Vapi · Schema

ApiRequestTool

AIVoiceAgentsRealtimeCPaaS

Properties

Name Type Description
messages array These are the messages that will be spoken to the user as the tool is running. For some tools, this is auto-filled based on special fields like `tool.destinations`. For others like the function tool,
type string The type of tool. "apiRequest" for API request tool.
method string
timeoutSeconds number This is the timeout in seconds for the request. Defaults to 20 seconds. @default 20
credentialId string The credential ID for API request authentication
encryptedPaths array This is the paths to encrypt in the request body if credentialId and encryptionPlan are defined.
parameters array Static key-value pairs merged into the request body. Values support Liquid templates.
id string This is the unique identifier for the tool.
orgId string This is the unique identifier for the organization that this tool belongs to.
createdAt string This is the ISO 8601 date-time string of when the tool was created.
updatedAt string This is the ISO 8601 date-time string of when the tool was last updated.
rejectionPlan object This is the plan to reject a tool call based on the conversation state. // Example 1: Reject endCall if user didn't say goodbye ```json { conditions: [{ type: 'regex', regex: '(?i)\\b(bye|goodbye|fare
name string This is the name of the tool. This will be passed to the model. Must be a-z, A-Z, 0-9, or contain underscores and dashes, with a maximum length of 40.
description string This is the description of the tool. This will be passed to the model.
url string This is where the request will be sent.
body object This is the body of the request.
headers object These are the headers to send with the request.
backoffPlan object This is the backoff plan if the request fails. Defaults to undefined (the request will not be retried). @default undefined (the request will not be retried)
variableExtractionPlan object This is the plan to extract variables from the tool's response. These will be accessible during the call and stored in `call.artifact.variableValues` after the call. Usage: 1. Use `aliases` to extract
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JSON Schema

