Add webhook payload schema reference for notifications (#27442)

* Add webhook payload schema reference for notifications

* Update src/content/docs/notifications/reference/webhook-payload-schema.mdx

Co-authored-by: Jun Lee <junlee@cloudflare.com>

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:::note
`"text"` will vary depending on the alert that was fired.
:::
For the full payload structure and examples for different alert types, refer to the [webhook payload schema reference](/notifications/reference/webhook-payload-schema/).
### Limitations of generic webhooks

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---
pcx_content_type: reference
title: Webhook payload schema
sidebar:
order: 2
---
import { Details } from "~/components";
When you [configure a generic webhook](/notifications/get-started/configure-webhooks/#generic-webhooks), Cloudflare sends a JSON payload to your specified URL for each notification. This page documents the structure of that payload.
## Payload structure
All generic webhook notifications follow this schema:
```json
{
"name": "string",
"text": "string",
"data": {},
"ts": 1136214245,
"account_id": "string",
"policy_id": "string",
"policy_name": "string",
"alert_type": "string",
"alert_correlation_id": "string",
"alert_event": "string"
}
```
### Field descriptions
| Field | Type | Description |
| ---------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `name` | string | The name of the notification policy. |
| `text` | string | A human-readable description of the notification with interpolated values. |
| `data` | object | The alert-specific data. The structure varies by `alert_type`. |
| `ts` | integer | The unix timestamp (seconds since epoch, UTC) when the notification was generated. |
| `account_id` | string | The account ID for which this webhook was fired. |
| `policy_id` | string | The UUID of the notification policy that triggered this webhook. |
| `policy_name` | string | The name of the notification policy. |
| `alert_type` | string | The unique identifier for the alert type (for example, `http_alert_origin_error`). |
| `alert_correlation_id` | string | The UUID that groups related alerts together. |
| `alert_event` | string | The event state, such as `ALERT_STATE_EVENT_START` or `ALERT_STATE_EVENT_END`. |
:::note
The `account_id`, `policy_id`, and `alert_type` fields may not be present in all notifications, depending on the alert type and context.
:::
## Example payloads
The following examples show the payload structure for common alert types. The `data` object varies based on the specific alert.
<Details header="DDoS attack (Layer 4)">
```json
{
"account_id": "9035f53656c247e895c5a6939ae8a0e0",
"alert_correlation_id": "000eaa907ed24e78946d3a93adb2ae57",
"alert_event": "ALERT_STATE_EVENT_START",
"alert_type": "advanced_ddos_attack_l4_alert",
"data": {
"account_name": "string",
"account_tag": "string",
"action": "string",
"attack_id": "string",
"attack_vector": "string",
"dashboard_link": "string",
"max_rate": "string",
"megabits_per_second": 0,
"mitigation": "string",
"packets_per_second": 0,
"protocol": "string",
"rule_description": "string",
"rule_id": "string",
"rule_name": "string",
"ruleset_id": "string",
"ruleset_override_id": "string",
"start_time": "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z",
"target_id": "string",
"target_ip": "string",
"target_port": 0
},
"name": "Example Cloudflare Notification",
"policy_id": "749b911ea5d04344a58e45edd099b328",
"policy_name": "Example Cloudflare Notification",
"text": "The description of my Cloudflare notification.",
"ts": 1136214245
}
```
</Details>
<Details header="DDoS attack (Layer 7)">
```json
{
"account_id": "9035f53656c247e895c5a6939ae8a0e0",
"alert_correlation_id": "000eaa907ed24e78946d3a93adb2ae57",
"alert_event": "ALERT_STATE_EVENT_START",
"alert_type": "advanced_ddos_attack_l7_alert",
"data": {
"account_name": "string",
"account_tag": "string",
"action": "string",
"attack_id": "string",
"attack_type": "string",
"dashboard_link": "string",
"max_rate": "string",
"mitigation": "string",
"requests_per_second": 0,
"rule_description": "string",
"rule_id": "string",
"rule_link": "string",
"ruleset_id": "string",
"ruleset_override_id": "string",
"start_time": "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z",
"target_hostname": "string",
"zone_name": "string",
"zone_tag": "string"
},
"name": "Example Cloudflare Notification",
"policy_id": "749b911ea5d04344a58e45edd099b328",
"policy_name": "Example Cloudflare Notification",
"text": "The description of my Cloudflare notification.",
"ts": 1136214245
}
```
</Details>
<Details header="SSL certificate expiration">
```json
{
"account_id": "9035f53656c247e895c5a6939ae8a0e0",
"alert_correlation_id": "000eaa907ed24e78946d3a93adb2ae57",
"alert_event": "ALERT_STATE_EVENT_START",
"alert_type": "dedicated_ssl_certificate_event_type",
"data": {
"account_name": "string",
