users import script

import.php

<?php
/*
Example script that will import $born events into your Mixpanel projects for your existing users.

Feel free to modify. If you have a high number of users you might want to use some sort of queing system instead of 
a sleep command to make sure that all the requests get sent propertly. 
*/

/*
Dummy Data:
This array represents the data you would fetch from your own database that would have user_ids and the date you would like to set as their 
birthdate. Mixpanel will use this birthdate to determine their cohort. 
*/
$project_token = "[SOMETHING]"; // Portal
$api_key = "[SOMETHING]"; // portal

$users = array(
  '...' => '...',
  '625e4ef0-b6f1-012f-6bf7-4040b2a1b35b' => '2011-11-29 15:13:32',
  '...' => '...'
);

date_default_timezone_set("UTC"); //set for the timezone your sign up data is using. 

//Constructer: new EventImporter("Project Token","Project API Key");
//Both these values are on your mixpanel accounts page: http://mixpanel.com/account/
$metrics = new EventImporter($project_token, $api_key);

foreach($users as $id=>$birthdate){
 $props = array();
 $props['distinct_id'] = $id; //distinct_id should be your identifier
 $props['time'] = strtotime($birthdate); //time should be their $birthdate
 $event = '$signup'; //you are sending the $signup event. You could also put $born here. 
 echo "\nSending $event event for ".$props['distinct_id']." at $birthdate (".$props['time'].")\n";

 $metrics->track($event, $props);
}


class EventImporter {
    public $token;
    public $api_key;
    public $host = 'http://api.mixpanel.com/';
    public function __construct($token_string,$api_key) {
        $this->token = $token_string;
        $this->api_key = $api_key;
    }
    function track($event, $properties=array()) {
        $params = array(
            'event' => $event,
            'properties' => $properties
            );

        if (!isset($params['properties']['token'])){
            $params['properties']['token'] = $this->token;
        }
        $url = $this->host . 'import/?data=' . base64_encode(json_encode($params)) . "&api_key=$this->api_key";
        //you still need to run as a background process
        echo "$url\n";
        exec("curl '" . $url . "' >/dev/null 2>&1 &"); 
        sleep(.2);
    }
}