Overview of triggered actions and webhooks

Introduction to webhooks and triggered actions and what can be achieved with each.

Skedulo supports two different ways to integrate with real-time events – webhooks and triggered actions – which can be configured via our API: /webhooks and /triggered_actions.

Webhooks are a way for you to listen for specific events or changes that occur to your Skedulo data. When a change occurs, you can configure webhooks to notify other applications or take actions in real-time. Triggered actions are Skedulo’s new iteration of webhooks and will eventually replace the legacy webhook functionality.

Webhooks and Triggered Actions are back-end configurations that instruct the Skedulo platform to perform an action when a data change or other event occurs.

Each configuration consists of a name, a URL, and a GraphQL query.

These configurations instruct the Skedulo platform to perform an action when a data change or other event occurs. Defined EQL filters limit the cases that generate an action. A filter is mandatory for triggered actions and optional (but strongly recommended) for webhooks.

Features and differentiators

Whether you use a webhook or a triggered action depends on your use case, as some features are only available using one implementation or the other.

Feature Triggered actions Webhooks
Include the previous data for a modified object. ❌ ✅
Include the contents of a deleted object. ❌ ✅
Query can retrieve extra data after a trigger is fired. ✅ ❌
Trigger on inbound SMS (must be sent to the Skedulo-allocated customer SMS route number). ❌ ✅
Send an SMS when triggered. ✅ ❌
Execute after a time offset (deferred action). ✅ ✅
Execute on a schedule (cron job). ❌ ✅

Authentication requirements for webhooks and triggered actions

  • To use webhooks and triggered actions, you must have an API access token, which can be obtained through the administrator settings in the Skedulo web application. The API token must be included in the Authorization header using the Bearer method. See Admin Settings: API tokens for more information about how to obtain an API token.
  • Skedulo for Salesforce users must also have an API user configured for the Skedulo team (tenant). See Skedulo API user for more information.
  • Only secure URLs (HTTPS) are accepted.

HTTP request headers

Webhooks and call_url triggered actions (see the triggered actions section for information on action types) set the following headers in their HTTP requests, depending on the context of the request:

Header Context Description Example value
Always, if defined. User-defined headers that are included in the configuration of the triggered action or webhook.
User-Agent Always Identifies the caller. Always set to “Skedulo”. Skedulo
Skedulo-Triggeredactionlogid Always An ID that represents the specific request. Note that webhooks also have this header, since they are implemented as a triggered action. 41701066
Skedulo-Triggeredactionid Triggered actions only The ID of the triggered action configuration that caused the request. This will be the same every time this triggered action is executed. ce8c078c-646b-4aa1-84fa-efd377a5797d
Skedulo-Request-Id Webhooks only An ID that represents the specific request. Included for backward compatibility. The same value as Skedulo-Triggeredactionlogid 41701066
Skedulo-Webhook-Id Webhooks only The ID of the webhook configuration that caused the request. This will be the same every time this webhook is executed. 55b353d8-07f5-4141-8c5b-f7dbc463a6f3