Opsgenie Tool Integration with Novu

Opsgenie in Novu is routed per subscriber. Each subscriber brings their own Opsgenie API integration key (GenieKey), so one workflow trigger can raise alerts in different Opsgenie accounts and teams for different recipients. The integration itself never stores an API key. It acts as the anchor that per-subscriber channel endpoints hang off of.

<Note> There is no shared, environment-level Opsgenie API key. If a subscriber has no Opsgenie endpoint registered, the Tool step is marked **skipped** for that subscriber; no alert is created and no error is raised. </Note>

Prerequisites

An Opsgenie account with permission to manage integrations
Access to the Novu dashboard

Get an API key from Opsgenie

Every subscriber routes to their own Opsgenie account or team, so each subscriber needs an API key from their API integration.

<Steps> <Step title="Open integrations in Opsgenie"> In Opsgenie, go to **Settings** → **Integrations**. To scope alerts to a single team, open the team and go to its **Integrations** tab instead. </Step> <Step title="Add an API integration"> Click **Add integration**, choose **API**, and save. Opsgenie creates an API integration with alert create permissions. </Step> <Step title="Copy the API key"> Opsgenie generates a UUID-format **API Key** (for example `xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx`). Copy it. This is the GenieKey Novu will store for the subscriber. </Step> </Steps> <Warning> Use a key from an **API integration** (Settings → Integrations, or a team's integrations). Keys from the account-level **API Key Management** page will not work: the Opsgenie Alert API rejects them with an authentication error. </Warning> <Warning> The API key grants the ability to create alerts in the Opsgenie account. Treat it like a password: keep it on your server, never embed it in client-side code, and never log it. </Warning>

Add Opsgenie in Novu

<Steps> <Step title="Open the Integrations Store"> In the Novu dashboard, click **Integrations Store** in the sidebar. </Step> <Step title="Add Opsgenie"> Click **Connect Provider**, select **Tool**, then choose **Opsgenie**. </Step> <Step title="Create the integration"> Opsgenie has no environment-level credentials, so there is nothing to paste on this screen. Click **Create Integration** to save it. This gives you the `integrationIdentifier` you'll reference below when registering subscribers' API keys. </Step> </Steps>

Store a subscriber's API key

Register each subscriber's API key as a channel endpoint on the Opsgenie integration. Novu encrypts the API key at rest on ChannelEndpoint.endpoint and returns the wire shape { apiKey, region } on reads (region stays plaintext).

<Warning> Registering an endpoint requires your Novu secret key. Always call the channel-endpoints API from your server, never from a browser or mobile client. A typical flow is: your app UI sends the API key to **your** backend, and your backend forwards it to Novu. </Warning>

mermaid

sequenceDiagram
  participant Browser
  participant CustomerBackend as Customer backend
  participant NovuAPI as Novu API
  participant OpsgenieAPI as Opsgenie Alert API
  Browser->>CustomerBackend: API key (over HTTPS)
  CustomerBackend->>NovuAPI: POST /v1/channel-endpoints (secret key)
  NovuAPI-->>CustomerBackend: 201 endpoint created
  Note over NovuAPI: API key stored encrypted on endpoint
  Browser->>CustomerBackend: trigger workflow
  CustomerBackend->>NovuAPI: POST /v1/events/trigger
  NovuAPI->>OpsgenieAPI: create alert using subscriber's API key

Create the endpoint

Send the API key as an opsgenie_integration endpoint. Set createSubscriberIfMissing: true so this call also provisions the Novu subscriber the first time an end user connects Opsgenie, with no separate identify call required.

