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Programmable Review Platform: API, Webhooks, and Embedded Review

How I exposed Fluxo's review system through scoped APIs, webhook contracts, embed tokens, and external automation-safe interfaces.

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Expose review workflows safely through APIs, webhooks, and embed capabilities.

Artem Moshnin, Lead Software EngineerJanuary 25, 202612 min
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Human review is Fluxo’s differentiator, but review becomes much more valuable when it integrates with the rest of a team’s systems: portals, CRMs, internal dashboards, and downstream automation.

So Fluxo exposes a programmable review surface: scoped APIs, signed webhooks, and embedded review experiences. The guiding constraint is that programmability must not break governance or tenant boundaries.

Section 1

REST review API

#rest-review-api

I exposed API routes for review tasks with org-scoped API key auth:

  • list review tasks
  • create review tasks
  • read task by id
  • apply task actions (approve/reject/revise)

Scope checks are mandatory per endpoint, and workflow ownership is validated against the API key organization.

Section 2

Webhook event contracts

#webhook-event-contracts

Fluxo emits review lifecycle events:

  • review.created
  • review.approved
  • review.rejected
  • review.revised
  • review.expired

Each payload is standardized with id, event, timestamp, and structured data body. Endpoints can subscribe to specific events only.

Section 3

Delivery guarantees and traceability

#delivery-guarantees-and-traceability

For each webhook delivery attempt, I persist:

  • endpoint reference
  • payload snapshot
  • response status/body
  • delivery/failed timestamps
  • retry count

This gives operators an actual delivery ledger, not opaque sent logs.

Section 4

Embed review tokens

#embed-review-tokens

I implemented embed tokens with scoped permissions and origin controls:

  • optional workflow/queue scope
  • approve/reject/edit capability flags
  • allowed origins
  • expiry and revocation

From that token, Fluxo can generate secure iframe code for external portals while preserving backend authorization checks.

Section 5

Why I built it this way

#why-i-built-it-this-way

Review workflows become much more valuable when they are composable with existing systems. The programmable layer makes Fluxo interoperable while preserving governance, auditability, and strict organization scoping.