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Nylas Notifications API

Change notifications. Nylas pushes events for messages, threads, calendars, events, grants and Notetaker over three interchangeable transports carrying the same payloads: HTTPS webhooks, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, and Amazon SNS. Covers subscription CRUD, delivery testing, mock payloads and the source IP ranges to allowlist. There is no polling requirement, and no WebSocket or SSE surface.

Nylas Notifications API is one of 13 APIs that Nylas publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Webhook, Notification, and Event. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, an API reference, and API documentation.

This API exposes 18 operations across 9 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v3.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.us.nylas.com, https://api.eu.nylas.com.

18 operations 9 paths 7 schemas 3 DELETE6 GET6 POST3 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v3
Base URL
https://api.us.nylas.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Nylas Notifications API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (NYLAS_ACCESS_TOKEN) (ACCESS_TOKEN). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (NYLAS_API_KEY) (NYLAS_API_KEY). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ACCESS_TOKEN — The Nylas access token for a specific grant. Issued as part of OAuth 2.1 flow token exchange.
  • NYLAS_API_KEY — The Nylas API key provides application-level access to APIs and all grants. You can generate these from the Dashboard. Learn more about [authorizing requests](…

Paths & Operations 18

Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 18 operations — 3 DELETE, 6 GET, 6 POST, 3 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Notifications 18
POST
/v3/webhooks
Create a webhook destination
post-webhook-destinations body → 200400
GET
/v3/webhooks
Get destinations for an application
get-webhook-destinations-application → 200400
GET
/v3/webhooks/{id}
Get the destinations for an application by webhook ID
get-webhook-by-id 1 param → 200400
PUT
/v3/webhooks/{id}
Update a webhook destination
put-webhook-by-id 1 param body → 200400
DELETE
/v3/webhooks/{id}
Delete a webhook destination
delete-webhook-by-id 1 param → 200400
POST
/v3/webhooks/rotate-secret/{id}
Rotate a webhook secret
post-new-secret 1 param → 200400
POST
/v3/webhooks/mock-payload
Get mock notification payload
get_mock_webhook_payload body → 200400
POST
/v3/webhooks/send-test-event
Send test event
send_test_event body → 200400
POST
/v3/channels/pubsub
Create a Pub/Sub channel
create-pubsub-channel body → 200400
GET
/v3/channels/pubsub
Get Pub/Sub channels for an application
get-pubsub-channels → 200400
GET
/v3/channels/pubsub/{id}
Get a specific Pub/Sub channel
get-pubsub-by-id 1 param → 200400
PUT
/v3/channels/pubsub/{id}
Update a Pub/Sub channel
put-pubsub-by-id 1 param body → 200400
DELETE
/v3/channels/pubsub/{id}
Delete a specific Pub/Sub channel
delete-pubsub-by-id 1 param → 200400
POST
/v3/channels/sns
Create an Amazon SNS channel
create-sns-channel body → 200400
GET
/v3/channels/sns
Get Amazon SNS channels for an application
get-sns-channels → 200400
GET
/v3/channels/sns/{id}
Get a specific Amazon SNS channel
get-sns-by-id 1 param → 200400
PUT
/v3/channels/sns/{id}
Update an Amazon SNS channel
put-sns-by-id 1 param body → 200400
DELETE
/v3/channels/sns/{id}
Delete a specific Amazon SNS channel
delete-sns-by-id 1 param → 200400

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are destination_update_payload (6 properties), amazon_sns_input_payload (6 properties), destination_input_payload (5 properties), pubsub_input_payload (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

pubsub_input_payload
object
5 properties 2 required
send_test_event_input
object
2 properties 2 required
trigger_types
array
The event that triggers the notification. See the [notification schemas](/docs/reference/notifications/) for details about each trigger type. See the [Grants](…
amazon_sns_input_payload
object
6 properties 3 required
get_mock_payload_input
object
1 property 2 required
destination_input_payload
object
5 properties 2 required
destination_update_payload
object
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nylas-notifications-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Nylas publishes across the network.

Nylas Admin API
Nylas Auth API
Nylas Calendars API
Nylas Contacts API
Nylas Drafts API
Nylas Events API
Nylas Grants API
Nylas Messages API
Nylas Scheduling API
Nylas Threads API
Nylas Notetaker API
Nylas Templates and Workflows API
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