curl -X POST 'https://api.resend.com/events' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RESEND_API_KEY" \
  -H 'User-Agent: my-app/1.0' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "name": "example-name",
  "schema": {}
}'

# POST /events (Resend API)
Base URL: https://api.resend.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <RESEND_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Create an event

## Critical Gotchas
* All requests must include a `User-Agent` header (e.g. `User-Agent: my-app/1.0`) or the API returns HTTP 403.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.resend.com/events' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RESEND_API_KEY" \
  -H 'User-Agent: my-app/1.0' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"name":"example-name","schema":{}}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| name | body | string | Yes | The name of the event. Cannot start with the reserved `re... |
| schema | body | object | No | An optional flat key/type map defining the event payload... |

## Response (200 OK)
{"object":"event","id":"00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"}

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POST

POST /events — Resend API

Resend API

Create an event

Base URL: https://api.resend.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <RESEND_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

All requests must include a User-Agent header (e.g. User-Agent: my-app/1.0) or the API returns HTTP 403.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.resend.com/events' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RESEND_API_KEY" \  -H 'User-Agent: my-app/1.0' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "name": "example-name",  "schema": {}}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
name	body	string	Yes	The name of the event. Cannot start with the reserved `resend:` prefix.
schema	body	object	No	An optional flat key/type map defining the event payload schema. Supported types are `string`, `number`, `boolean`, and `date`.

Response 200 OK

{
  "object": "event",
  "id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"
}

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