<Tabs> <Tab title="Node.js"> ```typescript import { Novu } from '@novu/api';

const novu = new Novu({ secretKey: '<NOVU_SECRET_KEY>' });

await novu.channelEndpoints.create({ type: 'opsgenie_integration', integrationIdentifier: 'opsgenie', subscriberId: '<SUBSCRIBER_ID>', createSubscriberIfMissing: true, endpoint: { apiKey: '<OPSGENIE_API_KEY>', region: 'us', }, });

  </Tab>
  <Tab title="Python">
```python
import os
from novu_py import Novu

with Novu(secret_key=os.getenv("NOVU_SECRET_KEY", "")) as novu:
    novu.channel_endpoints.create(create_channel_endpoint_request_body={
        "type": "opsgenie_integration",
        "integration_identifier": "opsgenie",
        "subscriber_id": "<SUBSCRIBER_ID>",
        "create_subscriber_if_missing": True,
        "endpoint": {
            "api_key": "<OPSGENIE_API_KEY>",
            "region": "us",
        },
    })

</Tab> <Tab title="Go"> ```go import ( "context" "os"

novugo "github.com/novuhq/novu-go"
"github.com/novuhq/novu-go/models/components"

)

s := novugo.New(novugo.WithSecurity(os.Getenv("NOVU_SECRET_KEY")))

_, err := s.ChannelEndpoints.Create(context.Background(), components.CreateOpsgenieIntegrationEndpointDto{ Type: "opsgenie_integration", IntegrationIdentifier: "opsgenie", SubscriberID: "<SUBSCRIBER_ID>", CreateSubscriberIfMissing: novugo.Bool(true), Endpoint: components.OpsgenieIntegrationEndpointDto{ APIKey: "<OPSGENIE_API_KEY>", Region: "us", }, }, nil)

  </Tab>
  <Tab title="PHP">
```php
use novu;
use novu\Models\Components;

$sdk = novu\Novu::builder()->setSecurity('<NOVU_SECRET_KEY>')->build();

$sdk->channelEndpoints->create(
    createChannelEndpointRequestBody: new Components\CreateOpsgenieIntegrationEndpointDto(
        type: 'opsgenie_integration',
        integrationIdentifier: 'opsgenie',
        subscriberId: '<SUBSCRIBER_ID>',
        createSubscriberIfMissing: true,
        endpoint: new Components\OpsgenieIntegrationEndpointDto(
            apiKey: '<OPSGENIE_API_KEY>',
            region: 'us',
        ),
    ),
);

</Tab> <Tab title=".NET"> ```csharp using Novu; using Novu.Models.Components;

var sdk = new NovuSDK(secretKey: "<NOVU_SECRET_KEY>");

await sdk.ChannelEndpoints.CreateAsync( createChannelEndpointRequestBody: new CreateOpsgenieIntegrationEndpointDto() { Type = "opsgenie_integration", IntegrationIdentifier = "opsgenie", SubscriberId = "<SUBSCRIBER_ID>", CreateSubscriberIfMissing = true, Endpoint = new OpsgenieIntegrationEndpointDto() { ApiKey = "<OPSGENIE_API_KEY>", Region = "us", }, });

