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API Examples

Publish a message to an endpoint​

curl -XPOST \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer XXX' \
    -H "Content-type: application/json" \
    -d '{ "hello": "world" }' \
    'https://qstash.upstash.io/v1/publish/https://example.com'

Publish a message to a topic​

curl -XPOST \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer XXX' \
    -H "Content-type: application/json" \
    -d '{ "hello": "world" }' \
    'https://qstash.upstash.io/v1/publish/myTopic'

Publish a message with 5 minutes delay​

curl -XPOST \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer XXX' \
    -H "Content-type: application/json" \
    -H "Upstash-Delay: 5m" \
    -d '{ "hello": "world" }' \
    'https://qstash.upstash.io/v1/publish/https://example.com'

Send a custom header​

curl -XPOST \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer XXX' \
    -H 'Upstash-Forward-My-Header: my-value' \
    -H "Content-type: application/json" \
    -d '{ "hello": "world" }' \
    'https://qstash.upstash.io/v1/publish/https://example.com'

Schedule to run once a day​

curl -XPOST \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer XXX' \
    -H "Upstash-Cron: 0 0 * * *" \
    -H "Content-type: application/json" \
    -d '{ "hello": "world" }' \
    'https://qstash.upstash.io/v1/publish/https://example.com'

Set max retry count to 3​

curl -XPOST \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer XXX' \
    -H "Upstash-Retries: 3" \
    -H "Content-type: application/json" \
    -d '{ "hello": "world" }' \
    'https://qstash.upstash.io/v1/publish/https://example.com'