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New highlight created

This trigger fires when a new highlight is added to your Readwise account.

Developer info

API endpoint slug
readwise.new_highlight_created

Trigger fields

Book Dropdown list

Label
Source
Helper text
Pick a book or article to monitor, or choose "Any source" to fire for highlights from any source.
Slug
book_id
Required
true
Can have default value
false

Tag filter Text input > Other

Label
Tag (optional)
Helper text
Only fire for highlights tagged with this name. Leave blank to fire for all highlights. Comma-separated to match any of multiple tags.
Slug
tag_filter
Required
true
Can have default value
true

Ingredients

Highlight The unique ID of the highlight.

Slug
highlight_id
Filter
Readwise.newHighlightCreated.HighlightId
Type
String
Example
987654321

Highlight text The text of the highlight.

Slug
highlight_text
Filter
Readwise.newHighlightCreated.HighlightText
Type
String
Example
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Source title The title of the book, article, or other source.

Slug
source_title
Filter
Readwise.newHighlightCreated.SourceTitle
Type
String
Example
The Mythical Man-Month

Source author The author of the source.

Slug
source_author
Filter
Readwise.newHighlightCreated.SourceAuthor
Type
String
Example
Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

Highlighted at The date and time the highlight was made.

Slug
highlighted_at
Filter
Readwise.newHighlightCreated.HighlightedAt
Type
Date with time (ISO8601)
Example
2020-07-08T04:17:06+05:00

Tag list Comma-separated list of tags applied to the highlight.

Slug
tag_list
Filter
Readwise.newHighlightCreated.TagList
Type
String
Example
engineering, planning

Highlight url Deep link to view this highlight in Readwise.

Slug
highlight_url
Filter
Readwise.newHighlightCreated.HighlightUrl
Type
Web URL
Example
https://readwise.io/open/987654321

Location in source Where in the source the highlight is located.

Slug
location_in_source
Filter
Readwise.newHighlightCreated.LocationInSource
Type
String
Example
page 45