Webhook
- 1. PPT On WEBHOOK - BY MOHIT BISHNOI
- 2. Problems before Webhook • Notifications • Data syncing • Chaining • Modification • plugins
- 3. Introduction • Webhooks are pretty amazing, it helps in keeping subscriber’s activity data in sync with Enterprise system. • Webhooks are basically user defined HTTP callbacks (or small code snippets linked to a web application) which are triggered by specific events. Whenever that trigger event occurs in the source site, the webhook sees the event, collects the data, and sends it to the URL specified by you in the form of an HTTP request. You can even configure an event in one site to trigger an action in another site.
- 4. How webhook works Example: Picture a doorbell system – with a button near the door, and a bell in your living room. When a visitor pushes the button, you hear the doorbell ring, which tells you that someone is at the door – meaning, a signal is sent from the button to the doorbell.
- 5. More about webhook • Webhooks allow you to collect information about events as they happen in real-time. • Helps plan subsequent actions immediately.
- 6. Supported Events • Delivered • Dropped • Invalid • Bounced • Opened • Clicked • Unsubscribed • Abuse
- 7. API vs. WEBHOOK • API: works on request-based output mechanisms • WEBHOOK: works on event-based output mechanisms. In a webhook, the pre-requested information is passed to the other apps as and when an event happens, contrary to a typical API where you have to manually “poll” for new data at regular time intervals.
- 9. Real life use cases:- • PayPal • Flipkart,Amazon • Mailchimp • Chargebee • And many more…
- 10. Conclusion • The benefits of webhooks in a nutshell – instant, real-time notifications. You should care because webhooks will be ubiquitous. You should care because they’re going to reshape the internet. You should care because webhooks are the next step in the evolution of communication on the internet and nothing will be left untouched.