Webhook for Sheet Creation?

wren

The docs show an example webhook creation request:

```
{
"callbackUrl": "https://www.myApp.com/webhooks",
"events": [
"."
],
"name": "Webhook for Sheet Creation",
"version": 1
}
```

This gets you the following error:
```
{'errorCode': 1012, 'message': 'Required object attribute(s) are missing from your request: webhook.scope.', 'refId': '35r5fu'}
```

So, my question is — is there a way to create a webhook that will be triggered when either a new sheet is created or an existing sheet is copied/cloned?

jmyzk_cloudsmart_jp

Hi @wren

Unfortunately, no. Smartsheet webhooks cannot directly detect sheet creation or cloning since webhooks require a scope (either "sheet" or sub-scope "columns") and only track changes within a sheet.

Workarounds:

• Polling + Comparison
  • Periodically fetch all sheets (GET /sheets).
  • Compare sheet IDs with a stored list to detect new sheets.

• Event Reporting API (Enterprise Plan)
  • Use the Audit Log API to track sheet creation events more reliably.

https://smartsheet.redoc.ly/tag/eventsDescription/

NOTE: Event Reporting is a premium add-on which can be purchased for Enterprise and Advance Platinum plans only. For details on the Event Reporting add-on, please contact our Sales Team.

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  "moreAvailable": true,

  "data": [

    {

      "eventId": "4b12345abc444def333g149he2b15b3j",
"objectType": "sheet",

      "action": "CREATE",

      "objectId": 345678901234,

      "eventTimeStamp": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",

      "userId": 123457654321,

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      "accessTokenName": "string",

      "source": "WEB_APP",

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    }

  ]

}