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Workato Messages API

Endpoints for publishing messages to event topics and consuming messages from event topics.

Workato Messages API is one of 11 APIs that Workato publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Messages. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, an API reference, rate-limit docs, an AsyncAPI specification, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 5 base URLs: https://www.workato.com, https://app.eu.workato.com, https://app.jp.workato.com, https://app.sg.workato.com, https://app.au.workato.com.

3 operations 3 paths 7 schemas 3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Servers
https://www.workato.com
https://app.eu.workato.com
https://app.jp.workato.com
https://app.sg.workato.com
https://app.au.workato.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Workato Messages API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — API client token obtained from the Workato platform. Include as Authorization: Bearer {token}.

Paths & Operations 3

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

Messages 3

Endpoints for publishing messages to event topics and consuming messages from event topics.

POST
/api/v1/topics/{topic_id}/consume
Workato Consume Messages from a Topic
consumeMessages 1 param body → 200401404429
POST
/api/v1/topics/{topic_id}/publish
Workato Publish a Message to a Topic
publishMessage 1 param body → 200400401404429
POST
/api/v1/batch/topics/{topic_id}/publish
Workato Publish a Batch of Messages to a Topic
publishBatchMessages 1 param body → 200400401404429

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ConsumeRequest (4 properties), Message (3 properties), BatchPublishResponse (2 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ConsumeRequest
object
Options for consuming messages from a topic.
4 properties
PublishResponse
object
Response from a successful single message publish.
1 property
BatchPublishRequest
object
Request body for batch publishing messages.
1 property 1 required
ErrorResponse
object
Standard error response.
2 properties
ConsumeResponse
object
A batch of messages consumed from a topic.
1 property
BatchPublishResponse
object
Results of a batch publish operation.
2 properties
Message
object
A single message from an event topic.
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

workato-messages-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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