Webhooks (also called a web callback or HTTP push API) are ways to provide real-time information and updates. They deliver data to other applications as it happens, making webhooks much more efficient for both providers and consumers.

Our webhook integration provides real-time updates from monday.com boards, making it a valuable alternative to constantly polling the API for updates. You can use it to subscribe to events on your boards and get notified by an HTTP post request to a specified URL with the event information as a payload.

As a developer working with monday.com, it is important to familiarize yourself with the webhooks integration and webhooks API so you know how to subscribe to events and access webhook data. This document will walk you through how to add a webhook to a board, verify a webhook URL, the retry policy, and the available queries and mutations to read and modify the webhooks object via the API.

If you're building an app for the marketplace, check out our app lifecycle webhooks guide.

Adding a webhook to a board

Follow these steps to add a webhook to one of your boards:

Open the Automations Center in the top right-hand corner of the board.
Click on Integrations at the bottom of the left-pane menu.

Search for webhooks and find our webhooks app.
Select the webhook recipe of your choosing.
Provide the URL that will receive the event payload. Please note that our servers will send a challenge to that URL to verify that you control this endpoint. Check out the verifying a webhook URL section for more info!

Verifying a webhook URL

Your app should control the URL you specified. Our platform checks this by sending a JSON POST body containing a randomly generated token as a challenge field. We expect you to return the token as a challenge field of your response JSON body to that request.

The challenge will look something like this, and the response body should be an identical JSON POST body.

{
 "challenge": "3eZbrw1aBm2rZgRNFdxV2595E9CY3gmdALWMmHkvFXO7tYXAYM8P"
}

Here's a simple example of a webhook listener that will print the output of the webhook and respond correctly to the challenge:

app.post("/", function(req, res) {	console.log(JSON.stringify(req.body, 0, 2));	res.status(200).send(req.body);})

from flask import Flask, request, abort, jsonify

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/webhook', methods=['POST'])
def webhook():
    if request.method == 'POST':
        data = request.get_json()
        challenge = data['challenge']
        
        return jsonify({'challenge': challenge})

        # print(request.json)
        # return 'success', 200
    else:
        abort(400)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(debug=True)

Retry policy

Requests sent through our webhook integration will not retry if the destination server is down. If your application requires a retry, consider using a custom action instead.

Queries

Required scope: webhooks:read

Querying webhooks will return one or a collection of webhooks. This method accepts various arguments and returns an array.

You can only query webhooks directly at the root, so it can't be nested within another query.

query {
  webhooks(board_id: 1234567890){
    id
    event
    board_id
    config
  }
}

let query = 'query { webhooks (board_ids: 1234567890) { id event board_id config }}';

fetch ("https://api.monday.com/v2", {
  method: 'post',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization' : 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
   },
   body: JSON.stringify({
     'query' : query
   })
  })
   .then(res => res.json())
   .then(res => console.log(JSON.stringify(res, null, 2)));

Arguments

You can use the following argument(s) to reduce the number of results returned in your webhooks query.

Argument	Description
app_webhooks_only `Boolean`	Returns only the webhooks created by the app initiating the request.
board_id `Int!`	The unique identifier of the board that your webhook subscribes to. Please note that this argument's type is `ID!` in API versions `2023-10` and later.

Fields

The following fields will determine the data returned from your webhooks query. You can use the following field(s) to specify what information your webhooks query will return.

Field	Description
board_id `Int!`	The unique identifier of the webhook's board. Please note that this field's type is `ID!` in API versions `2023-10` and later.
config `String`	Stores metadata about what specific actions will trigger the webhook.
event `WebhookEventType!`	The event the webhook listens to: - `change_column_value` - `change_status_column_value` - `change_subitem_column_value` - `change_specific_column_value` - `change_name` - `create_item` - `item_archived` - `item_deleted` - `item_moved_to_any_group` - `item_moved_to_specific_group` - `item_restored` - `create_subitem` - `change_subitem_name` - `move_subitem` - `subitem_archived` - `subitem_deleted` - `create_column` - `create_update` - `edit_update` (available in API version `2023-10`) - `delete_update` (available in API version `2023-10`) - `create_subitem_update`
id `ID!`	The webhook's unique identifier.

Mutations

Required scope: webhooks:write

Create a webhook

The create_webhook mutation allows you to create a new webhook via the API. You can also specify what fields to query back when you run the mutation. After the mutation runs, a webhook subscription will be created based on a specific event, so the webhook will send data to the subscribed URL every time the event happens on your board.

You can add a query param to your webhook URL if you want to differentiate between subitem and main item events. The URL must pass a verification test where we will send a JSON POST body request containing a challenge field. We expect your provided URL to return the token as a challenge field in your response JSON body to that request.

Check out this mutation in action in our Postman library or follow along with these code samples!

mutation {
	create_webhook (board_id: 1234567890, url: "https://www.webhooks.my-webhook/test/", event: change_status_column_value, config: "{\"columnId\":\"status\", \"columnValue\":{\"$any$\":true}}") {
		id
		board_id
	}
}

fetch ("https://api.monday.com/v2", {
  method: 'post',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization' : 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
   },
   body: JSON.stringify({
     query : "mutation { create_webhook (board_id: 1234567890, url: \"https://www.webhooks.my-webhook/test/\", event: change_status_column_value, config: \"columnId\":\"status\", \"columnValue\":{ {\"$any$\":true}) { id board_id } }"
   })
  })

Arguments

You can use the following argument(s) to define the new webhook's characteristics.

