Events Reference

Below are sample request payloads you will receive based on the webhook event types you have selected for your campaign.

Overview

• PARTICIPANT_REACHED_A_GOAL - Referral programs only. When a participant unlocks a new reward.

• NEW_PARTICIPANT_ADDED - When a new participant is added to the campaign (includes direct signups, referrals, and participants added/imported via admin dashboard).

• PARTICIPANT_FRAUD_STATUS_UPDATED - When an existing participant's fraud status changes.

• NEW_COMMISSION_ADDED - Affiliate programs only. When a new commission is generated for an affiliate.

• COMMISSION_ADJUSTED - Affiliate programs only. When an existing commission is adjusted (refunds, chargebacks, or refund cancellations).

• NEW_PAYOUT_ISSUED - Affiliate programs only. When a payout is successfully issued to an affiliate.

• CAMPAIGN_ENDED - When the campaign ends.

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PARTICIPANT_REACHED_A_GOAL

Referral programs only

Description: When a participant unlocks a new reward.

Important notes:

• For double-sided rewards, two events will be sent for both referrer and referee. To discern between the two, use the data.reward.isReferrer property (the referrer will have isReferrer as true).

  • You can confirm this by examining data.reward.referrerId and data.reward.referredId and comparing it with data.participant.id.

  • If the reward is for the referrer, you can view the person they referred by accessing data.participant.referee.

  • If the reward is for the referred friend, you can view the person who referred them by accessing data.participant.referrer.

• If you have manual reward approval enabled for your campaign, events will be sent twice: (1) when the reward is pending approval and (2) when the reward is approved. To discern between unapproved/approved rewards, use the data.reward.approved property (approved rewards will have approved as true).

• The data.reward object contains combined data from the CampaignReward and ParticipantReward.

  • data.reward.rewardId represents the ID of the CampaignReward and will always be the same. You can find this ID from Campaign Editor > 1. Rewards and clicking the reward.

  • data.reward.id represents the ID of the ParticipantReward that was unlocked for the participant. This will be different for every new reward that the participant earns. You can find this ID by going to your admin dashboard and viewing the participant's rewards.

Here is an example event of a PARTICIPANT_REACHED_A_GOAL event where the reward is for the referrer because data.reward.isReferrer is true. The person they referred is reflected in data.participant.referee.

If this reward was for the referred person, then data.reward.isReferrer would be false. And the person that referred them would be accessible from data.participant.referrer.

{
  "event": "PARTICIPANT_REACHED_A_GOAL",
  "createdAt": 1558345202613,
  "data": {
    "participant": {
      "id": "x9a7uu",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "firstName": "Richard",
      "lastName": "Hendricks",
      "notes": "",
      "rank": 9,
      "isWinner": true,
      "referralCount": 11,
      "monthlyReferralCount": 8,
      "prevMonthlyReferralCount": 0,
      "shareUrl": "http://piedpiper.com?grsf=x9a7uu",
      "impressionCount": 309,
      "uniqueImpressionCount": 285,
      "inviteCount": 285,
      "shareCount": 163,
      "createdAt": 1554431962667,
      "referralSource": "DIRECT",
      "fraudRiskLevel": "LOW",
      "fraudReasonCode": "UNIQUE_IDENTITY",
      "metadata": {
        "piedPiperUserId": "12a39-8aajd-1dwiq",
        "companyName": "Pied Piper, Inc",
        "teamSize": "1-10"
      },
      "unsubscribed": false,
      "referee": {
        "id": "uxjbxu",
        "createdAt": 1738485195346,
        "email": "[email protected]",
        "firstName": "Billy",
        "lastName": "Smith",
        "notes": "",
        "isWinner": false,
        "referralCount": 0,
        "monthlyReferralCount": 0,
        "prevMonthlyReferralCount": 0,
        "vanityKeys": [],
        "shareUrl": "http://piedpiper.com?grsf=uxjbxu",
        "referralSource": "PARTICIPANT",
        "fraudRiskLevel": "LOW",
        "fraudReasonCode": "UNIQUE_IDENTITY",
        "impressionCount": 0,
        "uniqueImpressionCount": 0,
        "shareCount": 0,
        "metadata": {}
      }
    },
    "reward": {
      "approved": true,
      "conversionsRequired": 1,
      "couponCode": "PROMO_20_OFF",
      "createdAt": 1542560101404,
      "approvedAt": 1659474941892,
      "fulfilledAt": null,
      "description": "Win a free t-shirt when you refer a friend to sign up to Pied Piper!",
      "imageUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/growsurf/image/upload/v1553218876/development/ls8shgq3qlwldljr8tl2.jpg",
      "limit": 3,
      "title": "Early-Bird Reward",
      "isReferrer": true,
      "type": "SINGLE_SIDED",
      "rewardId": "crew_xlj123",
      "id": "prew_ccm2ue",
      "referredId": "ad3dfa",
      "referrerId": "x9a7uu",
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "bar",
        "amount": "$25",
        "points": 1000
      }
    },
    "campaign": {
      "id": "ct8f71",
      "name": "Middle Out Compression Campaign",
      "type": "REFERRAL",
      "currencyISO": "USD",
      "rewards": [
        {
          "title": "Early-Bird Reward",        
          "id": "crew_xlj123",
          "type": "SINGLE_SIDED",
          "description": "Win a free t-shirt when you refer a friend to sign up to Pied Piper!",
          "referralDescription": null,          
          "isUnlimited": true,
          "limit": 3,          
          "limitDuration": "IN_TOTAL",
          "conversionsRequired": 1,
          "numberOfWinners": 3,
          "imageUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/growsurf/image/upload/v1553218876/development/ls8shgq3qlwldljr8tl2.jpg",                    
          "order": null,
          "couponCode": "PROMO_20_OFF",
          "nextMilestonePrefix": "You are only",
          "nextMilestoneSuffix": "referrals away from receiving a nice reward!",
          "metadata": {
            "foo": "bar",
            "amount": "$25",
            "points": 1000
          }        
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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NEW_PARTICIPANT_ADDED

