Sift

Sift Events API

The primary Sift integration surface. POST events such as `$create_account`, `$create_order`, `$transaction`, `$login`, `$chargeback`, and `$verification` to api.sift.com/v205/events to feed Sift's fraud and abuse models. Synchronous scoring and workflow status can be requested per call.

GitHub OpenAPI

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developers.sift.com/docs/curl/events-api

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sift-com/refs/heads/main/openapi/sift-events-api-openapi.yml

Examples

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Example
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sift-com/refs/heads/main/examples/sift-create-order-example.json

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sift-com/refs/heads/main/json-schema/sift-event-schema.json

OpenAPI Specification

sift-events-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Sift Events API
  description: |
    The Sift Events API is the primary integration point with the Sift Digital Trust
    and Safety platform. It records user, device, payment, content, and verification
    events used to compute fraud risk scores in real time. Events can be submitted
    synchronously to receive an immediate risk score and workflow status.
  version: '205'
  contact:
    name: Sift
    url: https://sift.com
    email: support@sift.com
  license:
    name: Sift API Terms of Service
    url: https://sift.com/legal-and-compliance
servers:
  - url: https://api.sift.com/v205
    description: Sift Production API
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Events
    description: Send fraud and abuse signals to Sift for scoring.
  - name: Account
    description: Account lifecycle events.
  - name: Order
    description: Order, transaction, and cart events.
  - name: Content
    description: User generated content events.
  - name: Verification
    description: Identity verification events.
paths:
  /events:
    post:
      summary: Sift Send Event
      description: |
        Submit an event to Sift for fraud and abuse scoring. The `$type` field selects
        the reserved event type (for example, `$create_account`, `$create_order`,
        `$transaction`, `$login`, `$chargeback`, `$verification`). Pass
        `return_score=true` to receive a synchronous Sift Score in the response.
      operationId: sendEvent
      tags:
        - Events
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ReturnScore'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ReturnWorkflowStatus'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AbuseTypes'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Event'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Event accepted by Sift.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EventResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request.
        '429':
          description: Rate limited.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Base64-encoded API key as the HTTP Basic username.
  parameters:
    ReturnScore:
      name: return_score
      in: query
      schema:
        type: boolean
      description: Return a synchronous Sift Score in the response.
    ReturnWorkflowStatus:
      name: return_workflow_status
      in: query
      schema:
        type: boolean
      description: Return synchronous Workflow status in the response.
    AbuseTypes:
      name: abuse_types
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Comma-separated abuse types (payment_abuse, content_abuse, account_takeover, account_abuse, promotion_abuse, legacy).
  schemas:
    Event:
      type: object
      required: ['$type', '$api_key']
      properties:
        '$type':
          type: string
          description: Reserved Sift event type starting with a dollar sign (for example `$create_order`).
          enum:
            - $create_account
            - $update_account
            - $create_order
            - $update_order
            - $transaction
            - $login
            - $logout
            - $link_session_to_user
            - $chargeback
            - $order_status
            - $add_item_to_cart
            - $remove_item_from_cart
            - $add_promotion
            - $create_content
            - $update_content
            - $content_status
            - $flag_content
            - $submit_review
            - $send_message
            - $verification
            - $update_password
            - $security_notification
            - $custom_event
        '$api_key':
          type: string
          description: Sift account API key.
        '$user_id':
          type: string
        '$session_id':
          type: string
        '$ip':
          type: string
        '$user_email':
          type: string
        '$browser':
          type: object
        '$app':
          type: object
    EventResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
          description: Sift internal status code (0 indicates success).
        error_message:
          type: string
        time:
          type: integer
        request:
          type: string
        score_response:
          type: object
          description: Present when `return_score=true`.
        workflow_statuses:
          type: array
          description: Present when `return_workflow_status=true`.
          items:
            type: object