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Inngest Event Structure

Canonical structure of an Inngest event payload. Captures field semantics, formats, and downstream usage in functions and runs.

Type: object Properties: 0
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Inngest Event Structure is a JSON Structure definition published by Inngest. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/schemas/1.0/json-structure.json meta-schema.

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/schemas/1.0/json-structure.json

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/schemas/1.0/json-structure.json",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/inngest/main/json-structure/inngest-event-structure.json",
  "title": "Inngest Event Structure",
  "description": "Canonical structure of an Inngest event payload. Captures field semantics, formats, and downstream usage in functions and runs.",
  "type": "object",
  "fields": [
    {"name": "id", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Optional deduplication ID."},
    {"name": "name", "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "Event name in `domain/subject.action` format."},
    {"name": "data", "type": "object", "required": true, "description": "Arbitrary JSON payload."},
    {"name": "user", "type": "object", "required": false, "description": "Optional user context."},
    {"name": "ts", "type": "integer", "format": "int64", "required": false, "description": "Unix timestamp in milliseconds."},
    {"name": "v", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Event schema version."}
  ]
}

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