Description: When a new participant is added to the campaign (includes direct signups, referrals, and participants added/imported via admin dashboard).

Here is an example event of a NEW_PARTICIPANT_ADDED event where the newly added participant was referred. The person that referred them is reflected in data.referrer. If the participant was not referred, then data.referrer will not exist.

{
  "event": "NEW_PARTICIPANT_ADDED",
  "createdAt": 1558345215720,
  "data": {
    "id": "p88y0a",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "firstName": "Gavin",
    "lastName": "Belson",
    "notes": "This is obviously our competitor trying out our product!",
    "rank": 762,
    "isWinner": false,
    "shareUrl": "http://piedpiper.com?grsf=p88y0a",
    "referralCount": 0,
    "monthlyReferralCount": 0,
    "prevMonthlyReferralCount": 0,
    "impressionCount": 0,
    "uniqueImpressionCount": 0,
    "inviteCount": 0,
    "shareCount": 3,
    "createdAt": 1554479231190,
    "referralSource": "PARTICIPANT",
    "fraudRiskLevel": "LOW",
    "fraudReasonCode": "UNIQUE_IDENTITY",
    "referredBy": "x9a7uu",
    "referrer": {
      "id": "x9a7uu",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "firstName": "Richard",
      "lastName": "Hendricks",
      "notes": "",
      "rank": "9",
      "isWinner": true,
      "referralCount": 11,
      "monthlyReferralCount": 8,
      "shareUrl": "http://piedpiper.com?grsf=x9a7uu",
      "impressionCount": 309,
      "uniqueImpressionCount": 285,
      "inviteCount": 285,
      "shareCount": 163,
      "createdAt": 1554431962667,
      "referralSource": "PARTICIPANT",
      "fraudRiskLevel": "LOW",
      "fraudReasonCode": "UNIQUE_IDENTITY",
      "metadata": {
        "piedPiperUserId": "12a39-8aajd-1dwiq",
        "companyName": "Pied Piper, Inc",
        "teamSize": "1-10"
      },
      "unsubscribed": false,
    },
    "metadata": {
      "piedPiperUserId": "au71p-121x9-88faa",
      "companyName": "Hooli, Inc",
      "teamSize": "10,000+"
    },
    "unsubscribed": false,
    "campaign": {
      "id": "ct8f71",
      "name": "Middle Out Compression Campaign",
      "type": "REFERRAL",
      "currencyISO": "USD",
      "rewards": [
        {
          "title": "Early-Bird Reward",        
          "id": "crew_xlj123",
          "type": "SINGLE_SIDED",
          "description": "Win a free t-shirt when you refer a friend to sign up to Pied Piper!",
          "referralDescription": null,          
          "isUnlimited": true,
          "limit": 3,
          "limitDuration": "IN_TOTAL",
          "conversionsRequired": 1,
          "numberOfWinners": 3,
          "imageUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/growsurf/image/upload/v1553218876/development/ls8shgq3qlwldljr8tl2.jpg",                    
          "order": null,
          "couponCode": "PROMO_20_OFF",
          "nextMilestonePrefix": "You are only",
          "nextMilestoneSuffix": "referrals away from receiving a nice reward!",
          "metadata": {
            "foo": "bar",
            "amount": "$25",
            "points": 1000
          }        
        }
      ]
    }    
  }
}

