Hotjar

Behavior analytics platform with heatmaps, session recordings, and surveys for understanding user experience.

Capabilities

Integration	Available	Notes
API	✓	Surveys, Responses, Sites, Heatmaps, Recordings
MCP	-	Not available
CLI	✓	hotjar.js
SDK	✓	JavaScript tracking snippet, Identify API, Events API

Authentication

• Type: OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials
• Token endpoint: POST https://api.hotjar.io/v1/oauth/token
• Header: Authorization: Bearer {access_token}
• Get credentials: Hotjar Dashboard > Integrations > API
• Token expiry: 3600 seconds (1 hour)

Token Request

POST https://api.hotjar.io/v1/oauth/token
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

grant_type=client_credentials&client_id={client_id}&client_secret={client_secret}

Token Response

{
  "access_token": "<token>",
  "token_type": "Bearer",
  "expires_in": 3600
}

Common Agent Operations

List Sites

GET https://api.hotjar.io/v1/sites

Authorization: Bearer {access_token}

List Surveys

GET https://api.hotjar.io/v1/sites/{site_id}/surveys

Authorization: Bearer {access_token}

Get Survey Responses

GET https://api.hotjar.io/v1/sites/{site_id}/surveys/{survey_id}/responses?limit=100

Authorization: Bearer {access_token}

Supports cursor-based pagination with cursor and limit parameters.

List Heatmaps

GET https://api.hotjar.io/v1/sites/{site_id}/heatmaps

Authorization: Bearer {access_token}

List Recordings

GET https://api.hotjar.io/v1/sites/{site_id}/recordings

Authorization: Bearer {access_token}

List Forms

GET https://api.hotjar.io/v1/sites/{site_id}/forms

Authorization: Bearer {access_token}

Key Metrics

Survey Response Data

• response_id - Unique response identifier
• answers - Array of question/answer pairs
• created_at - Response timestamp
• device_type - Desktop, mobile, tablet

Heatmap Data

• url - Page URL
• click_count - Total clicks tracked
• visitors - Unique visitors
• created_at - Heatmap creation date

Recording Data

• recording_id - Unique recording ID
• duration - Session duration
• pages_visited - Pages in session
• device - Device information

Parameters

Survey Responses

• limit - Results per page (default: 100)
• cursor - Pagination cursor from previous response
• sort - Sort order (default: created_at desc)

Recordings

• limit - Results per page
• cursor - Pagination cursor
• date_from - Start date filter
• date_to - End date filter

When to Use

• Analyzing user behavior patterns on landing pages
• Collecting qualitative feedback via on-site surveys
• Identifying UX issues through session recordings
• Understanding scroll depth and engagement via heatmaps
• Validating CRO hypotheses with user behavior data
• Form abandonment analysis

Rate Limits

• 3000 requests/minute (50 per second)
• Rate limited by source IP address
• Cursor-based pagination for large result sets

Relevant Skills

• page-cro
• ab-test-setup
• analytics-tracking
• ux-audit
• landing-page