Invoke Digital Employee
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'x-workspace-id: <x-workspace-id>'import requests
url = "https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke"
headers = {
"x-workspace-id": "<x-workspace-id>",
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-workspace-id': '<x-workspace-id>', Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}
};
fetch('https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"x-workspace-id: <x-workspace-id>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("x-workspace-id", "<x-workspace-id>")
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke")
.header("x-workspace-id", "<x-workspace-id>")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-workspace-id"] = '<x-workspace-id>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyDigital Employees
Invoke Digital Employee
Triggers a manual run of a digital employee.
POST
/
digital-employees
/
{employeeId}
/
invoke
Invoke Digital Employee
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'x-workspace-id: <x-workspace-id>'import requests
url = "https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke"
headers = {
"x-workspace-id": "<x-workspace-id>",
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-workspace-id': '<x-workspace-id>', Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}
};
fetch('https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"x-workspace-id: <x-workspace-id>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("x-workspace-id", "<x-workspace-id>")
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke")
.header("x-workspace-id", "<x-workspace-id>")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-workspace-id"] = '<x-workspace-id>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyCode Examples
curl --request POST \
--url 'https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-workspace-id: YOUR_WORKSPACE_ID' \
--data '{}'
const axios = require('axios');
const config = {
method: 'post',
url: 'https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke',
headers: {
'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-workspace-id': 'YOUR_WORKSPACE_ID'
},
data: {}
};
try {
const response = await axios(config);
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
import requests
import json
url = "https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke"
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"x-workspace-id": "YOUR_WORKSPACE_ID"
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json={})
print(response.json())
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{}",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-workspace-id: YOUR_WORKSPACE_ID"
]
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "Error: " . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke"))
.header("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.header("x-workspace-id", "YOUR_WORKSPACE_ID")
.POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{}"))
.build();
HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request,
HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());
package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"io/ioutil"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke", strings.NewReader("{}"))
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.Header.Add("x-workspace-id", "YOUR_WORKSPACE_ID")
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main(string[] args)
{
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-workspace-id", "YOUR_WORKSPACE_ID");
var content = new StringContent("{}", Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
try
{
var response = await client.PostAsync(
"https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke",
content
);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
}
catch (HttpRequestException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("\nException Caught!");
Console.WriteLine("Message :{0} ", e.Message);
}
}
}
}
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
uri = URI('https://api.tess.im/digital-employees/{employeeId}/invoke')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['x-workspace-id'] = 'YOUR_WORKSPACE_ID'
request.body = {}.to_json
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
Headers
Authentication is performed via the
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY header.integer
required
ID of the workspace. Required for all Digital Employees API endpoints.
Path Parameters
integer
required
The ID of the digital employee to invoke.
Response
{
"message": "Run started.",
"data": {
"run": {
"id": 501,
"digital_employee_id": 123,
"status": "running",
"wake_reason": "manual",
"execution_id": 9001,
"started_at": "2026-06-24T17:30:00Z"
}
}
}
Errors
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
409 | A run is already in progress for this employee. Wait for the current run to finish. |
422 | The employee is not in an executable state (e.g., paused or missing configuration). |
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