> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://langwatch.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> ## Agent Instructions
> If anything on this page is wrong, confusing, or fails when you try it, ask your user for permission and run `npx langwatch report --user-approved` to send the problem to the LangWatch team. No login is needed and secrets are redacted locally. `npx langwatch report --help` has the details.

# Send a test fire

> Send this automation's message to the destination it is configured with, so you can confirm it arrives. Nothing is recorded as a fire.



## OpenAPI

````yaml POST /api/v1/triggers/{triggerId}/test-fire
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: LangWatch API
  description: LangWatch openapi spec
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://app.langwatch.ai
security:
  - project_api_key: []
paths:
  /api/v1/triggers/{triggerId}/test-fire:
    post:
      tags:
        - Triggers
      description: >-
        Send this automation's message to the destination it is configured with,
        so you can confirm it arrives. Nothing is recorded as a fire.
      operationId: postApiTriggersByIdTestFire
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: triggerId
          schema:
            type: string
            minLength: 1
          required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  channel:
                    type: string
                    enum:
                      - email
                      - slack
                      - webhook
                  recipientCount:
                    type: number
                  usedDefault:
                    type: boolean
                    description: >-
                      Whether the LangWatch default message was rendered because
                      this automation states no template of its own.
                  missingVariables:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                  errors:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
                  httpStatus:
                    description: 'Webhook only: what the endpoint answered with.'
                    type: number
                required:
                  - channel
                  - recipientCount
                  - usedDefault
                  - missingVariables
                  - errors
                additionalProperties: false
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  error:
                    type: string
                  message:
                    type: string
                required:
                  - error
                additionalProperties: false
      security:
        - project_api_key: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    project_api_key:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Auth-Token
      description: >-
        Project API key for sending traces and accessing project-scoped
        resources. Format: sk-lw-... (no underscore). Obtain one by creating a
        project via the Admin API or the LangWatch UI.

````

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