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NEW_COMMISSION_ADDED

Affiliate programs only

Description: When a new commission is generated for an affiliate.

{
  "event": "COMMISSION_ADJUSTED",
  "createdAt": 1558345215720,
  "data": {
    "participant": {
      "id": "p88y0a",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "firstName": "Gavin",
      "lastName": "Belson",
      "notes": "",
      "rank": 762,
      "isWinner": false,
      "shareUrl": "http://piedpiper.com?grsf=p88y0a",
      "referralCount": 1,
      "monthlyReferralCount": 0,
      "prevMonthlyReferralCount": 0,
      "impressionCount": 2,
      "uniqueImpressionCount": 2,
      "inviteCount": 0,
      "shareCount": 3,
      "createdAt": 1554479231190,
      "referralSource": "DIRECT",
      "fraudRiskLevel": "LOW",
      "metadata": {},
      "unsubscribed": false,
    },
    "referredParticipant": {},
    "campaign": {
      "id": "ct8f71",
      "name": "Middle Out Compression Campaign",
      "type": "REFERRAL",
      "currencyISO": "USD",
      "rewards": []
    },
    "commission": {
      "id": "comm_jp1ku7",
      "referrerId": "f8g9nl",
      "referredId": "xh345d",
      "amount": 2500,
      "currencyISO": "USD",
      "saleAmount": 10000,
      "status": "APPROVED",
      "createdAt": 1731494175123,  
      "approvedAt": 1731580575123,
      "paidAt": null,
      "reversedAt": null,
      "payoutQueuedAt": null,
      "holdDuration": 7,
      "provider": "stripe",
      "amountInCampaignCurrency": 2500,
      "saleAmountInCampaignCurrency": 10000,
      "campaignCurrencyISO": "USD",
      "exchangeRateAt": 1731494175123,
      "fxError": null
    }
  }
}

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COMMISSION_ADJUSTED

Affiliate programs only

Description: When an existing commission is adjusted (refunds, chargebacks, or refund cancellations).

{
  "event": "COMMISSION_ADJUSTED",
  "createdAt": 1558345215720,
  "data": {
    "participant": {
      "id": "p88y0a",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "firstName": "Gavin",
      "lastName": "Belson",
      "notes": "",
      "rank": 762,
      "isWinner": false,
      "shareUrl": "http://piedpiper.com?grsf=p88y0a",
      "referralCount": 1,
      "monthlyReferralCount": 0,
      "prevMonthlyReferralCount": 0,
      "impressionCount": 2,
      "uniqueImpressionCount": 2,
      "inviteCount": 0,
      "shareCount": 3,
      "createdAt": 1554479231190,
      "referralSource": "DIRECT",
      "fraudRiskLevel": "LOW",
      "metadata": {},
      "unsubscribed": false,
    },
    "referredParticipant": {},
    "campaign": {
      "id": "ct8f71",
      "name": "Middle Out Compression Campaign",
      "type": "REFERRAL",
      "currencyISO": "USD",
      "rewards": []
    },
    "adjustment": {
      "currencyISO": "USD",
      "originalCommissionAmount": 9900,
      "newCommissionAmount": 0,
      "commissionAdjustedAmount": -9900,
      "reason": "FULL_REFUND",
      "adjustedAt": 1766393352171
    },
    "adjustedCommission": {
      "id": "comm_jp1ku7",
      "referrerId": "f8g9nl",
      "referredId": "xh345d",
      "amount": 2500,
      "currencyISO": "USD",
      "saleAmount": 10000,
      "status": "PENDING",
      "createdAt": 1731494175123,  
      "approvedAt": null,
      "paidAt": null,
      "reversedAt": null,
      "payoutQueuedAt": null,
      "holdDuration": 14,
      "provider": "stripe",
      "amountInCampaignCurrency": 2500,
      "saleAmountInCampaignCurrency": 10000,
      "campaignCurrencyISO": "USD",
      "exchangeRateAt": 1731494175123,
      "fxError": null
    }    
  }
}

