send_event
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Fire a custom event for a contact. Automations whose trigger is {type:'custom_event', eventName:'<name>'} will enroll the contact and start running. Payload is exposed to condition steps as event.<key>.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | yes | Event name (e.g. 'trial_started', 'order.placed') |
| contactId | string | no | Contact UUID (provide either this or contactEmail) |
| contactEmail | string | no | Contact email (provide either this or contactId) |
| payload | object | no | Arbitrary JSON metadata available to automation conditions |
| occurredAt | string | no | ISO-8601 timestamp; defaults to now |
| apiKey | string | no | Send16 API key (overrides SEND16_API_KEY env var) |
Raw JSON schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 100,
"pattern": "^[a-z0-9_.-]+$",
"description": "Event name (e.g. 'trial_started', 'order.placed')"
},
"contactId": {
"description": "Contact UUID (provide either this or contactEmail)",
"type": "string"
},
"contactEmail": {
"description": "Contact email (provide either this or contactId)",
"type": "string",
"format": "email",
"pattern": "^(?!\\.)(?!.*\\.\\.)([A-Za-z0-9_'+\\-\\.]*)[A-Za-z0-9_+-]@([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\\-]*\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,}$"
},
"payload": {
"description": "Arbitrary JSON metadata available to automation conditions",
"type": "object",
"propertyNames": {
"type": "string"
},
"additionalProperties": {}
},
"occurredAt": {
"description": "ISO-8601 timestamp; defaults to now",
"type": "string"
},
"apiKey": {
"description": "Send16 API key (overrides SEND16_API_KEY env var)",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"name"
]
}