triggers

Get a trigger

Get the configuration for an existing trigger in your application.

get/groups/{groupId}/apps/{appId}/triggers/{triggerId}

Response

Successfully retrieved trigger.

Example response

{
  "name": "onNewEmployee",
  "type": "DATABASE",
  "function_id": "5eea9ca4ca0e356e2c2a148a",
  "config": {
    "operation_types": [
      "INSERT"
    ],
    "database": "HR",
    "collection": "employees",
    "service_id": "5adeb649b8b998486770ae7c",
    "match": {},
    "project": {},
    "full_document": true
  },
  "event_processors": {
    "FUNCTION": {
      "config": {
        "function_id": "6841b8d3e71dc81bed89dbba",
        "function_name": "Atlas_Triggers_DatabaseInsert_1749137618"
      }
    }
  }
}

Changes

Changed in 6 of the 50 revisions of this API.613

Jun 9, 2025v36d67e96bfb423See the full diff
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  the response property allOf[TriggerConstructor]/oneOf[AuthenticationTrigger]/allOf[BaseTrigger]/event_processors became required for the status 200
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  the response property allOf[TriggerConstructor]/oneOf[DatabaseTrigger]/allOf[BaseTrigger]/event_processors became required for the status 200
  response-property-became-required
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  the response property allOf[TriggerConstructor]/oneOf[ScheduledTrigger]/allOf[BaseTrigger]/event_processors became required for the status 200
  response-property-became-required
Oct 8, 2024v351a885fea9ae65See the full diff
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  the response property allOf[TriggerConstructor]/oneOf[DatabaseTrigger]/allOf[subschema #2]/config/collection became optional for the status 200
  response-property-became-optional
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  the response property allOf[TriggerConstructor]/oneOf[DatabaseTrigger]/allOf[subschema #2]/config/database became optional for the status 200
  response-property-became-optional
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  the response property allOf[TriggerConstructor]/oneOf[DatabaseTrigger]/allOf[subschema #2]/config/full_document became optional for the status 200
  response-property-became-optional
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  the response property allOf[TriggerConstructor]/oneOf[DatabaseTrigger]/allOf[subschema #2]/config/full_document_before_change became optional for the status 200
  response-property-became-optional
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  the response property allOf[TriggerConstructor]/oneOf[DatabaseTrigger]/allOf[subschema #2]/config/match became optional for the status 200
  response-property-became-optional
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  the response property allOf[TriggerConstructor]/oneOf[DatabaseTrigger]/allOf[subschema #2]/config/unordered became optional for the status 200
  response-property-became-optional
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  the unordered response's property default value false was added for the status 200
  response-property-default-value-added
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  removed the DELETE enum value from the allOf[TriggerConstructor]/oneOf[DatabaseTrigger]/allOf[subschema #2]/config/operation_types/items/ response property for the response status 200
  response-property-enum-value-removed
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  removed the INSERT enum value from the allOf[TriggerConstructor]/oneOf[DatabaseTrigger]/allOf[subschema #2]/config/operation_types/items/ response property for the response status 200
  response-property-enum-value-removed
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  removed the REPLACE enum value from the allOf[TriggerConstructor]/oneOf[DatabaseTrigger]/allOf[subschema #2]/config/operation_types/items/ response property for the response status 200
  response-property-enum-value-removed
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  removed the UPDATE enum value from the allOf[TriggerConstructor]/oneOf[DatabaseTrigger]/allOf[subschema #2]/config/operation_types/items/ response property for the response status 200
  response-property-enum-value-removed
Feb 22, 2024v32ac2149ab3ee1See the full diff
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  added the optional property allOf[TriggerConstructor]/oneOf[DatabaseTrigger]/allOf[subschema #2]/error_handler to the response with the 200 status
  response-optional-property-added
Feb 20, 2024v3e2240dd053bd2See the full diff
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  added TriggerConstructor subschema #1 to the response body allOf list for the response status 200
  response-body-all-of-added
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  removed DatabaseTrigger AuthenticationTrigger ScheduledTrigger from the response body oneOf list for the response status 200
  response-body-one-of-removed
This revision also has 5 changes that name no endpoint, such as unreferenced schemas being removed. See the revision's changelog
Oct 16, 2023v307f708e665921See the full diff
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  added the optional property oneOf[DatabaseTrigger]/allOf[subschema #2]/config/maximum_throughput to the response with the 200 status
  response-optional-property-added
Aug 29, 2023v3b968b29c48d21See the full diff
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  added the optional property oneOf[DatabaseTrigger]/allOf[subschema #2]/config/project to the response with the 200 status
  response-optional-property-added

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