An email action contains a variety of settings. You may find that you want to change some of these values, such as the subject and content of the emails to be more succinct or for more clarity. You may want to change the list of email recipients — maybe add someone or remove others. You can use the updateEmailAction() GraphQL mutation to make changes to an email action.

When you have too many changes to make, you might use deleteActionV2() to delete an email action and create a new one with the createEmailAction() mutation. To test the parameters of an email action, there is the testEmailAction() mutation, but it's not used to test an existing email action. You can add labels to actions with the addActionLabels() mutation.

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Show Email Actions Query

For more information on creating email actions, see the Action Type: Email documentation page. You may also want to look at the Actions page for related information.

API Stability Long-Term
Security Requirement & Control CreateActions API permission

Syntax

graphql
updateEmailAction(
     input: UpdateEmailAction!
   ): EmailAction!

For the input, you'll have to give the unique identifier of the email action to change, all the email addresses of the recipients again, indicate whether to use a proxy, and the name of the respository or view associated with the action. Click on Show Query above to find the identifier. See the Given Datatype section farther down this page for more parameters and explanations.

For the results, you can get information on the action. See the Returned Datatype section for a list of parameters.

Example

Raw
graphql
mutation {
  updateEmailAction( input:
     { viewName: "humio",
       name: "WakeUp",
       id: "abc123"
       recipients: ["bob@company.com", "ted@company.com" ],
       useProxy: false
    } 
  )
  { name }
}
Mac OS or Linux (curl)
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  updateEmailAction( input:
     { viewName: \"humio\",
       name: \"WakeUp\",
       id: \"abc123\"
       recipients: [\"bob@company.com\", \"ted@company.com\" ],
       useProxy: false
    } 
  )
  { name }
}"
}
EOF
Mac OS or Linux (curl) One-line
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  updateEmailAction( input:
     { viewName: \"humio\",
       name: \"WakeUp\",
       id: \"abc123\"
       recipients: [\"bob@company.com\", \"ted@company.com\" ],
       useProxy: false
    } 
  )
  { name }
}"
}
EOF
Windows Cmd and curl
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql ^
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" ^
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" ^
    -d @'{"query" : "mutation { ^
  updateEmailAction( input: ^
     { viewName: \"humio\", ^
       name: \"WakeUp\", ^
       id: \"abc123\" ^
       recipients: [\"bob@company.com\", \"ted@company.com\" ], ^
       useProxy: false ^
    }  ^
  ) ^
  { name } ^
}" ^
} '
Windows Powershell and curl
powershell
curl.exe -X POST 
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -d '{"query" : "mutation {
  updateEmailAction( input:
     { viewName: \"humio\",
       name: \"WakeUp\",
       id: \"abc123\"
       recipients: [\"bob@company.com\", \"ted@company.com\" ],
       useProxy: false
    } 
  )
  { name }
}"
}'
    "$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql"
Perl
perl
#!/usr/bin/perl

use HTTP::Request;
use LWP;

my $TOKEN = "TOKEN";

my $uri = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql';

my $query = "mutation {
  updateEmailAction( input:
     { viewName: \"humio\",
       name: \"WakeUp\",
       id: \"abc123\"
       recipients: [\"bob@company.com\", \"ted@company.com\" ],
       useProxy: false
    } 
  )
  { name }
}";
$query =~ s/\n/ /g;
my $json = sprintf('{"query" : "%s"}',$query);
my $req = HTTP::Request->new("POST", $uri );

$req->header("Authorization" => "Bearer $TOKEN");
$req->header("Content-Type" => "application/json");

