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triggerWebhook()

Dispatches a manual event payload for one webhook app.

Usage

The following example shows a basic usage of the backend client from @wacht/nextjs/server.

import { wachtClient } from '@wacht/nextjs/server';export async function example() {  const client = await wachtClient();  const appSlug: string = 'appslug';  const request: TriggerWebhookRequest = {    event_name: 'user.created',    payload: { id: 'user_123' },    filter_context: { environment: 'staging' },  };  return client.webhooks.triggerWebhook(appSlug, request);}

Signature

function triggerWebhook(  appSlug: string,  request: TriggerWebhookRequest,): Promise<TriggerWebhookResponse>

TriggerWebhookRequest

appSlug?: string | undefined;
Webhook app slug.
event_name?: string | undefined;
Event name to dispatch.
payload?: Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
Event payload object.
id?: string | undefined;
Event entity identifier.
amount?: number | undefined;
Example numeric payload field.
filter_context?: Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
Optional routing/filter context.
environment?: string | undefined;
Environment label used by routing filters.

Return value

delivery_ids?: number[] | undefined;
Created delivery ids.
filtered_count?: number | undefined;
Count filtered out before delivery.
delivered_count?: number | undefined;
Count accepted for delivery.

Examples

Trigger a synthetic event for endpoint validation

import { wachtClient } from '@wacht/nextjs/server';export async function triggerSyntheticEvent(appSlug: string) {  const client = await wachtClient();  return client.webhooks.triggerWebhook(appSlug, {    event_name: 'invoice.created',    payload: { id: 'inv_123', amount: 1499 },    filter_context: { environment: 'staging' },  });}

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