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# Create a webhook subscription

> Create a webhook subscription by configuring an endpoint to receive notifications.




## OpenAPI

````yaml openapi/accounts.yaml post /v2/notifications/subscriptions
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Accounts (Stablecoin) API
  description: >
    Circle's Accounts API provides endpoints for managing stablecoin accounts --
    including transfers,

    withdrawals, deposits, wire and ACH bank accounts, and blockchain addresses.


    An **Account** is a general representation of a ledger or custody object
    that holds balances. It can be a business account,

    a stablecoin account ledger for an end user, an extra sub-ledger, or any
    future custody solution.
  license:
    name: Circle License
    url: https://circle.com/terms
servers:
  - url: https://api-sandbox.circle.com
  - url: https://api.circle.com
security: []
tags:
  - name: Accounts
    description: Manage accounts.
  - name: Account Groups
    description: Manage custody account groups and their memberships.
  - name: Limits
    description: View effective account limits and current usage.
  - name: Transfers
    description: Manage account transfers.
  - name: Transactions
    description: |
      Get a unified, customer-friendly view of account transaction activity.
  - name: Wires
    description: Manage account bank accounts for wire transfers.
  - name: Deposits
    description: Get information on account bank deposits.
  - name: Withdrawals
    description: Manage account bank withdrawals (fiat offramp).
  - name: ACH
    description: Manage account bank accounts for ACH transfers.
  - name: Deposit Addresses
    description: Manage account deposit addresses.
  - name: Recipient Addresses
    description: Manage account recipient addresses used for transfers.
  - name: Webhook Subscriptions
    description: Manage subscriptions to Digital Asset Accounts webhook notifications.
paths:
  /v2/notifications/subscriptions:
    post:
      tags:
        - Webhook Subscriptions
      summary: Create a webhook subscription
      description: >
        Create a webhook subscription by configuring an endpoint to receive
        notifications.
      operationId: createSubscription
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/XRequestId'
      requestBody:
        $ref: '#/components/requestBodies/CreateSubscriptionRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateSubscriptionResponse'
          description: Successfully created webhook subscription.
          headers:
            X-Request-Id:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/XRequestId'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotAuthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  parameters:
    XRequestId:
      name: X-Request-Id
      description: >-
        Developer-provided parameter used to identify this request. Useful when
        communicating with Circle Support.
      in: header
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/XRequestId'
  requestBodies:
    CreateSubscriptionRequest:
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            description: Required parameters to create a new subscription.
            type: object
            required:
              - endpoint
            properties:
              endpoint:
                type: string
                description: >
                  URL of the endpoint to subscribe to notifications. Must be

                  publicly accessible, use HTTPS, and respond with a 2XX status
                  to

                  a POST request.
                example: https://example.org/handler/for/notifications
              notificationTypes:
                type: array
                description: >
                  The notification types to subscribe to. If not provided, the

                  webhook is unrestricted and a notification is sent for every

                  notification type. If the wildcard (`*`) is provided, the
                  webhook

                  is also unrestricted. If a set of notification types is
                  provided,

                  the webhook is restricted to those types. Each category has a

                  wildcard — for example, `mint.*` restricts to every mint
                  event.
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotificationType'
                example:
                  - '*'
      required: true
      description: Schema for the request payload to create a new subscription.
  schemas:
    CreateSubscriptionResponse:
      title: SubscriptionResponse
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Subscription'
    XRequestId:
      type: string
      format: uuid
      example: 2adba88e-9d63-44bc-b975-9b6ae3440dde
    NotificationType:
      type: string
      description: |
        The type of notification that can be subscribed to. Supports wildcard
        patterns — for example, `mint.*` subscribes to every mint event. The `*`
        wildcard subscribes to every Digital Asset Accounts notification type.
      enum:
        - '*'
        - custody.*
        - custody.transfer
        - mint.*
        - mint.deposits
        - mint.payout
        - mint.wire
        - mint.addressBookRecipients
        - bankAccounts.*
        - bankAccounts.created
        - bankAccounts.updated
        - bankAccounts.denied
      example: custody.transfer
    Subscription:
      type: object
      title: Subscription
      description: Contains information about a webhook notification subscription.
      required:
        - id
        - name
        - endpoint
        - enabled
        - createDate
        - updateDate
      properties:
        id:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Id'
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the webhook notification subscription.
          example: Digital Asset Accounts Webhook
        endpoint:
          type: string
          description: >-
            URL of the endpoint subscribing to notifications. Must be enabled to
            receive notifications.
          example: https://example.org/handler/for/notifications
        enabled:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Whether the subscription is enabled. `true` indicates the
            subscription is enabled.
          example: true
        createDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Date and time the subscription was created.
          example: '2026-08-25T19:17:02.429Z'
        updateDate:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Date and time the subscription was last updated.
          example: '2026-08-25T19:17:02.429Z'
        notificationTypes:
          type: array
          description: The notification types on which a notification will be sent.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotificationType'
          example:
            - '*'
        restricted:
          type: boolean
          description: >
            Whether the webhook is restricted to specific notification types. An

            unrestricted webhook notifies on all notification types. A
            restricted

            webhook only notifies on the notification types in the

            `notificationTypes` field.
          example: false
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: >
            Circle internal status code from the platform `CoreStatusCode` enum
            (and its domain-specific extensions). **This is not the HTTP status
            code** — `-1` is the catch-all unknown error, `1`/`2` indicate API
            parameter problems, `3` is forbidden, `4` is unauthorized, and
            larger values identify domain-specific failures. Consumers should
            rely on the HTTP status line for transport-level error class and on
            this field for the specific Circle error case.
          example: 2
        message:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Internal error message; suitable for logging but not for end-user
            display.
          example: API parameter invalid.
        externalMessage:
          type: string
          description: >
            End-user-displayable error message. Present when the server has
            generated a customer-facing variant for this error; omitted
            otherwise.
          example: The provided amount exceeds the maximum allowed.
        errors:
          type: array
          description: Additional request-field validation errors, when available.
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDetail'
    Id:
      type: string
      description: Unique system-generated identifier for the entity.
      format: uuid
      example: b8627ae8-732b-4d25-b947-1df8f4007a29
    ErrorDetail:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
        - message
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error identifier.
          example: invalid_value
        location:
          type: string
          description: Query parameter or request field that caused the error.
          example: assetType
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable description of the specific error.
          example: The operation and assetType combination is invalid.
  headers:
    XRequestId:
      description: >
        Circle-generated universally unique identifier (UUID v4). Useful for
        identifying a specific request when communicating with Circle Support.
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/XRequestId'
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: The request cannot be processed due to a client error.
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/XRequestId'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: 2
            message: API parameter invalid.
    NotAuthorized:
      description: >-
        The request has not been applied because it lacks valid authentication
        credentials.
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/XRequestId'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: 4
            message: Unauthorized.
    InternalServerError:
      description: >-
        The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from
        fulfilling the request.
      headers:
        X-Request-Id:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/XRequestId'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            code: -1
            message: 'Something went wrong. errId: 1f0b0c455e40f753f07b4f0ae6abd4b4'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````