Webhook event types

This reference documentation provides a list of available event types for Zendesk webhooks and their related request payloads. For more information about webhooks, see Creating and monitoring webhooks.

Supported event types

Supported event types are grouped by domain:

• Article events
• Community post events
• Organization events
• User events

Note: To send webhook requests based on ticket activity, connect the webhook to a trigger or automation instead. See Creating and monitoring webhooks.

Event schema

HTTP requests for Zendesk event webhooks use a similar JSON payload schema with shared properties. Events with the same event type use the same payload schema. An example event payload:

{
  "type": "zen:event-type:user.active_changed",
  "account_id": 12514403,
  "id": "2b24ef10-19d4-4740-93cf-8f98ec4776c0",
  "time": "2099-07-04T05:33:18Z",
  "zendesk_event_version": "2022-06-20",
  "subject": "zen:user:6596848315901",
  "detail": {
    "created_at": "2099-07-04T05:27:58Z",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "external_id": "",
    "default_group_id": "0",
    "id": "6596848315901",
    "organization_id": "0",
    "role": "end-user",
    "updated_at": "2099-07-04T05:33:18Z"
  },
  "event": {
    "current": false,
    "previous": true
  }
}

Top-level properties

All event payloads contain the following top-level properties.

Property	Data type	Description
account_id	integer	Zendesk account id associated with the event
detail	object	Resource created or changed by the event. See Detail object
event	object	Contains information about the event's changes. See Event object
id	string	Unique id for the event
subject	string	Contains the event's domain and an id for the resource created or changed by the event
time	string	Timestamp for when the event occurred
type	string	Type of activity the event recorded
zendesk_event_version	string	Event schema version. Possible value is "2022-06-20"

Detail object

The detail object contains information about the resource created or changed by the event. The object's properties vary based on the event's domain. You can determine an event's domain from the event's type prefix.

Zendesk event domain	Type prefix	Detail properties
Article	zen:event-type/article	Article detail properties
Community post	zen:evnt-type/community_post	Community post detail properties
Organization	zen:event-type/organization	Organization detail properties
User	zen:event-type/user	User detail properties

Event object

The event object contains information about the event's changes. The object's properties vary based on event type.

Zendesk event domain	Event types
Article	Article event types
Community post	Community post event types
Organization	Organization event types
User	User event types