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POST
/
v1
/
automations
/
triggers
/
{triggerEventId}
/
fire
Fire a trigger
curl --request POST \
  --url https://brew.new/api/v1/automations/triggers/{triggerEventId}/fire \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "payload": {
    "email": "jane@example.com",
    "firstName": "Jane"
  }
}
'
import requests

url = "https://brew.new/api/v1/automations/triggers/{triggerEventId}/fire"

payload = { "payload": {
"email": "jane@example.com",
"firstName": "Jane"
} }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({payload: {email: 'jane@example.com', firstName: 'Jane'}})
};

fetch('https://brew.new/api/v1/automations/triggers/{triggerEventId}/fire', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://brew.new/api/v1/automations/triggers/{triggerEventId}/fire",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'payload' => [
'email' => 'jane@example.com',
'firstName' => 'Jane'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://brew.new/api/v1/automations/triggers/{triggerEventId}/fire"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"payload\": {\n \"email\": \"jane@example.com\",\n \"firstName\": \"Jane\"\n }\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://brew.new/api/v1/automations/triggers/{triggerEventId}/fire")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"payload\": {\n \"email\": \"jane@example.com\",\n \"firstName\": \"Jane\"\n }\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://brew.new/api/v1/automations/triggers/{triggerEventId}/fire")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"payload\": {\n \"email\": \"jane@example.com\",\n \"firstName\": \"Jane\"\n }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "success": true,
  "status": "triggered",
  "code": "TRIGGERED",
  "message": "Trigger event accepted and matched published attachments.",
  "triggerEventId": "tri_signup",
  "receivedAt": "2026-04-08T12:34:56.789Z",
  "details": {
    "resolvedPayload": {
      "email": "jane@example.com",
      "firstName": "Jane"
    },
    "triggerInstanceId": "tin_8f2k",
    "publishedAutomations": [
      {
        "automationId": "auto_abc",
        "title": "Welcome flow"
      }
    ],
    "automationRunIds": [
      "run_01HZ"
    ],
    "counts": {
      "transactionalEmails": 0,
      "automations": 1
    }
  }
}
{
"success": false,
"status": "payload_mismatch",
"code": "PAYLOAD_MISMATCH",
"message": "Required field 'email' is missing from the payload.",
"triggerEventId": "tri_signup",
"receivedAt": "2026-04-08T12:34:56.789Z"
}
{
"error": {
"code": "INVALID_API_KEY",
"type": "authentication_error",
"message": "The provided API key is invalid.",
"suggestion": "Check the API key format and retry with a valid active key.",
"docs": "https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/authentication"
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS",
"type": "authorization_error",
"message": "The caller does not have the required permission.",
"suggestion": "Use an API key or session with the required permission.",
"docs": "https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/authentication",
"param": "automations"
}
}
{
"success": false,
"status": "trigger_event_not_found",
"code": "TRIGGER_EVENT_NOT_FOUND",
"message": "Trigger event 'tri_xxx' was not found.",
"receivedAt": "2026-04-08T12:34:56.789Z"
}
{
"success": false,
"status": "failed",
"code": "NO_PUBLISHED_AUTOMATION",
"message": "Trigger event 'tri_signup' has no published automation attached.",
"triggerEventId": "tri_signup",
"receivedAt": "2026-04-08T12:34:56.789Z"
}
{
"error": {
"code": "RATE_LIMITED",
"type": "rate_limit",
"message": "Too many requests.",
"suggestion": "Wait for the retry window before sending another request.",
"docs": "https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/rate-limits",
"retryAfter": 42
}
}
{
"error": {
"code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
"type": "internal_error",
"message": "An unexpected error occurred.",
"suggestion": "Retry the request. If it keeps failing, contact support.",
"docs": "https://docs.brew.new/api-reference/api/errors"
}
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
default:Bearer brew_your_api_key
required

Send your Brew API key as Authorization: Bearer brew_xxx.

Headers

Idempotency-Key
string

Optional idempotency key for safe retries. Reusing the same key with the same request body returns the original response for 24 hours.

Required string length: 1 - 100

Path Parameters

triggerEventId
string
required

Trigger id returned by POST /v1/automations/triggers. Custom triggers use tri_… ids; integration triggers use composite ids (e.g. clerk:org_…:brand_…:user.created, URL-encode the colons).

Required string length: 1 - 256
Example:

"tri_signup"

Body

application/json
payload
object
required

Event payload, fields and types must match the trigger's payloadSchema. Unknown fields are accepted but reported as unexpected_key warnings.

idempotencyKey
string

Legacy body-field alternative to the Idempotency-Key HTTP header. Prefer the header for new integrations. The token is namespaced server-side with the API key org so different tenants cannot collide.

Required string length: 1 - 100

Response

Fired (status: "triggered") or idempotent replay (status: "idempotent_replay"). details.automationRunIds[] carries one run id per matched published automation.

success
boolean
required
status
enum<string>
required

Discriminator for the response category. Pairs with code. A trigger with no published automation attached returns status: "failed" + code: "NO_PUBLISHED_AUTOMATION" (HTTP 422). Successful fires always return status: "triggered".

Available options:
triggered,
idempotent_replay,
ready,
invalid_api_key,
invalid_json,
failed,
forbidden,
payload_mismatch,
trigger_event_not_found
code
string
required
message
string
required
receivedAt
string
required

ISO-8601 timestamp the request was processed at.

triggerEventId
string
details
object