Alloy Automation

Alloy Automation Run API

The Run API from Alloy Automation — 2 operation(s) for run.

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Operations 2

POST /run/event Trigger an event for a user #

POST /run/workflow Run Workflow #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Embedded 2025-09 Run API
  version: '5.0'
servers:
- url: https://production.runalloy.com
tags:
- name: Run
paths:
  /run/event:
    post:
      summary: Trigger an event for a user
      description: 'This endpoint runs a workflow that uses a **Custom Event**. Note that this endpoint cannot be used to invoke a workflow that has a Custom Webhook Trigger.


        If you have defined a custom JSON body for the Custom Event, it should be passed into the `data` body parameter.'
      operationId: run-event
      parameters:
      - name: Authorization
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: bearer YOUR_API_KEY
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/xApiVersion'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - event
              - userId
              - data
              properties:
                event:
                  type: string
                  description: The name of the custom event to run.
                userId:
                  type: string
                  description: The user Id the workflow belongs to
                data:
                  type: object
                  description: The key-value pairs you want to send as defined in the custom event. This data will be used in expressions during the workflow execution.
                  additionalProperties:
                    type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '200'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value:
                    message: Event successfully triggered
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: Event successfully triggered
      deprecated: false
      security: []
      tags:
      - Run
  /run/workflow:
    post:
      summary: Run Workflow
      description: This endpoint runs a workflow that uses a **Webhook Trigger.** Note that this endpoint should not be used to invoke a workflow that has a Custom Event. If you have defined a custom JSON body for the webhook trigger, it should be passed into the `data` body parameter.
      operationId: run-workflow
      parameters:
      - name: Authorization
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: bearer YOUR_API_KEY
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/xApiVersion'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - userId
              - workflowId
              - workflowName
              - data
              properties:
                workflowName:
                  type: string
                  description: The name of the workflow to run.
                workflowId:
                  type: string
                  description: The Id of the workflow to activate. If you pass this parameter, then `workflowName` is not required.
                userId:
                  type: string
                  description: 'The Id of the user you want to lookup. Returned from the Create User endpoint. Note: you can also use the Embedded user''s `username` in this field.'
                data:
                  type: object
                  description: The key-value pairs you want to send as defined in the webhook trigger. This data will be used in expressions during the workflow execution.
                  example:
                    key: value
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '200'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value:
                    message: success
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: success
      deprecated: false
      security: []
      tags:
      - Run
components:
  parameters:
    xApiVersion:
      name: x-api-version
      in: header
      required: true
      description: The version of the API to use. The current API version is **2025-09**.
      schema:
        type: string
        default: 2025-09
  securitySchemes:
    sec0:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      x-bearer-format: bearer
x-readme:
  headers: []
  explorer-enabled: true
  proxy-enabled: true
x-readme-fauxas: true
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: Alloy Automation
  source: https://docs.runalloy.com/openapi/2025-09/embedded/embedded.yaml
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)