POST
https://test-api.finerworks.com/v3/add_event
Add Event Log
Creates an event log entry that can be reviewed later for debugging purposes. This endpoint requires special permission to use.
Body
| Name | Description | Type | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | Event log id. It should be null when logging an event. After the event is sent through the add_event endpoint, this will be updated and returned to the user. | number | None. |
| type | This can be be "error", "warning", "success", or "other". If none of these values are used then the type will be "other". | text | None. |
| name | Custom name | text |
Required Max length: 50 |
| details | Contain details of the event. | text |
Required |
| account_id | Optional account id of user that caused the event if known. | number | None. |
| site_id | This should be a single digit number: 1 for FinerWorks, 2 for EZCanvas and 3 for GeoGalleries | number |
Required Range: inclusive between 1 and 3 |
| date_time | This should be left null if logging event. After the event is sent through the add_event endpoint, this will be populated. | date | None. |
Example JSON Body
application/json, text/json
{
"id": 1,
"type": "sample string 2",
"name": "sample string 3",
"details": "sample string 4",
"account_id": 5,
"site_id": 6,
"date_time": "2026-07-30T16:20:48.6686494-05:00"
}
Sample Code Library
curl --location --request POST 'https://test-api.finerworks.com/v3/add_event' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'web_api_key: my-web-api-key-goes-here' \
--header 'app_key: my-app-key-goes-here' \
--data-raw '{
"id": 1,
"type": "sample string 2",
"name": "sample string 3",
"details": "sample string 4",
"account_id": 5,
"site_id": 6,
"date_time": "2026-07-30T16:20:48.6686494-05:00"
}'require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('https://test-api.finerworks.com/v3/add_event');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);
$request->setConfig(array(
'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
$request->setHeader(array(
'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
'web_api_key' => 'my-web-api-key-goes-here',
'app_key' => 'my-app-key-goes-here'
));
$request->setBody('{
'id': 1,
'type': 'sample string 2',
'name': 'sample string 3',
'details': 'sample string 4',
'account_id': 5,
'site_id': 6,
'date_time': '2026-07-30T16:20:48.6686494-05:00'
}');
try {
$response = $request->send();
if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
echo $response->getBody();
}
else {
echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
$response->getReasonPhrase();
}
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}var client = new RestClient("https://test-api.finerworks.com/v3/add_event");
client.Timeout = -1;
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("web_api_key", "my-web-api-key-goes-here");
request.AddHeader("app_key", "my-app-key-goes-here");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{
'id': 1,
'type': 'sample string 2',
'name': 'sample string 3',
'details': 'sample string 4',
'account_id': 5,
'site_id': 6,
'date_time': '2026-07-30T16:20:48.6686494-05:00'
}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);var settings = {
"url": "https://test-api.finerworks.com/v3/add_event",
"method": "POST",
"timeout": 0,
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"web_api_key": "my-web-api-key-goes-here",
"app_key": "my-app-key-goes-here"
},
"data": JSON.stringify({
'id': 1,
'type': 'sample string 2',
'name': 'sample string 3',
'details': 'sample string 4',
'account_id': 5,
'site_id': 6,
'date_time': '2026-07-30T16:20:48.6686494-05:00'
}),
};
$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
console.log(response);
});var https = require('follow-redirects').https;
var options = {
'method': 'POST',
'hostname': 'test-api.finerworks.com',
'path': '/v3/add_event',
'headers': {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'web_api_key': 'my-web-api-key-goes-here',
'app_key': 'my-app-key-goes-here'
},
'maxRedirects': 20
};
var req = https.request(options, function (res) {
var chunks = [];
res.on("data", function (chunk) { chunks.push(chunk); });
res.on("end", function () {
var body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
console.log(body.toString());
});
res.on("error", function (error) { console.error(error); });
});
var postData = JSON.stringify({
'id': 1,
'type': 'sample string 2',
'name': 'sample string 3',
'details': 'sample string 4',
'account_id': 5,
'site_id': 6,
'date_time': '2026-07-30T16:20:48.6686494-05:00'
});
req.write(postData);
req.end();require "uri"
require "net/http"
url = URI("https://test-api.finerworks.com/v3/add_event")
https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["web_api_key"] = "my-web-api-key-goes-here"
request["app_key"] = "my-app-key-goes-here"
request.body = "{
'id': 1,
'type': 'sample string 2',
'name': 'sample string 3',
'details': 'sample string 4',
'account_id': 5,
'site_id': 6,
'date_time': '2026-07-30T16:20:48.6686494-05:00'
}"
response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body| Name | Description | Type | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| event_log | Event log object | event_log | None. |
| status | Response status details | response_status | None. |
Example JSON Response
application/json, text/json
{
"event_log": {
"id": 1,
"type": "sample string 2",
"name": "sample string 3",
"details": "sample string 4",
"account_id": 5,
"site_id": 6,
"date_time": "2026-07-30T16:20:48.6686494-05:00"
},
"status": {
"success": true,
"status_code": 100,
"message": "sample string 2",
"debug": {},
"reference_id": "sample string 4",
"domain": "sample string 5"
}
}