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POST
/
api
/
v1
/
notifications
/
channels
curl --request POST \
  --url "${UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL}/api/v1/notifications/channels" \
  --header "unstructured-api-key: ${UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY}" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
    "channel_type": "webhook",
    "url": "https://hooks.example.com/notify",
    "event_types": ["job.completed", "job.failed"],
    "description": "Job status alerts",
    "enabled": true
  }'

{
  "id": "c1d2e3f4-5a6b-7c8d-9e0f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "channel_type": "webhook",
  "description": "Job status alerts",
  "event_types": ["job.completed", "job.failed"],
  "enabled": true,
  "url": "https://hooks.example.com/notify",
  "created_at": "2026-04-29T10:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-04-29T10:00:00Z"
}

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The secret field is write-only and is not returned by the API after creation. To change it later, use the update channel endpoint instead.

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Body

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channel_type
string
required
Channel type: webhook or email.
​
event_types
array
required
Event types to subscribe to.
ValueDescription
job.scheduledJob queued to run
job.in_progressJob has started
job.completedJob finished processing
job.stoppedJob has stopped
job.failedJob failed to initialize without processing any files
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description
string
Channel description. Maximum 255 characters.
​
enabled
boolean
Whether the channel is active. Default: true.
​
url
string
Webhook endpoint URL. Must use HTTPS. Required when channel_type is webhook.
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secret
string
Signing secret for verifying incoming webhook requests. Must be between24 and 75 bytes (24 to 75 ASCII characters). Applies when channel_type is webhook.Use this secret to verify incoming webhook requests. If you do not provide a secret, you cannot use secret-based verification for incoming webhook requests.
The secret is write-only and is not returned by the API after creation. To change it later, use the update channel endpoint instead.
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email_config
object
Email delivery configuration. Required when channel_type is email.
ValueRequiredDescription
recipient_emailyesEmail address to deliver notifications to.
reply_toEmail address set as the reply-to header in notification emails.
ccAdditional email addresses to copy on notification emails. Array of strings.

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Response

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id
string
required
Unique identifier for the channel.
​
channel_type
string
required
Channel type: webhook or email.
​
event_types
array
required
Subscribed event types.
​
enabled
boolean
required
Whether the channel is active.
​
created_at
string
required
ISO 8601 timestamp when the channel was created.
​
updated_at
string
required
ISO 8601 timestamp when the channel was last updated.
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description
string
Channel description.
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url
string
Webhook endpoint URL. Present when channel_type is webhook.
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email_config
object
Email delivery configuration. Present when channel_type is email.
curl --request POST \
  --url "${UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL}/api/v1/notifications/channels" \
  --header "unstructured-api-key: ${UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY}" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
    "channel_type": "webhook",
    "url": "https://hooks.example.com/notify",
    "event_types": ["job.completed", "job.failed"],
    "description": "Job status alerts",
    "enabled": true
  }'

{
  "id": "c1d2e3f4-5a6b-7c8d-9e0f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
  "channel_type": "webhook",
  "description": "Job status alerts",
  "event_types": ["job.completed", "job.failed"],
  "enabled": true,
  "url": "https://hooks.example.com/notify",
  "created_at": "2026-04-29T10:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-04-29T10:00:00Z"
}