How can I trigger a Workato recipe when a AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS) notification is published to a topic?
Hi, I was just wondering if it would be possible for me to trigger a Workato recipe to execute based on a new published notification on a AWS SNS topic. I see that it is possible to post to a HTTP endpoint from AWS SNS by creating a new subscription within SNS.
As such, I was wondering if I can use this feature of AWS SNS to post to a Workato HTTP endpoint. Please let me know if this is possible! Thanks!
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Bryan Yap
said
about 6 years ago
Hi Saul, this is definitely possible and will involve the following steps:
Create Workato Recipe with HTTP Webhook Endpoint like at https://www.workato.com/recipes/626726. Give the HTTP Webhook trigger an `Event name` and take note for the `Target URL` which you will need to pass into the AWS SNS Topic Subscription.
Start the recipe. This is important as in order to successfully subscribe to a topic in SNS, the SNS service will first send us a HTTP POST request with a `SubscribeURL` which we are expected to access via a HTTP GET Request (which can be done via a browser).
Create AWS SNS Topic.
Create subscription to SNS Topic using the `HTTPS` protocol and the `Endpoint` specified in the Workato recipe.
Access the Workato recipe logs and retrieve the `SubscribeURL` from AWS SNS which can be found in the first job report. This job should be generated immediately after creating the subscription.
Copy and paste the `SubscribeURL` into a new Web Browser tab/window and access the page. You should be directed to a page which returns an XML message indicating successful subscription.
You have successfully subscribed to the AWS SNS Topic with your Workato recipe. The only step left now is to configure the `Webhook payload example` in the Webhook trigger of your recipe. You may do so by sending a test message to your SNS Topic and retrieving the response from the recipe job report and using that within the `Webhook payload example`.
Job report:
Webhook trigger configuration:
Answer
Bryan Yap
said
about 6 years ago
Hi Saul, this is definitely possible and will involve the following steps:
Create Workato Recipe with HTTP Webhook Endpoint like at https://www.workato.com/recipes/626726. Give the HTTP Webhook trigger an `Event name` and take note for the `Target URL` which you will need to pass into the AWS SNS Topic Subscription.
Start the recipe. This is important as in order to successfully subscribe to a topic in SNS, the SNS service will first send us a HTTP POST request with a `SubscribeURL` which we are expected to access via a HTTP GET Request (which can be done via a browser).
Create AWS SNS Topic.
Create subscription to SNS Topic using the `HTTPS` protocol and the `Endpoint` specified in the Workato recipe.
Access the Workato recipe logs and retrieve the `SubscribeURL` from AWS SNS which can be found in the first job report. This job should be generated immediately after creating the subscription.
Copy and paste the `SubscribeURL` into a new Web Browser tab/window and access the page. You should be directed to a page which returns an XML message indicating successful subscription.
You have successfully subscribed to the AWS SNS Topic with your Workato recipe. The only step left now is to configure the `Webhook payload example` in the Webhook trigger of your recipe. You may do so by sending a test message to your SNS Topic and retrieving the response from the recipe job report and using that within the `Webhook payload example`.
Saul Macht
How can I trigger a Workato recipe when a AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS) notification is published to a topic?
Hi, I was just wondering if it would be possible for me to trigger a Workato recipe to execute based on a new published notification on a AWS SNS topic. I see that it is possible to post to a HTTP endpoint from AWS SNS by creating a new subscription within SNS.
As such, I was wondering if I can use this feature of AWS SNS to post to a Workato HTTP endpoint. Please let me know if this is possible! Thanks!
Hi Saul, this is definitely possible and will involve the following steps:
Access the Workato recipe logs and retrieve the `SubscribeURL` from AWS SNS which can be found in the first job report. This job should be generated immediately after creating the subscription.
Copy and paste the `SubscribeURL` into a new Web Browser tab/window and access the page. You should be directed to a page which returns an XML message indicating successful subscription.
You have successfully subscribed to the AWS SNS Topic with your Workato recipe. The only step left now is to configure the `Webhook payload example` in the Webhook trigger of your recipe. You may do so by sending a test message to your SNS Topic and retrieving the response from the recipe job report and using that within the `Webhook payload example`.
Job report:
Webhook trigger configuration:
Bryan Yap
Hi Saul, this is definitely possible and will involve the following steps:
Access the Workato recipe logs and retrieve the `SubscribeURL` from AWS SNS which can be found in the first job report. This job should be generated immediately after creating the subscription.
Copy and paste the `SubscribeURL` into a new Web Browser tab/window and access the page. You should be directed to a page which returns an XML message indicating successful subscription.
You have successfully subscribed to the AWS SNS Topic with your Workato recipe. The only step left now is to configure the `Webhook payload example` in the Webhook trigger of your recipe. You may do so by sending a test message to your SNS Topic and retrieving the response from the recipe job report and using that within the `Webhook payload example`.
Job report:
Webhook trigger configuration: