user
     user = User.create_user(db, email=email, password=password, is_staff=False)
 
-    posthog.identify(user.email, {"email": user.email, "is_staff": user.is_staff})
-    posthog.capture(
-        user.email,
-        "user_signed_up",
-        properties={
-            "username": user.email,
-            "signup_method": "form",
-        },
-    )
+    with new_context():
+        identify_context(user.email)
+        capture(
+            "user_signed_up",
+            properties={
+                "$set": {"email": user.email, "is_staff": user.is_staff},
+                "username": user.email,
+                "signup_method": "form",
+            },
+        )
 
     # Create session and redirect
     response = RedirectResponse(url="/dashboard", status_code=302)