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Add a webhook

POST
/webhooks
curl -X POST "https://api.valjeanspecialty.com/api/agent/v1/webhooks" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VALJEAN_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"url":"https://ams.agency.example/hooks/valjean","events":["quote.presented","bind.*"]}'

Public https addresses only, up to 5 per agency. The signing secret is returned once. An empty events list means every event; a prefix like bind.* works too.

Any key (read or read-and-submit).

Authorizations

Section titled “Authorizations”

Request Bodyrequired

Section titled “Request Bodyrequired”
Media typeapplication/json
object
url
required
string format: uri
<= 500 characters
events
Array<string>
default: <= 20 items
description
string
<= 200 characters

Example 

{
  "url": "https://ams.agency.example/hooks/valjean",
  "events": [
    "quote.presented",
    "bind.*"
  ]
}

Responses

Section titled “Responses”

201

Section titled “201”

OK

Media typeapplication/json
object
id
required
string format: uuid
url
required
string format: uri
events
required

[“(all)”] when every event.

Array<string>
secret
required

Signing secret, shown once. Verify the Valjean-Signature header with it.

string
note
required
string

Example generated

{
  "id": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0",
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "events": [
    "example"
  ],
  "secret": "example",
  "note": "example"
}

Headers

Section titled “Headers”
RateLimit-Policy
string
Example 
"per-key";q=120;w=60

The rate limit for this key, as an IETF RateLimit-Policy: 120 requests (q) per 60-second window (w), counted across all of Valjean’s servers. Over it, you get 429 with Retry-After.

400

Section titled “400”

Fix the request and send it again (invalid_request, invalid_json).

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Machine-readable code, e.g. invalid_request, read_only, not_found, closed, rate_limited.

string
message
required

Plain-English explanation you can show a person.

string
issues

Validation problems, as “field: problem” (400 invalid_request only).

Array<string>

Example 

{
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_request",
    "message": "Check the request.",
    "issues": [
      "insured.state: Too small: expected string to have >=2 characters"
    ]
  }
}

401

Section titled “401”

Key or token missing, wrong, expired or revoked (unauthorized). Don’t retry: get a new key or sign in again.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Machine-readable code, e.g. invalid_request, read_only, not_found, closed, rate_limited.

string
message
required

Plain-English explanation you can show a person.

string
issues

Validation problems, as “field: problem” (400 invalid_request only).

Array<string>

Example 

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "This API key isn't valid. Ask your Valjean broker for a new one."
  }
}

403

Section titled “403”

Not allowed: read_only (a read key tried to submit), agency_not_active (no signed broker agreement), not_offered (instant quotes are off), forbidden (API access off for the agency). Don’t retry.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Machine-readable code, e.g. invalid_request, read_only, not_found, closed, rate_limited.

string
message
required

Plain-English explanation you can show a person.

string
issues

Validation problems, as “field: problem” (400 invalid_request only).

Array<string>

Example 

{
  "error": {
    "code": "read_only",
    "message": "This key can read only. Ask your Valjean broker for a key that can submit."
  }
}

409

Section titled “409”

The file’s state doesn’t allow it: closed, not_open, quote_expired, already_requested, not_withdrawable (the bind request already went to the market: call your broker), no_instant_market, limit, or ai_off (plain-sentence answers aren’t switched on; send answers by key). Don’t retry the same request.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Machine-readable code, e.g. invalid_request, read_only, not_found, closed, rate_limited.

string
message
required

Plain-English explanation you can show a person.

string
issues

Validation problems, as “field: problem” (400 invalid_request only).

Array<string>

Example 

{
  "error": {
    "code": "closed",
    "message": "This submission is closed."
  }
}

413

Section titled “413”

Body or file too large (too_large): JSON bodies up to 64 KB, direct uploads 4 MB, upload links 25 MB.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Machine-readable code, e.g. invalid_request, read_only, not_found, closed, rate_limited.

string
message
required

Plain-English explanation you can show a person.

string
issues

Validation problems, as “field: problem” (400 invalid_request only).

Array<string>

Example 

{
  "error": {
    "code": "too_large",
    "message": "Files over 4 MB need an upload link."
  }
}

429

Section titled “429”

Too many requests (rate_limited): 120 a minute per key, 30 a minute per IP on public endpoints, counted across all of Valjean’s servers. Wait Retry-After seconds.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Machine-readable code, e.g. invalid_request, read_only, not_found, closed, rate_limited.

string
message
required

Plain-English explanation you can show a person.

string
issues

Validation problems, as “field: problem” (400 invalid_request only).

Array<string>

Example 

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "Too many requests. Try again in a minute."
  }
}

Headers

Section titled “Headers”
Retry-After
integer
Example 
60

Seconds to wait.

500

Section titled “500”

Something went wrong on Valjean’s side (server_error). Safe to retry later; creates are idempotent with client_reference or an Idempotency-Key header.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

Machine-readable code, e.g. invalid_request, read_only, not_found, closed, rate_limited.

string
message
required

Plain-English explanation you can show a person.

string
issues

Validation problems, as “field: problem” (400 invalid_request only).

Array<string>

Example 

{
  "error": {
    "code": "server_error",
    "message": "Something went wrong. Try again shortly."
  }
}