Send an event

Ingests one customer event, applies identity resolution and consent rules, then queues delivery.

Authentication

Requires Authorization: Bearer ${API_KEY}. Create and rotate keys from the TrackLayer dashboard.

Request body schema

{
  "event_name": "string",
  "user_id": "string",
  "anonymous_id": "string",
  "properties": "object",
  "timestamp": "timestamp"
}

Response schema · 200

{
  "id": "evt_123",
  "received_at": "2026-05-05T10:30:00Z",
  "dedup_status": "accepted"
}

Response example

{
  "id": "evt_123",
  "received_at": "2026-05-05T10:30:00Z",
  "dedup_status": "accepted"
}

Code examples

curl https://api.tracklayer.com/v1/events \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"event_name":"purchase","user_id":"u_123","properties":{"order_id":"100045","value":129}}'

Try it out

Use the dashboard to create an API key, then run one of the examples above with TRACKLAYER_API_KEY set in your environment.

Open API key settings