The event object describes an incoming event.
How to access it
- Use
{{ event }}in any task script
What it contains
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"topic"– containing the event topic (e.g.shopify/customers/create) -
"data"– containing all data that arrived with this event (e.g. the webhook payload from Shopify, the data from an incoming email, etc) -
"source"– reflects the entity that triggered the event (e.g."shopify","user") -
"created_at"– the date and time at which Mechanic received the event -
"parent"– if applicable, a reference to the event that used an event action to create this event
In preview mode, this object also contains a "preview" attribute, set to true. When this attribute is true, Mechanic will use the resulting actions to show a merchant a preview of what the task will do, and also to determine what permissions to request. Learn more about preview actions