"account_tag": "string",
"certificate_id": "string",
"certificate_pack_id": "string",
"certificate_status": "string",
"event_type": "string",
"hostnames": "string",
"pack_ca": "string",
"pack_id": "string",
"pack_status": "string",
"pack_validation": "string",
"zone_name": "string",
"zone_tag": "string"
},
"name": "Example Cloudflare Notification",
"policy_id": "749b911ea5d04344a58e45edd099b328",
"policy_name": "Example Cloudflare Notification",
"text": "The description of my Cloudflare notification.",
"ts": 1136214245
}
```
</Details>
<Details header="Origin health check">
```json
{
"account_id": "9035f53656c247e895c5a6939ae8a0e0",
"alert_correlation_id": "000eaa907ed24e78946d3a93adb2ae57",
"alert_event": "ALERT_STATE_EVENT_START",
"alert_type": "health_check_status_notification",
"data": {
"account_name": "string",
"account_tag": "string",
"failing_regions": "string",
"health_check_id": "string",
"health_check_name": "string",
"new_health_status": "string",
"new_status": "string",
"old_status": "string",
"origin_ip": "string",
"reason": "string",
"status_change_time": "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z",
"time_since_last_failure": "string",
"zone_name": "string",
"zone_tag": "string"
},
"name": "Example Cloudflare Notification",
"policy_id": "749b911ea5d04344a58e45edd099b328",
"policy_name": "Example Cloudflare Notification",
"text": "The description of my Cloudflare notification.",
"ts": 1136214245
}
```
</Details>
<Details header="Workers alert">
```json
{
"account_id": "9035f53656c247e895c5a6939ae8a0e0",
"alert_correlation_id": "000eaa907ed24e78946d3a93adb2ae57",
"alert_event": "ALERT_STATE_EVENT_START",
"alert_type": "workers_alert",
"data": {
"account_name": "string",
"account_script_count": 0,
"account_tag": "string",
"alert_type": "string",
"current_year": 0,
"end_date": "string",
"exceeding_script_count": 0,
"scripts": [
{
"constant_script_id": 0,
"cpu_time_previous_value": 0,
"cpu_time_unit": "string",
"cpu_time_value": 0,
"data_egress_unit": "string",
"data_egress_value": 0,
"duration_previous_value": 0,
"duration_unit": "string",
"duration_value": 0,
"last_modified": "string",
"request_count_previous_value": 0,
"request_count_unit": "string",
"request_count_value": 0,
"routes": ["string"],
"script_name": "string",
"usage_model": 0
}
],
"start_date": "string",
"total_data_egress_unit": "string",
"total_data_egress_value": 0,
"total_duration_unit": "string",
"total_duration_value": 0,
"total_request_count_unit": "string",
"total_request_count_value": 0
},
"name": "Example Cloudflare Notification",
"policy_id": "749b911ea5d04344a58e45edd099b328",
"policy_name": "Example Cloudflare Notification",
"text": "The description of my Cloudflare notification.",
"ts": 1136214245
}
```
</Details>
<Details header="Access certificate expiration">
```json
{
"account_id": "9035f53656c247e895c5a6939ae8a0e0",
"alert_correlation_id": "000eaa907ed24e78946d3a93adb2ae57",
"alert_event": "ALERT_STATE_EVENT_START",
"alert_type": "access_custom_certificate_expiration_type",
"data": {
"account_name": "string",
"account_tag": "string",
"certificate_id": "string",
"days_til_expiration": 0,
"hostnames": "string",
"zone_name": "string",
"zone_tag": "string"
},
"name": "Example Cloudflare Notification",
"policy_id": "749b911ea5d04344a58e45edd099b328",
"policy_name": "Example Cloudflare Notification",
"text": "The description of my Cloudflare notification.",
"ts": 1136214245
}
```
</Details>
<Details header="Workers observability alert">
```json
{
"account_id": "9035f53656c247e895c5a6939ae8a0e0",
"alert_correlation_id": "000eaa907ed24e78946d3a93adb2ae57",
"alert_event": "ALERT_STATE_EVENT_START",
"alert_type": "workers_observability_alert",
"data": {
"account": {
"id": "string",
"name": "string"
},
"config": {
"id": "string",
"name": "string"
},
"episode": {
"first_failed": "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z",
"first_fired": "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z",
"id": "string",
"last_failed": "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z",
"resolved_at": "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z",
"summary": "string"
},
"status": "PENDING"
},
"name": "Example Cloudflare Notification",
"policy_id": "749b911ea5d04344a58e45edd099b328",
"policy_name": "Example Cloudflare Notification",
"text": "The description of my Cloudflare notification.",
"ts": 1136214245
}
```
</Details>
## Validate webhook payloads
You can use the `cf-webhook-auth` header to verify that incoming webhooks are from Cloudflare. When you configure a webhook with a secret, Cloudflare includes this header with your secret value in every request. Reject any requests where this header is missing or does not match your configured secret.
## Related resources
- [Configure webhooks](/notifications/get-started/configure-webhooks/)
- [Available notification types](/notifications/notification-available/)