vapi-apirequesttool-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "#/components/schemas/ApiRequestTool",
  "title": "ApiRequestTool",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "messages": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "These are the messages that will be spoken to the user as the tool is running.\n\nFor some tools, this is auto-filled based on special fields like `tool.destinations`. For others like the function tool, these can be custom configured.",
      "items": {
        "oneOf": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ToolMessageStart",
            "title": "ToolMessageStart"
          },
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ToolMessageComplete",
            "title": "ToolMessageComplete"
          },
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ToolMessageFailed",
            "title": "ToolMessageFailed"
          },
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ToolMessageDelayed",
            "title": "ToolMessageDelayed"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "apiRequest"
      ],
      "description": "The type of tool. \"apiRequest\" for API request tool."
    },
    "method": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "POST",
        "GET",
        "PUT",
        "PATCH",
        "DELETE"
      ]
    },
    "timeoutSeconds": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "This is the timeout in seconds for the request. Defaults to 20 seconds.\n\n@default 20",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 300,
      "example": 20
    },
    "credentialId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The credential ID for API request authentication",
      "example": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
    },
    "encryptedPaths": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "This is the paths to encrypt in the request body if credentialId and encryptionPlan are defined.",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "parameters": {
      "description": "Static key-value pairs merged into the request body. Values support Liquid templates.",
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ToolParameter"
      }
    },
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "This is the unique identifier for the tool."
    },
    "orgId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "This is the unique identifier for the organization that this tool belongs to."
    },
    "createdAt": {
      "format": "date-time",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "This is the ISO 8601 date-time string of when the tool was created."
    },
    "updatedAt": {
      "format": "date-time",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "This is the ISO 8601 date-time string of when the tool was last updated."
    },
    "rejectionPlan": {
      "description": "This is the plan to reject a tool call based on the conversation state.\n\n// Example 1: Reject endCall if user didn't say goodbye\n```json\n{\n  conditions: [{\n    type: 'regex',\n    regex: '(?i)\\\\b(bye|goodbye|farewell|see you later|take care)\\\\b',\n    target: { position: -1, role: 'user' },\n    negate: true  // Reject if pattern does NOT match\n  }]\n}\n```\n\n// Example 2: Reject transfer if user is actually asking a question\n```json\n{\n  conditions: [{\n    type: 'regex',\n    regex: '\\\\?',\n    target: { position: -1, role: 'user' }\n  }]\n}\n```\n\n// Example 3: Reject transfer if user didn't mention transfer recently\n```json\n{\n  conditions: [{\n    type: 'liquid',\n    liquid: `{% assign recentMessages = messages | last: 5 %}\n{% assign userMessages = recentMessages | where: 'role', 'user' %}\n{% assign mentioned = false %}\n{% for msg in userMessages %}\n  {% if msg.content contains 'transfer' or msg.content contains 'connect' or msg.content contains 'speak to' %}\n    {% assign mentioned = true %}\n    {% break %}\n  {% endif %}\n{% endfor %}\n{% if mentioned %}\n  false\n{% else %}\n  true\n{% endif %}`\n  }]\n}\n```\n\n// Example 4: Reject endCall if the bot is looping and trying to exit\n```json\n{\n  conditions: [{\n    type: 'liquid',\n    liquid: `{% assign recentMessages = messages | last: 6 %}\n{% assign userMessages = recentMessages | where: 'role', 'user' | reverse %}\n{% if userMessages.size < 3 %}\n  false\n{% else %}\n  {% assign msg1 = userMessages[0].content | downcase %}\n  {% assign msg2 = userMessages[1].content | downcase %}\n  {% assign msg3 = userMessages[2].content | downcase %}\n  {% comment %} Check for repetitive messages {% endcomment %}\n  {% if msg1 == msg2 or msg1 == msg3 or msg2 == msg3 %}\n    true\n  {% comment %} Check for common loop phrases {% endcomment %}\n  {% elsif msg1 contains 'cool thanks' or msg2 contains 'cool thanks' or msg3 contains 'cool thanks' %}\n    true\n  {% elsif msg1 contains 'okay thanks' or msg2 contains 'okay thanks' or msg3 contains 'okay thanks' %}\n    true\n  {% elsif msg1 contains 'got it' or msg2 contains 'got it' or msg3 contains 'got it' %}\n    true\n  {% else %}\n    false\n  {% endif %}\n{% endif %}`\n  }]\n}\n```",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ToolRejectionPlan"
        }
      ]
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "This is the name of the tool. This will be passed to the model.\n\nMust be a-z, A-Z, 0-9, or contain underscores and dashes, with a maximum length of 40.",
      "maxLength": 40,
      "pattern": "/^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,40}$/"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "This is the description of the tool. This will be passed to the model."
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "This is where the request will be sent."
    },
    "body": {
      "description": "This is the body of the request.",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/JsonSchema"
        }
      ]
    },
    "headers": {
      "description": "These are the headers to send with the request.",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/JsonSchema"
        }
      ]
    },
    "backoffPlan": {
      "description": "This is the backoff plan if the request fails. Defaults to undefined (the request will not be retried).\n\n@default undefined (the request will not be retried)",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/BackoffPlan"
        }
      ]
    },
    "variableExtractionPlan": {
      "description": "This is the plan to extract variables from the tool's response. These will be accessible during the call and stored in `call.artifact.variableValues` after the call.\n\nUsage:\n1. Use `aliases` to extract variables from the tool's response body. (Most common case)\n\n```json\n{\n  \"aliases\": [\n    {\n      \"key\": \"customerName\",\n      \"value\": \"{{customer.name}}\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"key\": \"customerAge\",\n      \"value\": \"{{customer.age}}\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n```\n\nThe tool response body is made available to the liquid template.\n\n2. Use `aliases` to extract variables from the tool's response body if the response is an array.\n\n```json\n{\n  \"aliases\": [\n    {\n      \"key\": \"customerName\",\n      \"value\": \"{{$[0].name}}\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"key\": \"customerAge\",\n      \"value\": \"{{$[0].age}}\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n```\n\n$ is a shorthand for the tool's response body. `$[0]` is the first item in the array. `$[n]` is the nth item in the array. Note, $ is available regardless of the response body type (both object and array).\n\n3. Use `aliases` to extract variables from the tool's response headers.\n\n```json\n{\n  \"aliases\": [\n    {\n      \"key\": \"customerName\",\n      \"value\": \"{{tool.response.headers.customer-name}}\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"key\": \"customerAge\",\n      \"value\": \"{{tool.response.headers.customer-age}}\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n```\n\n`tool.response` is made available to the liquid template. Particularly, both `tool.response.headers` and `tool.response.body` are available. Note, `tool.response` is available regardless of the response body type (both object and array).\n\n4. Use `schema` to extract a large portion of the tool's response body.\n\n4.1. If you hit example.com and it returns `{\"name\": \"John\", \"age\": 30}`, then you can specify the schema as:\n\n```json\n{\n  \"schema\": {\n    \"type\": \"object\",\n    \"properties\": {\n      \"name\": {\n        \"type\": \"string\"\n      },\n      \"age\": {\n        \"type\": \"number\"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\nThese will be extracted as `{{ name }}` and `{{ age }}` respectively. To emphasize, object properties are extracted as direct global variables.\n\n4.2. If you hit example.com and it returns `{\"name\": {\"first\": \"John\", \"last\": \"Doe\"}}`, then you can specify the schema as:\n\n```json\n{\n  \"schema\": {\n    \"type\": \"object\",\n    \"properties\": {\n      \"name\": {\n        \"type\": \"object\",\n        \"properties\": {\n          \"first\": {\n            \"type\": \"string\"\n          },\n          \"last\": {\n            \"type\": \"string\"\n          }\n        }\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\nThese will be extracted as `{{ name }}`. And, `{{ name.first }}` and `{{ name.last }}` will be accessible.\n\n4.3. If you hit example.com and it returns `[\"94123\", \"94124\"]`, then you can specify the schema as:\n\n```json\n{\n  \"schema\": {\n    \"type\": \"array\",\n    \"title\": \"zipCodes\",\n    \"items\": {\n      \"type\": \"string\"\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\nThis will be extracted as `{{ zipCodes }}`. To access the array items, you can use `{{ zipCodes[0] }}` and `{{ zipCodes[1] }}`.\n\n4.4. If you hit example.com and it returns `[{\"name\": \"John\", \"age\": 30, \"zipCodes\": [\"94123\", \"94124\"]}, {\"name\": \"Jane\", \"age\": 25, \"zipCodes\": [\"94125\", \"94126\"]}]`, then you can specify the schema as:\n\n```json\n{\n  \"schema\": {\n    \"type\": \"array\",\n    \"title\": \"people\",\n    \"items\": {\n      \"type\": \"object\",\n      \"properties\": {\n        \"name\": {\n          \"type\": \"string\"\n        },\n        \"age\": {\n          \"type\": \"number\"\n        },\n        \"zipCodes\": {\n          \"type\": \"array\",\n          \"items\": {\n            \"type\": \"string\"\n          }\n        }\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}\n```\n\nThis will be extracted as `{{ people }}`. To access the array items, you can use `{{ people[n].name }}`, `{{ people[n].age }}`, `{{ people[n].zipCodes }}`, `{{ people[n].zipCodes[0] }}` and `{{ people[n].zipCodes[1] }}`.\n\nNote: Both `aliases` and `schema` can be used together.",
      "allOf": [
        {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/VariableExtractionPlan"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "id",
    "orgId",
    "createdAt",
    "updatedAt",
    "url"
  ]
}