Create workflow notification channel

curl --request POST \
  --url "${UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL}/api/v1/workflows/f0a1b2c3-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c/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
  }'

import os
from unstructured_client import UnstructuredClient
from unstructured_client.models.operations import CreateWorkflowChannelApiV1WorkflowsWorkflowIdNotificationsChannelsPostRequest

client = UnstructuredClient(
    api_key_auth=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY"),
    server_url=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL"),
)

response = client.workflows.create_workflow_channel(
    request=CreateWorkflowChannelApiV1WorkflowsWorkflowIdNotificationsChannelsPostRequest(
        workflow_id="f0a1b2c3-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c",
        channel_type="webhook",
        url="https://hooks.example.com/notify",
        event_types=["job.completed", "job.failed"],
        description="Job status alerts",
        enabled=True,
    )
)
print(response)

import asyncio
import os
from unstructured_client import UnstructuredClient
from unstructured_client.models.operations import CreateWorkflowChannelApiV1WorkflowsWorkflowIdNotificationsChannelsPostRequest

async def create_workflow_channel():
    client = UnstructuredClient(
        api_key_auth=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY"),
        server_url=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL"),
    )
    response = await client.workflows.create_workflow_channel_async(
        request=CreateWorkflowChannelApiV1WorkflowsWorkflowIdNotificationsChannelsPostRequest(
            workflow_id="f0a1b2c3-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c",
            channel_type="webhook",
            url="https://hooks.example.com/notify",
            event_types=["job.completed", "job.failed"],
            description="Job status alerts",
            enabled=True,
        )
    )
    print(response)

asyncio.run(create_workflow_channel())

{
  "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"
}

POST

api

workflows

{workflow_id}

notifications

channels

curl --request POST \
  --url "${UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL}/api/v1/workflows/f0a1b2c3-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c/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
  }'

import os
from unstructured_client import UnstructuredClient
from unstructured_client.models.operations import CreateWorkflowChannelApiV1WorkflowsWorkflowIdNotificationsChannelsPostRequest

client = UnstructuredClient(
    api_key_auth=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY"),
    server_url=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL"),
)

response = client.workflows.create_workflow_channel(
    request=CreateWorkflowChannelApiV1WorkflowsWorkflowIdNotificationsChannelsPostRequest(
        workflow_id="f0a1b2c3-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c",
        channel_type="webhook",
        url="https://hooks.example.com/notify",
        event_types=["job.completed", "job.failed"],
        description="Job status alerts",
        enabled=True,
    )
)
print(response)

import asyncio
import os
from unstructured_client import UnstructuredClient
from unstructured_client.models.operations import CreateWorkflowChannelApiV1WorkflowsWorkflowIdNotificationsChannelsPostRequest

async def create_workflow_channel():
    client = UnstructuredClient(
        api_key_auth=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY"),
        server_url=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL"),
    )
    response = await client.workflows.create_workflow_channel_async(
        request=CreateWorkflowChannelApiV1WorkflowsWorkflowIdNotificationsChannelsPostRequest(
            workflow_id="f0a1b2c3-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c",
            channel_type="webhook",
            url="https://hooks.example.com/notify",
            event_types=["job.completed", "job.failed"],
            description="Job status alerts",
            enabled=True,
        )
    )
    print(response)

asyncio.run(create_workflow_channel())

{
  "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"
}

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

Path parameters

workflow_id

string

required

The unique identifier of the workflow.

Body

channel_type

string

required

Channel type: webhook or email.For more information, see Webhooks and Email notifications.

event_types

array

required

Event types to subscribe to.

Value	Description
`job.scheduled`	Job queued to run
`job.in_progress`	Job has started
`job.completed`	Job finished processing
`job.stopped`	Job has stopped
`job.failed`	Job failed to initialize without processing any files

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.

secret

string

Signing secret for verifying incoming webhook requests. Must be between 24 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 workflow notification channel endpoint instead.

email_config

object

Email delivery configuration. Required when channel_type is email.

Value	Required	Description
`recipient_email`	yes	Email address to deliver notifications to.
`reply_to`		Email address set as the reply-to header in notification emails.
`cc`		Additional email addresses to copy on notification emails. Array of strings.

Response

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.

description

string

Channel description.

url

string

Webhook endpoint URL. Present when channel_type is webhook.

email_config

object

Email delivery configuration. Present when channel_type is email.

curl --request POST \
  --url "${UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL}/api/v1/workflows/f0a1b2c3-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c/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
  }'

import os
from unstructured_client import UnstructuredClient
from unstructured_client.models.operations import CreateWorkflowChannelApiV1WorkflowsWorkflowIdNotificationsChannelsPostRequest

client = UnstructuredClient(
    api_key_auth=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY"),
    server_url=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL"),
)

response = client.workflows.create_workflow_channel(
    request=CreateWorkflowChannelApiV1WorkflowsWorkflowIdNotificationsChannelsPostRequest(
        workflow_id="f0a1b2c3-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c",
        channel_type="webhook",
        url="https://hooks.example.com/notify",
        event_types=["job.completed", "job.failed"],
        description="Job status alerts",
        enabled=True,
    )
)
print(response)

import asyncio
import os
from unstructured_client import UnstructuredClient
from unstructured_client.models.operations import CreateWorkflowChannelApiV1WorkflowsWorkflowIdNotificationsChannelsPostRequest

async def create_workflow_channel():
    client = UnstructuredClient(
        api_key_auth=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_KEY"),
        server_url=os.getenv("UNSTRUCTURED_API_URL"),
    )
    response = await client.workflows.create_workflow_channel_async(
        request=CreateWorkflowChannelApiV1WorkflowsWorkflowIdNotificationsChannelsPostRequest(
            workflow_id="f0a1b2c3-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c",
            channel_type="webhook",
            url="https://hooks.example.com/notify",
            event_types=["job.completed", "job.failed"],
            description="Job status alerts",
            enabled=True,
        )
    )
    print(response)

asyncio.run(create_workflow_channel())

{
  "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"
}

Get workflow notification channel Update workflow notification channel

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