$req->content( $json );

my $lwp = LWP::UserAgent->new;

my $result = $lwp->request( $req );

print $result->{"_content"},"\n";
Python
python
#! /usr/local/bin/python3

import requests

url = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql'
mydata = r'''{"query" : "mutation {
  updateEmailAction( input:
     { viewName: \"humio\",
       name: \"WakeUp\",
       id: \"abc123\"
       recipients: [\"bob@company.com\", \"ted@company.com\" ],
       useProxy: false
    } 
  )
  { name }
}"
}'''

resp = requests.post(url,
                     data = mydata,
                     headers = {
   "Authorization" : "Bearer $TOKEN",
   "Content-Type" : "application/json"
}
)

print(resp.text)
Node.js
javascript
const https = require('https');

const data = JSON.stringify(
    {"query" : "mutation {
  updateEmailAction( input:
     { viewName: \"humio\",
       name: \"WakeUp\",
       id: \"abc123\"
       recipients: [\"bob@company.com\", \"ted@company.com\" ],
       useProxy: false
    } 
  )
  { name }
}"
}
);


const options = {
  hostname: '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL',
  path: 'graphql',
  port: 443,
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Content-Length': data.length,
    Authorization: 'BEARER ' + process.env.TOKEN,
    'User-Agent': 'Node',
  },
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`);

  res.on('data', (d) => {
    data += d;
  });
  res.on('end', () => {
    console.log(JSON.parse(data).data);
  });
});

req.on('error', (error) => {
  console.error(error);
});

req.write(data);
req.end();
Example Responses
Success (HTTP Response Code 200 OK)
json
{
  "data": {
    "updateEmailAction": {
      "name": "WakeUp"
    }
  }
}

Given Datatype

For the input, there are several parameters that you have to give. The table indicates which are required. Click on the Show Query link above the Syntax section for an example of how to get the email action identifiers.

Table: UpdateEmailAction

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultStabilityDescription
Some arguments may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For return datatypes, this indicates that you must specify which fields you want returned in the results.
Table last updated: Mar 25, 2026
attachCsvboolean falseLong-TermWhether the result set should be be attached as a CSV file.
bodyTemplatestring  Long-TermThe body of the email. This can be templated with values from the result.
idstringyes Long-TermThe unique identifier of the action.
labels[string]  Long-TermA set of labels by which to categorize the action.
namestringyes Long-TermThe name of the action.
recipients[string]yes Long-TermList of email addresses where to send an email.
subjectTemplatestring  Long-TermSubject of the email. Can be templated with values from the result.
useProxybooleanyes Long-TermDefines whether the action should use the configured proxy to make web requests.
viewNamestringyes Long-TermThe name of the view of the action.

Returned Datatype

With the returned datatype you can get a list of allowed actions, when the action was created and modified last and by whom, and other items. Check the table below for what you can request:

Table: EmailAction

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultStabilityDescription
Some arguments may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For return datatypes, this indicates that you must specify which fields you want returned in the results.
Table last updated: Sep 30, 2025
allowedActions[AssetAction]yes Short-TermThe allowed asset actions. See AssetAction . This is a preview feature. Changes may occur.
attachCsvbooleanyes Long-TermWhether the result set should be attached as a CSV file.
bodyTemplatestring  Long-TermBody of the email. Can be templated with values from the result.
createdInfoAssetCommitMetadata  Long-TermMetadata related to the creation of the action. See AssetCommitMetadata.
displayNamestringyes Long-TermThe display name of the action.
idstringyes Long-TermThe unique identifier of the action.
isAllowedToRunbooleanyes Long-TermFalse if this type of action is disabled because of a security policy.
labels[string]  PreviewThe labels associated with the action, if any.
modifiedInfoAssetCommitMetadata  Long-TermMetadata related to the latest modification of the action. See AssetCommitMetadata.
namestringyes Long-TermThe name of the action.
packagePackageInstallation  Long-TermThe package which the action is part. See PackageInstallation.
packageIdVersionedPackageSpecifier  Long-TermThe package version. VersionedPackageSpecifier is a scalar.
recipients[string]yes Long-TermList of email addresses to send an email.
requiresOrganizationOwnedQueriesPermissionToEditbooleanyes Long-TermTrue if this action is used by triggers, where the query is run by the organization. If true, then the OrganizationOwnedQueries permission is required to edit the action.
resourcestringyes Short-TermThe resource identifier for the action.
subjectTemplatestring  Long-TermSubject of the email. Can be templated with values from the result.
useProxybooleanyes Long-TermDefines whether the action should use the configured proxy to make web requests.
yamlTemplateYAMLyes Long-TermA template that can be used to recreate the action. YAML is a scalar.