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Novu Events API

Events represent a change in state of a subscriber. They are used to trigger workflows, and enable you to send notifications to subscribers based on their actions.

Novu Events API is one of 19 APIs that Novu publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 26 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Events. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, a getting-started guide, and 26 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 20 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.15.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.novu.co, https://eu.api.novu.co.

4 operations 4 paths 20 schemas 1 DELETE3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3.15.0
Base URL
https://api.novu.co
Authentication
API Key
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Novu Events API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (secretKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • secretKey — API key authentication. Allowed headers-- "Authorization: ApiKey ".

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Events 4

Events represent a change in state of a subscriber. They are used to trigger workflows, and enable you to send notifications to subscribers based on their actions.

POST
/v1/events/trigger
Novu Trigger Event
EventsController_trigger body → 201400401403404405409413
POST
/v1/events/trigger/bulk
Novu Bulk Trigger Event
EventsController_triggerBulk body → 201400401403404405409413
POST
/v1/events/trigger/broadcast
Novu Broadcast Event to All
EventsController_broadcastEventToAll body → 200201400401403404405409
DELETE
/v1/events/trigger/{transactionId}
Novu Cancel Triggered Event
EventsController_cancel 1 param → 200400401403404405409413

Schemas 20

The contract defines 20 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SubscriberPayloadDto (10 properties), TriggerOverrides (9 properties), PayloadValidationExceptionDto (9 properties), TriggerEventRequestDto (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TenantPayloadDto
object
3 properties
ChannelCredentialsDto
object
2 properties
SeverityLevelEnum
string
Severity of the workflow
ConstraintValidation
object
2 properties 1 required
TopicPayloadDto
object
3 properties 2 required
TriggerEventResponseDto
object
6 properties 2 required
TriggerRecipientsTypeEnum
string
StepsOverrides
object
2 properties
TriggerEventRequestDto
object
8 properties 2 required
ValidationErrorDto
object
7 properties 4 required
ErrorDto
object
6 properties 3 required
SubscriberPayloadDto
object
10 properties 1 required
EmailChannelOverrides
object
1 property
TriggerOverrides
object
9 properties
TriggerEventToAllRequestDto
object
7 properties 2 required
PayloadValidationExceptionDto
object
9 properties 5 required
PayloadValidationErrorDto
object
4 properties 2 required
BulkTriggerEventDto
object
1 property 1 required
SubscriberChannelDto
object
3 properties 2 required
ChannelOverrides
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

novu-events-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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