  </Tab>
  <Tab title="Java">
```java
import co.novu.Novu;
import co.novu.models.components.*;

Novu novu = Novu.builder().secretKey("<NOVU_SECRET_KEY>").build();

novu.channelEndpoints().create()
    .body(CreateOpsgenieIntegrationEndpointDto.builder()
        .type("opsgenie_integration")
        .integrationIdentifier("opsgenie")
        .subscriberId("<SUBSCRIBER_ID>")
        .createSubscriberIfMissing(true)
        .endpoint(OpsgenieIntegrationEndpointDto.builder()
            .apiKey("<OPSGENIE_API_KEY>")
            .region("us")
            .build())
        .build())
    .call();

</Tab> <Tab title="cURL"> ```bash curl -L -X POST 'https://api.novu.co/v1/channel-endpoints' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Authorization: ApiKey <NOVU_SECRET_KEY>' \ -d '{ "type": "opsgenie_integration", "integrationIdentifier": "opsgenie", "subscriberId": "<SUBSCRIBER_ID>", "createSubscriberIfMissing": true, "endpoint": { "apiKey": "<OPSGENIE_API_KEY>", "region": "us" } }' ``` </Tab> </Tabs>

Endpoint shape

Field	Type	Description
`type`	`"opsgenie_integration"`	Discriminator for the endpoint variant.
`integrationIdentifier`	`string`	Identifier of the Opsgenie integration created in the Integrations Store.
`subscriberId`	`string`	The subscriber to alert when a workflow selects this endpoint.
`createSubscriberIfMissing`	`boolean`	Optional. When `true`, Novu creates the subscriber on the fly if it does not exist yet. Existing subscribers are never modified. Defaults to `false`.
`endpoint.apiKey`	`string`	The UUID-format API key from an Opsgenie API integration. Stored encrypted.
`endpoint.region`	`"us" \| "eu"`	Selects the Opsgenie data-center endpoint (`api.opsgenie.com` vs `api.eu.opsgenie.com`).

One endpoint per subscriber, per integration

A subscriber may have at most one Opsgenie endpoint per integration. A second POST with the same (subscriberId, integrationIdentifier) returns 409 Conflict. Rotate the API key by PATCHing the existing endpoint instead:

bash

curl -L -X PATCH 'https://api.novu.co/v1/channel-endpoints/<ENDPOINT_IDENTIFIER>' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: ApiKey <NOVU_SECRET_KEY>' \
-d '{
  "endpoint": {
    "apiKey": "<NEW_API_KEY>",
    "region": "us"
  }
}'

Reading and disconnecting

Reads return the full wire shape (including the API key), so you can display connection status. Mask it in your UI (the Novu dashboard shows only the last four characters).

bash

curl -L 'https://api.novu.co/v1/channel-endpoints?subscriberId=<SUBSCRIBER_ID>&integrationIdentifier=opsgenie' \
-H 'Authorization: ApiKey <NOVU_SECRET_KEY>'

Delete the endpoint to disconnect a subscriber. This removes the encrypted API key stored on the endpoint:

bash

curl -L -X DELETE 'https://api.novu.co/v1/channel-endpoints/<ENDPOINT_IDENTIFIER>' \
-H 'Authorization: ApiKey <NOVU_SECRET_KEY>'

Page a subscriber from a workflow

Once a subscriber has an Opsgenie endpoint, add a Tool step with Opsgenie to your workflow and trigger it like any other workflow.

<Steps> <Step title="Add a Tool step"> In the workflow editor, add a step and select **Tool** as the channel. Choose the Opsgenie integration you created. </Step> <Step title="Write the alert message"> The step content becomes the alert `message` in the Opsgenie Alert API request. Use dynamic placeholders such as `{{payload.orderNumber}}` or `{{subscriber.firstName}}`. Opsgenie caps `message` at 130 characters; Novu truncates longer content. </Step> <Step title="Trigger the workflow"> Send a trigger for a subscriber who has connected Opsgenie. Novu resolves that subscriber's API key and creates an alert in their Opsgenie account. Opsgenie accepts the request asynchronously (`202` with a `requestId`). </Step> </Steps> <Tabs> <Tab title="Node.js"> ```typescript import { Novu } from '@novu/api';

const novu = new Novu({ secretKey: '<NOVU_SECRET_KEY>' });

await novu.trigger({ workflowId: 'order-failed', to: { subscriberId: '<SUBSCRIBER_ID>' }, payload: { orderNumber: 'ORD-12345', reason: 'payment_declined', }, });

  </Tab>
  <Tab title="Python">
```python
import os
import novu_py
from novu_py import Novu

with Novu(secret_key=os.getenv("NOVU_SECRET_KEY", "")) as novu:
    novu.trigger(trigger_event_request_dto=novu_py.TriggerEventRequestDto(
        workflow_id="order-failed",
        to={"subscriber_id": "<SUBSCRIBER_ID>"},
        payload={
            "orderNumber": "ORD-12345",
            "reason": "payment_declined",
        },
    ))

</Tab> <Tab title="Go"> ```go import ( "context" "os"

novugo "github.com/novuhq/novu-go"
"github.com/novuhq/novu-go/models/components"

)

s := novugo.New(novugo.WithSecurity(os.Getenv("NOVU_SECRET_KEY")))

_, err := s.Trigger(context.Background(), components.TriggerEventRequestDto{ WorkflowID: "order-failed", To: components.CreateToSubscriberPayloadDto(components.SubscriberPayloadDto{ SubscriberID: "<SUBSCRIBER_ID>", }), Payload: map[string]any{ "orderNumber": "ORD-12345", "reason": "payment_declined", }, }, nil)

