# referral.created

> The ByDomu referral.created event (New referral): when it fires, how to subscribe, its fields and the payload delivered by webhook.


New referral

Object · referral Instant

## When it fires

Someone referred a person.

Instantly, when it happens in ByDomu: from the app, the API, Noa, an automation or an integration. `actor.kind` tells you who: USER, NOA, SYSTEM, API, AUTOMATION or INTEGRATION.

## Subscribe with

- `referral.created` Only this event
- `referral.*` Every event of Referral
- `*` The whole catalog

## Fields it carries

paths for filters and templates

`referral.id` Referral id

`referral.status` Referral status

`referral.leadName` Referred name

`referral.leadPhone` Referred phone

`referral.referredContactId` Referred contact

Up to 5 attempts (0 s, 5 s, 30 s, 2 min and 10 min) on network errors, 429 or 5xx. Reply 2xx in under 10 s.

Payload:

```
{
  "event": "referral.created",
  "id": "5f3a0c1e-7d2b-4f7e-9a51-0b6c1d2e3f40",
  "type": "referral.created",
  "timestamp": "2026-09-22T14:30:00.000Z",
  "organizationId": "clx1org001",
  "actor": {
    "kind": "SYSTEM",
    "userId": null
  },
  "data": {
    "referral": {
      "id": "clx1ref001",
      "status": "PENDING",
      "leadName": "Sofía Herrera",
      "leadPhone": "+573000000004",
      "leadEmail": "sofia.herrera@example.com",
      "referredContactId": null,
      "dealId": null,
      "createdAt": "2026-09-22T14:30:00.000Z"
    }
  }
}
```

Headers:

```
X-Domu-Event: referral.created
X-Domu-Signature: t=1790610130,v1=9c1e…
User-Agent: Domu-Webhooks/2
```

Verify signature:

```
import { createHmac, timingSafeEqual } from "node:crypto";

// header = X-Domu-Signature: t=<timestamp>,v1=<hmac>
function verifyWebhook(rawBody, header, secret, toleranceSec = 300) {
  const parts = Object.fromEntries(header.split(",").map((p) => p.split("=")));
  const timestamp = Number(parts.t);
  if (!timestamp || !parts.v1) return false;
  if (Math.abs(Date.now() / 1000 - timestamp) > toleranceSec) return false;
  const expected = createHmac("sha256", secret)
    .update(`${timestamp}.${rawBody}`)
    .digest("hex");
  const a = Buffer.from(expected);
  const b = Buffer.from(parts.v1);
  return a.length === b.length && timingSafeEqual(a, b);
}
```

**Get it with your test data** GET /v1/webhooks/sample/referral.created

[Try it](https://developers.bydomu.com/en/referencia/get-webhook-sample?probar=1&type=referral.created)