# API, webhooks, and automation

**Category:** [String Manager](https://help.totalctrl.app/hc/totalctrl/totalctrl-help-center/en-US/categories/strings)
**Updated:** 2026-08-19

## Automate String Manager

### REST API

The API can create sets, manage strings and translations, export, and import. The upload endpoint accepts a `format_override` field (the API equivalent of the File type dropdown) and returns the detected format.
### Webhooks

Events include `string.set.created`, `string.created`, `string.updated`, `string.deleted`, and `strings.uploaded` (fired after a file is uploaded and parsed).
### Orchestration & notifications

Uploads trigger the *Strings File Uploaded* Orchestration trigger and send the uploader a notification with the import counts.

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## Related Articles

- [Import and export strings](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/import-and-export-strings)
- [Uploading a file and choosing the file type](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/string-manager-upload-file-type)
- [String Manager overview](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/string-manager-overview)
- [Supported file formats](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/string-manager-supported-formats)
- [Add strings and enter translations](https://help.totalctrl.app/en-US/articles/manage-strings-and-translations)

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