  </Tab>
  <Tab title="PHP">
```php
use novu;
use novu\Models\Components;

$sdk = novu\Novu::builder()->setSecurity('<NOVU_SECRET_KEY>')->build();

$sdk->trigger(
    triggerEventRequestDto: new Components\TriggerEventRequestDto(
        workflowId: 'order-failed',
        to: new Components\SubscriberPayloadDto(subscriberId: '<SUBSCRIBER_ID>'),
        payload: [
            'orderNumber' => 'ORD-12345',
            'reason' => 'payment_declined',
        ],
    ),
);

</Tab> <Tab title=".NET"> ```csharp using Novu; using Novu.Models.Components;

var sdk = new NovuSDK(secretKey: "<NOVU_SECRET_KEY>");

await sdk.TriggerAsync(triggerEventRequestDto: new TriggerEventRequestDto() { WorkflowId = "order-failed", To = To.CreateSubscriberPayloadDto(new SubscriberPayloadDto() { SubscriberId = "<SUBSCRIBER_ID>" }), Payload = new Dictionary<string, object> { ["orderNumber"] = "ORD-12345", ["reason"] = "payment_declined", }, });

  </Tab>
  <Tab title="Java">
```java
import co.novu.Novu;
import co.novu.models.components.*;

Novu novu = Novu.builder().secretKey("<NOVU_SECRET_KEY>").build();

novu.trigger()
    .body(TriggerEventRequestDto.builder()
        .workflowId("order-failed")
        .to(To2.of(SubscriberPayloadDto.builder().subscriberId("<SUBSCRIBER_ID>").build()))
        .payload(Map.of(
            "orderNumber", "ORD-12345",
            "reason", "payment_declined"
        ))
        .build())
    .call();

</Tab> <Tab title="cURL"> ```bash curl --location 'https://api.novu.co/v1/events/trigger' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --header 'Authorization: ApiKey <NOVU_SECRET_KEY>' \ -d '{ "name": "order-failed", "to": ["<SUBSCRIBER_ID>"], "payload": { "orderNumber": "ORD-12345", "reason": "payment_declined" } }' ``` </Tab> </Tabs>

Alert payload defaults and overrides

Field	Default	Override with
`message`	Step content, truncated at 130 characters (the Opsgenie limit).	Step content or a `message` override on the step.
`description`	Not sent.	`description` step override (up to 15,000 characters).
`alias`	Deterministic: `novu:{transactionId}:{subscriberId}:{stepId}`.	Explicit `alias` step override (up to 512 characters).
`priority`	Not sent (Opsgenie applies its own default).	`priority` step override (`P1` to `P5`).
`tags`	Not sent.	`tags` step override.
`responders`	Not sent.	`responders` step override.
`source`	Not sent.	`source` step override.
`details`	Any extra keys you pass on the step (excluding reserved names).	Step overrides.

The deterministic alias is Opsgenie's deduplication key: Novu retries for the same step will deduplicate into the same Opsgenie alert instead of creating duplicates.

What happens without an endpoint

If a workflow triggers for a subscriber who has no Opsgenie endpoint on the target integration, Novu marks the step as skipped in the Activity feed for that subscriber and does not create an alert. Other subscribers on the same trigger are unaffected. Each is routed to their own Opsgenie account.

<Columns cols={2}> <Card icon="plug" href="/api-reference/channel-endpoints/create-a-channel-endpoint" title="Create a channel endpoint"> API reference for `POST /v1/channel-endpoints`, including the `opsgenie_integration` variant. </Card> <Card icon="pen" href="/api-reference/channel-endpoints/update-a-channel-endpoint" title="Rotate an API key"> API reference for `PATCH /v1/channel-endpoints/:identifier`. Use this to rotate an existing subscriber's API key. </Card> </Columns>

Prerequisites

Get an API key from Opsgenie

Add Opsgenie in Novu

Store a subscriber's API key

Create the endpoint

Endpoint shape

One endpoint per subscriber, per integration

Reading and disconnecting

Page a subscriber from a workflow

Alert payload defaults and overrides

What happens without an endpoint

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