Argument	Definition
board_id `Int!`	The board's unique identifier. If creating a webhook for subitem events, send the main/parent board ID. Please note that this argument's type is `ID!` in API versions `2023-10` and later.
config `JSON`	The webhook configuration.
event `WebhookEventType!`	The event to listen to: - `change_column_value` - `change_status_column_value` - `change_subitem_column_value` - `change_specific_column_value` - `change_name` - `create_item` - `item_archived` - `item_deleted` - `item_moved_to_any_group` - `item_moved_to_specific_group` - `item_restored` - `create_subitem` - `change_subitem_name` - `move_subitem` - `subitem_archived` - `subitem_deleted` - `create_column` - `create_update` - `edit_update` (available in API version `2023-10`) - `delete_update` (available in API version `2023-10`) - `create_subitem_update`
url `String!`	The webhook URL.

Note: Some events also accept the config argument used to pass configuration for the event.

Events that accept the config argument	JSON	Notes
`change_specific_column_value`	{"columnId": "column_id"}	Using this mutation will not support subscribing to sub-item columns at this time. You can learn how to find the column ID here.
`item_moved_to_specific_group`	{"groupId": "group_id"}	You can learn how to find the group ID here.

Delete a webhook

The delete_webhook mutation allows you to delete a webhook via the API. You can also specify what fields to query back when you run the mutation. After the mutation runs, it will no longer report events to the URL given.

mutation {
	delete_webhook (id: 12) {
		id
		board_id
	}
}

fetch ("https://api.monday.com/v2", {
  method: 'post',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization' : 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
   },
   body: JSON.stringify({
     query : "mutation { delete_webhook (id: 12) { id board_id } }"
   })
  })

Arguments

You can use the following argument(s) to specify which webhook to delete.

Argument	Definition
id `Int!`	The webhook's unique identifier. Please note that this argument's type is `ID!` in API versions `2023-10` and later.

Sample payload for webhook events

Every webhook sent to your endpoint will have an event field containing the payload with the event's data. Subitem webhooks will include a similar payload for each event but will also include the parent_item_id and subitem board ID in their payload. You can take a deeper look into the payloads using the samples below!

"event": {
  "userId": 9603417,
  "originalTriggerUuid": null,
  "boardId": 1771812698,
  "pulseId": 1772099344,
  "pulseName": "Create_item webhook",
  "groupId": "topics",
  "groupName": "Group Title",
  "groupColor": "#579bfc",
  "isTopGroup": true,
  "columnValues": {},
  "app": "monday",
  "type": "create_pulse",
  "triggerTime": "2021-10-11T09:07:28.210Z",
  "subscriptionId": 73759690,
  "triggerUuid": "b5ed2e17c530f43668de130142445cba"
 }

"event": {
  "userId": 9603417,
  "originalTriggerUuid": null,
  "boardId": 1772135370,
  "pulseId": 1772139123,
  "itemId": 1772139123,
  "pulseName": "sub-item",
  "groupId": "topics",
  "groupName": "Subitems",
  "groupColor": "#579bfc",
  "isTopGroup": true,
  "columnValues": {},
  "app": "monday",
  "type": "create_pulse",
  "triggerTime": "2021-10-11T09:24:51.835Z",
  "subscriptionId": 73761697,
  "triggerUuid": "5c28578c66653a87b00a80aa4f7a6ce3",
  "parentItemId": "1771812716",
  "parentItemBoardId": "1771812698"
 }

"event": {
  "userId": 9603417,
  "originalTriggerUuid": null,
  "boardId": 1771812698,
  "groupId": "topics",
  "pulseId": 1771812728,
  "pulseName": "Crate_item webhook",
  "columnId": "date4",
  "columnType": "date",
  "columnTitle": "Date",
  "value": {
   "date": "2021-10-11",
   "icon": null,
   "time": null
  },
  "previousValue": null,
  "changedAt": 1633943701.9457765,
  "isTopGroup": true,
  "app": "monday",
  "type": "update_column_value",
  "triggerTime": "2021-10-11T09:15:03.429Z",
  "subscriptionId": 73760484,
  "triggerUuid": "645fc8d8709d35718f1ae00ceded91e9"
 }

"event": {
  "userId": 9603417,
  "originalTriggerUuid": null,
  "boardId": 1771812698,
  "pulseId": 1771812728,
  "body": "<p>create_update webhook</p>",
  "textBody": "create_update webhook",
  "updateId": 1190616585,
  "replyId": null,
  "app": "monday",
  "type": "create_update",
  "triggerTime": "2021-10-11T09:18:57.368Z",
  "subscriptionId": 73760983,
  "triggerUuid": "6119292e27abcc571f90ea4177e94973"
 }

"event": {
  "userId": 9603417,
  "originalTriggerUuid": null,
  "boardId": 1771812698,
  "groupId": "topics",
  "pulseId": 1772099344,
  "pulseName": "Create_item webhook",
  "columnId": "status",
  "columnType": "color",
  "columnTitle": "Status",
  "value": {
   "label": {
    "index": 3,
    "text": "Status change wbhook",
    "style": {
     "color": "#0086c0",
     "border": "#3DB0DF",
     "var_name": "blue-links"
    }
   },
   "post_id": null
  },
  "previousValue": null,
  "changedAt": 1633944017.473193,
  "isTopGroup": true,
  "app": "monday",
  "type": "update_column_value",
  "triggerTime": "2021-10-11T09:20:18.022Z",
  "subscriptionId": 73761176,
  "triggerUuid": "504b2eb76c80f672a18f892c0f700e41"
 }

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