Ghost Webhooks API
Create, update, and delete webhooks that send HTTP POST notifications when events occur within the publication.
Create, update, and delete webhooks that send HTTP POST notifications when events occur within the publication.
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
title: Ghost Admin Authors Webhooks API
description: The Ghost Admin API provides full read and write access to all content and configuration within a Ghost publication. It enables developers to create, update, and delete posts, pages, tags, members, tiers, newsletters, and offers programmatically. Authentication is handled via JSON Web Tokens generated from an Admin API key, integration tokens, or staff access tokens. The Admin API supports everything the Ghost Admin interface can do and more, making it suitable for building custom publishing workflows, content automation, member management systems, and advanced integrations.
version: '5.0'
contact:
name: Ghost Foundation
url: https://ghost.org/docs/admin-api/
termsOfService: https://ghost.org/terms/
servers:
- url: https://{site}.ghost.io/ghost/api/admin
description: Ghost Pro Hosted Site
variables:
site:
default: your-site
description: Your Ghost site subdomain
- url: '{protocol}://{domain}/ghost/api/admin'
description: Self-Hosted Ghost Instance
variables:
protocol:
default: https
enum:
- https
- http
domain:
default: localhost:2368
description: Your Ghost instance domain and port
security:
- adminApiToken: []
tags:
- name: Webhooks
description: Create, update, and delete webhooks that send HTTP POST notifications when events occur within the publication.
paths:
/webhooks/:
post:
operationId: adminCreateWebhook
summary: Create a webhook
description: Create a new webhook subscription that will send HTTP POST notifications to the specified target URL when the specified event occurs. Webhooks must be associated with an integration.
tags:
- Webhooks
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- webhooks
properties:
webhooks:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/WebhookInput'
minItems: 1
maxItems: 1
responses:
'201':
description: Webhook created successfully
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
webhooks:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Webhook'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'422':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
/webhooks/{id}/:
put:
operationId: adminUpdateWebhook
summary: Update a webhook
description: Update an existing webhook subscription by its unique identifier.
tags:
- Webhooks
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/resourceId'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
required:
- webhooks
properties:
webhooks:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/WebhookInput'
minItems: 1
maxItems: 1
responses:
'200':
description: Webhook updated successfully
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
webhooks:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Webhook'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
'422':
$ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
delete:
operationId: adminDeleteWebhook
summary: Delete a webhook
description: Permanently delete a webhook subscription by its unique identifier.
tags:
- Webhooks
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/resourceId'
responses:
'204':
description: Webhook deleted successfully
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
responses:
Unauthorized:
description: Authentication failed or token is missing or invalid
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
NotFound:
description: The requested resource was not found
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
ValidationError:
description: Request body validation failed
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
schemas:
ErrorResponse:
type: object
description: Standard Ghost API error response
properties:
errors:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
message:
type: string
description: Human-readable error message
type:
type: string
description: Error type identifier
context:
type: string
description: Additional error context
nullable: true
Webhook:
type: object
description: A webhook subscription that sends HTTP POST notifications for events.
properties:
id:
type: string
format: uuid
description: Unique identifier
event:
type: string
description: The event that triggers the webhook
target_url:
type: string
format: uri
description: URL that receives the webhook POST request
name:
type: string
description: Webhook name
nullable: true
secret:
type: string
description: Secret used for signature validation
nullable: true
api_version:
type: string
description: API version for the webhook payload
integration_id:
type: string
format: uuid
description: Integration this webhook belongs to
status:
type: string
description: Webhook status
last_triggered_at:
type: string
format: date-time
description: Timestamp of the last trigger
nullable: true
last_triggered_status:
type: string
description: HTTP status from the last trigger
nullable: true
last_triggered_error:
type: string
description: Error from the last trigger attempt
nullable: true
created_at:
type: string
format: date-time
description: Creation timestamp
updated_at:
type: string
format: date-time
description: Last update timestamp
WebhookInput:
type: object
description: Input fields for creating or updating a webhook.
required:
- event
- target_url
properties:
event:
type: string
description: The event to subscribe to. Available events include site.changed, post.added, post.deleted, post.edited, post.published, post.published.edited, post.unpublished, post.scheduled, post.unscheduled, post.rescheduled, page.added, page.deleted, page.edited, page.published, page.published.edited, page.unpublished, page.scheduled, page.unscheduled, page.rescheduled, tag.added, tag.edited, tag.deleted, post.tag.attached, post.tag.detached, page.tag.attached, page.tag.detached, member.added, member.edited, member.deleted.
enum:
- site.changed
- post.added
- post.deleted
- post.edited
- post.published
- post.published.edited
- post.unpublished
- post.scheduled
- post.unscheduled
- post.rescheduled
- page.added
- page.deleted
- page.edited
- page.published
- page.published.edited
- page.unpublished
- page.scheduled
- page.unscheduled
- page.rescheduled
- tag.added
- tag.edited
- tag.deleted
- post.tag.attached
- post.tag.detached
- page.tag.attached
- page.tag.detached
- member.added
- member.edited
- member.deleted
target_url:
type: string
format: uri
description: URL to receive webhook POST requests
name:
type: string
description: Webhook name
nullable: true
secret:
type: string
description: Secret for signature validation
nullable: true
parameters:
resourceId:
name: id
in: path
required: true
description: The unique identifier of the resource
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
securitySchemes:
adminApiToken:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT
description: JSON Web Token generated from an Admin API key. The key is split into an ID and secret at the colon separator. The ID is used as the kid header and the secret is used to sign the token with HS256.
externalDocs:
description: Ghost Admin API Documentation
url: https://ghost.org/docs/admin-api/