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updatedAt: 2026-06-03T14:36:34.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://developer.personio.de/llms.txt
---

# Send a ping event.

Use this endpoint to trigger a test event of type `ping` for a specific webhook.
This allows to verify that the webhook is configured correctly and can receive events.
Requires the `personio:webhooks:write` scope.


# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.0.3",
  "info": {
    "title": "Webhooks Management API",
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "description": "Endpoints to manage webhooks."
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.personio.de"
    }
  ],
  "security": [
    {
      "BearerAuth": []
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/v2/webhooks/{id}/ping": {
      "post": {
        "summary": "Send a ping event.",
        "description": "Use this endpoint to trigger a test event of type `ping` for a specific webhook.\nThis allows to verify that the webhook is configured correctly and can receive events.\nRequires the `personio:webhooks:write` scope.\n",
        "tags": [
          "Webhooks"
        ],
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "id",
            "in": "path",
            "required": true,
            "description": "The unique identifier of the webhook to send the test event to.",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        ],
        "x-path-examples": {
          "200 send a ping event": {
            "value": "/v2/webhooks/533e7206-f4a3-11ed-9c8b-436fad0b82d1/ping"
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/WebhookPingResponse"
          },
          "403": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/WebhookAccessForbiddenErrorResponse"
          },
          "404": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/WebhookNotFoundErrorResponse"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "BearerAuth": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "bearer"
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "WebhookNotFoundErrorResponse": {
        "description": "The webhook could not be found.",
        "content": {
          "application/problem+json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/responses/WebhookBadFilterErrorResponse/content/application~1problem+json/schema"
            },
            "examples": {
              "Resource Not Found": {
                "$ref": "#/components/examples/WebhookNotFoundErrorResponse"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "WebhookBadFilterErrorResponse": {
        "description": "The filters specified with the request are faulty.",
        "content": {
          "application/problem+json": {
            "schema": {
              "type": "object",
              "description": "This object represents an error response.",
              "properties": {
                "personio_trace_id": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "example": "aswo3f-a202lfso-312123sld-1230ddd",
                  "description": "A unique ID that was created for this error."
                },
                "timestamp": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "date-time",
                  "example": "2021-05-28T11:17:30.000Z",
                  "description": "The timestamp of when the error occurred."
                },
                "errors": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "type": "object",
                    "properties": {
                      "title": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "example": "Not found",
                        "description": "The title of the error."
                      },
                      "detail": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "example": "The requested resource was not found.",
                        "description": "A short description about the error."
                      },
                      "type": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "format": "uri",
                        "example": "https://developer.personio.de/reference/errors#common.requested_resource_not_found",
                        "description": "A link to the developer hub where more information can be found for the encountered error."
                      },
                      "_meta": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "additionalProperties": {
                          "type": "string"
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "examples": {
              "Invalid status filter": {
                "$ref": "#/components/examples/InvalidStatusFilterResponse"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "WebhookAccessForbiddenErrorResponse": {
        "description": "Access to the webhook is forbidden.",
        "content": {
          "application/problem+json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/responses/WebhookBadFilterErrorResponse/content/application~1problem+json/schema"
            },
            "examples": {
              "Access Forbidden": {
                "$ref": "#/components/examples/WebhookAccessForbiddenErrorResponse"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "WebhookPingResponse": {
        "description": "Test event triggered successfully.",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "completed_at": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "format": "date-time",
                  "description": "The timestamp of when the delivery attempt was completed in UTC."
                },
                "event_name": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "The name of the event, which will be `ping` for this endpoint."
                },
                "is_delivered": {
                  "type": "boolean",
                  "description": "Indicates whether the delivery was successful."
                },
                "attempts": {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "description": "The number of attempts made to deliver the webhook."
                },
                "status_code": {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "nullable": true,
                  "description": "The status code of the last delivery attempt, if available."
                }
              }
            },
            "examples": {
              "200 send a ping event": {
                "$ref": "#/components/examples/SuccessfulPingResponse"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "examples": {
      "WebhookAccessForbiddenErrorResponse": {
        "value": {
          "personio_trace_id": "aswo3f-a202lfso-312123sld-1230ddd",
          "timestamp": "2021-05-28T11:17:30Z",
          "errors": [
            {
              "title": "Access denied",
              "detail": "Access denied to perform webhook operations"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "WebhookNotFoundErrorResponse": {
        "value": {
          "personio_trace_id": "aswo3f-a202lfso-312123sld-1230ddd",
          "timestamp": "2021-05-28T11:17:30Z",
          "errors": [
            {
              "title": "Webhook not found",
              "detail": "No webhook found matching the given id"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "SuccessfulPingResponse": {
        "value": {
          "completed_at": "2023-01-01T12:51:00.000Z",
          "event_name": "ping",
          "is_delivered": true,
          "attempts": 1,
          "status_code": 200
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```