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Beta POST /v1/monitors/events/{event_id}/redeliver

POST /v1/monitors/events/{event_id}/redeliver

Queue an event that was not delivered (a dead letter, usually) for a fresh chain of attempts. An event already delivered is refused. Free.

  • Cost: Free
  • Status: Beta. Built and tested against recorded responses; the shape may still gain fields.
  • Cache: Not cached.

Parameters#

NameTypeRequiredDescriptionIn
event_idstringyesEvent id.path

Example request#

Set your key in the environment first (see Authentication).

curl
curl -X POST "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/monitors/events/evt_0123456789abcdef/redeliver" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"
Python
import os
import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/monitors/events/evt_0123456789abcdef/redeliver",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()

if body["ok"]:
    print(body["data"])
else:
    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])
TypeScript
const res = await fetch("https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/monitors/events/evt_0123456789abcdef/redeliver", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },
});
const body = await res.json();

if (body.ok) {
  console.log(body.data);
} else {
  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);
}

Example response#

This is a sample with illustrative values. Status 200.

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 0,
  "credits_remaining": 5000,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_28cd8fe5c398d8aea55ab9e4",
  "data": {
    "object": "webhook_redelivery",
    "event_id": "evt_0123456789abcdef",
    "queued": true,
    "previous_state": "dead"
  },
  "cursor": null,
  "has_more": null
}

Response#

A WebhookRedelivery object in data.

See Data models for every field. The envelope around data is described in Responses.

Errors#

Failures are free: credits_charged is 0. Branch on error.code, never on the message.

CodeHTTPRetryMeaning
invalid_params400noA parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.

Every request can also fail with the account and platform errors listed on the Errors page.