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NEW_PAYOUT_ISSUED

Affiliate programs only

Description: When a payout is successfully issued to an affiliate.

{
  "event": "NEW_PAYOUT_ISSUED",
  "createdAt": 1558345215720,
  "data": {
    "participant": {
      "id": "p88y0a",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "firstName": "Gavin",
      "lastName": "Belson",
      "notes": "",
      "rank": 762,
      "isWinner": false,
      "shareUrl": "http://piedpiper.com?grsf=p88y0a",
      "referralCount": 1,
      "monthlyReferralCount": 0,
      "prevMonthlyReferralCount": 0,
      "impressionCount": 2,
      "uniqueImpressionCount": 2,
      "inviteCount": 0,
      "shareCount": 3,
      "createdAt": 1554479231190,
      "referralSource": "DIRECT",
      "fraudRiskLevel": "LOW",
      "metadata": {},
      "unsubscribed": false,
    },
    "referredParticipant": {},
    "campaign": {
      "id": "ct8f71",
      "name": "Middle Out Compression Campaign",
      "type": "REFERRAL",
      "currencyISO": "USD",
      "rewards": []
    },
    "payout": {
      "id": "po_k11ps9",
      "participantId": "f8g9nl",
      "commissionIds": [
        "comm_jp1ku7",
        "comm_a98s7z"
      ],
      "amount": 3600,
      "currencyISO": "USD",
      "status": "ISSUED",
      "createdAt": 1731494295334,  
      "issuedAt": 1731580575123,
      "failedAt": null,
      "provider": "paypal",
      "amountInCampaignCurrency": 3600,
      "campaignCurrencyISO": "USD",
      "exchangeRateAt": 1731580575217,
      "exchangeRate": 1.0,
      "fxError": null
    }    
  }
}

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PARTICIPANT_FRAUD_STATUS_UPDATED

Description: When an existing participant's fraud status changes.

This webhook event is emitted if either of the following happens:

• If you manually mark a participant as a fraudster or non-fraudster from the GrowSurf admin dashboard. Learn more here.

• If GrowSurf's anti-fraud system automatically identifies a referrer as a fraudster after they tried referring someone.

Here is an example of a PARTICIPANT_FRAUD_STATUS_UPDATED event where you can check the participant's fraud status via data.participant.fraudRiskLevel (it will be one of the following options: "LOW", "MEDIUM", or "HIGH"). You can also check the fraud reason code via data.participant.fraudReasonCode (see the Participant object for all fraud reason code options).

