POST /topics/{slug}/publish
Publish an event to a topic by slug. The event will be fanned out to all subscribers.

Authentication

API Key (header: X-API-Key) API Key (cookie: better-auth.session_token)

Path Parameters

slug string required path
Topic slug
Example: "order-events"

Request Body required

Event payload

application/json

Responses

200 Event published
application/json
event_id string REQUIRED
topic string REQUIRED
received_at string REQUIRED
401 Unauthorized
404 Topic not found or inactive
curl -X POST 'https://hookstream.io/v1/topics/order-events/publish' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'
const response = await fetch('https://hookstream.io/v1/topics/order-events/publish', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN",
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({})
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'
}

response = requests.post('https://hookstream.io/v1/topics/order-events/publish', headers=headers, json={})
print(response.json())
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	body := strings.NewReader(`{}`)
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://hookstream.io/v1/topics/order-events/publish", body)
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN")
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

	resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	result, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(result))
}
200 Response
{
  "event_id": "<string>",
  "topic": "<string>",
  "received_at": "<string>"
}
POST /topics/{slug}/publish
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