---
title: Test Webhook Url
description: Send a test event to verify connectivity and payload handling. Either provide a webhook_id to test an existing webhook (with optional url/secret overrides), or provide url and event_type directly to test before creating a webhook.
url: https://theirstack.com/en/docs/api-reference/webhooks/post_webhooks_test_v0
---

## POST /v0/webhooks/test — Test Webhook Url

Send a test event to verify connectivity and payload handling. Either provide a webhook\_id to test an existing webhook (with optional url/secret overrides), or provide url and event\_type directly to test before creating a webhook.

### Request body

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `event_type` | enum(job\_new, company\_new, job\_closed) | No | Type of event to simulate. Required when webhook\_id is not provided. |
| `secret` | string | No | Secret used to sign webhook payloads with HMAC-SHA256. If set, deliveries include an X-TheirStack-Signature-256 header. |
| `url` | string | No | URL to send the test event to. Required when webhook\_id is not provided. |
| `webhook_id` | integer | No | ID of an existing webhook to test. When provided, url and event\_type are loaded from the stored webhook. Body fields (url, secret) can override stored values. |

### Responses

#### 200 — Successful Response

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `message` | string | No |  |
| `signature` | string | No |  |
| `status` | integer | Yes |  |

#### 400 — Bad Request

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `error` | Error | Yes |  |
| `request_id` | integer | No | The request id. This is useful to contact us to help you debug the issue. The request\_id won't be present in all errors. |

##### `error`

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `code` | string | No | The error code. Eg: \`E-001\`, \`E-002\`, \`E-003\`, \`E-004\`, \`E-005\`, \`E-006\`, \`E-007\`, \`E-008\`, \`E-009\`, \`E-010\`, \`E-011\`, \`E-012\`, \`E-013\`, \`E-014\`, \`E-015\`, \`E-016\` |
| `description` | string | No | The error description |
| `title` | string | Yes | The error title. |

#### 402 — Payment Required

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `error` | Error | Yes |  |
| `request_id` | integer | No | The request id. This is useful to contact us to help you debug the issue. The request\_id won't be present in all errors. |

##### `error`

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `code` | string | No | The error code. Eg: \`E-001\`, \`E-002\`, \`E-003\`, \`E-004\`, \`E-005\`, \`E-006\`, \`E-007\`, \`E-008\`, \`E-009\`, \`E-010\`, \`E-011\`, \`E-012\`, \`E-013\`, \`E-014\`, \`E-015\`, \`E-016\` |
| `description` | string | No | The error description |
| `title` | string | Yes | The error title. |

#### 422 — Unprocessable Entity

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `error` | Error | Yes |  |
| `request_id` | integer | No | The request id. This is useful to contact us to help you debug the issue. The request\_id won't be present in all errors. |

##### `error`

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `code` | string | No | The error code. Eg: \`E-001\`, \`E-002\`, \`E-003\`, \`E-004\`, \`E-005\`, \`E-006\`, \`E-007\`, \`E-008\`, \`E-009\`, \`E-010\`, \`E-011\`, \`E-012\`, \`E-013\`, \`E-014\`, \`E-015\`, \`E-016\` |
| `description` | string | No | The error description |
| `title` | string | Yes | The error title. |

#### 500 — Internal Server Error

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `error` | Error | Yes |  |
| `request_id` | integer | No | The request id. This is useful to contact us to help you debug the issue. The request\_id won't be present in all errors. |

##### `error`

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `code` | string | No | The error code. Eg: \`E-001\`, \`E-002\`, \`E-003\`, \`E-004\`, \`E-005\`, \`E-006\`, \`E-007\`, \`E-008\`, \`E-009\`, \`E-010\`, \`E-011\`, \`E-012\`, \`E-013\`, \`E-014\`, \`E-015\`, \`E-016\` |
| `description` | string | No | The error description |
| `title` | string | Yes | The error title. |