{
  "event": "PARTICIPANT_FRAUD_STATUS_UPDATED",
  "createdAt": 1558345215720,
  "data": {
    "participant": {
      "id": "p88y0a",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "firstName": "Gavin",
      "lastName": "Belson",
      "notes": "This is obviously our competitor trying out our product!",
      "rank": 762,
      "isWinner": false,
      "shareUrl": "http://piedpiper.com?grsf=p88y0a",
      "referralCount": 0,
      "monthlyReferralCount": 0,
      "prevMonthlyReferralCount": 0,
      "impressionCount": 0,
      "uniqueImpressionCount": 0,
      "inviteCount": 0,
      "shareCount": 3,
      "createdAt": 1554479231190,
      "referralSource": "PARTICIPANT",
      "fraudRiskLevel": "HIGH",
      "fraudReasonCode": "REFERRAL_CHAIN_FRAUD",
      "referredBy": "x9a7uu",
      "referrer": {
        "id": "x9a7uu",
        "email": "[email protected]",
        "firstName": "Richard",
        "lastName": "Hendricks",
        "notes": "",
        "rank": "9",
        "isWinner": true,
        "referralCount": 11,
        "monthlyReferralCount": 8,
        "shareUrl": "http://piedpiper.com?grsf=x9a7uu",
        "impressionCount": 309,
        "uniqueImpressionCount": 285,
        "inviteCount": 285,
        "shareCount": 163,
        "createdAt": 1554431962667,
        "referralSource": "PARTICIPANT",
        "fraudRiskLevel": "LOW",
        "fraudReasonCode": "UNIQUE_IDENTITY",
        "metadata": {
          "piedPiperUserId": "12a39-8aajd-1dwiq",
          "companyName": "Pied Piper, Inc",
          "teamSize": "1-10"
        },
        "unsubscribed": false,
      },
      "metadata": {
        "piedPiperUserId": "au71p-121x9-88faa",
        "companyName": "Hooli, Inc",
        "teamSize": "10,000+"
      },
      "unsubscribed": false,
    },
    "campaign": {
      "id": "ct8f71",
      "name": "Middle Out Compression Campaign",
      "type": "REFERRAL",
      "currencyISO": "USD",
      "rewards": [
        {
          "title": "Early-Bird Reward",        
          "id": "crew_xlj123",
          "type": "SINGLE_SIDED",
          "description": "Win a free t-shirt when you refer a friend to sign up to Pied Piper!",
          "referralDescription": null,          
          "isUnlimited": true,
          "limit": 3,
          "limitDuration": "IN_TOTAL",
          "conversionsRequired": 1,
          "numberOfWinners": 3,
          "imageUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/growsurf/image/upload/v1553218876/development/ls8shgq3qlwldljr8tl2.jpg",                    
          "order": null,
          "couponCode": "PROMO_20_OFF",
          "nextMilestonePrefix": "You are only",
          "nextMilestoneSuffix": "referrals away from receiving a nice reward!",
          "metadata": {
            "foo": "bar",
            "amount": "$25",
            "points": 1000
          }        
        }
      ]
    }    
  }
}

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CAMPAIGN_ENDED

Description: When the campaign ends.

Please note: Only the first 1,000 will be returned in the winners Array.

{
  "event": "CAMPAIGN_ENDED",
  "createdAt": 1558345152138,
  "data": {
    "id": "ct8f71",
    "name": "Middle-Out Compression Launch",
    "type": "REFERRAL",
    "participantCount": 5661,
    "startedAt": 1522432573250,
    "endedAt": 1533532422153,
    "status": "COMPLETE",
    "impressionCount": 11075,
    "referralCount": 1673,
    "winnerCount": 1673,
    "winners": [
      {
        "id": "x9a7uu",
        "email": "[email protected]",
        "firstName": "Richard",
        "lastName": "Hendricks",
        "notes": "",
        "rank": 9,
        "isWinner": true,
        "referralCount": 11,
        "monthlyReferralCount": 8,
        "prevMonthlyReferralCount": 0,
        "shareUrl": "http://piedpiper.com?grsf=x9a7uu",
        "impressionCount": 309,
        "uniqueImpressionCount": 285,        
        "shareCount": 163,
        "createdAt": 1554431962667,
        "referralSource": "PARTICIPANT",
        "fraudRiskLevel": "LOW",
        "fraudReasonCode": "UNIQUE_IDENTITY",        
        "metadata": {
          "piedPiperUserId": "12a39-8aajd-1dwiq",
          "companyName": "Pied Piper, Inc",
          "teamSize": "1-10"
        },
        "unsubscribed": false,
      }
    ],
    "rewards": [
      {
        "title": "Early-Bird Reward",        
        "id": "crew_xlj123",
        "type": "SINGLE_SIDED",
        "description": "Win a free t-shirt when you refer a friend to sign up to Pied Piper!",
        "referralDescription": null,          
        "isUnlimited": true,
        "limit": 3,
        "limitDuration": "IN_TOTAL",
        "conversionsRequired": 1,
        "numberOfWinners": 3,
        "imageUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/growsurf/image/upload/v1553218876/development/ls8shgq3qlwldljr8tl2.jpg",                    
        "order": null,
        "couponCode": "PROMO_20_OFF",
        "nextMilestonePrefix": "You are only",
        "nextMilestoneSuffix": "referrals away from receiving a nice reward!",
        "metadata": {
          "foo": "bar",
          "amount": "$25",
          "points": 1000
        }        
      }
    ]    
  }
}