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Webhook Development
Table of Contents
Overview
When to Use
Quick Start
Reference Guides
Best Practices
Overview
Build reliable webhook systems with event delivery, signature verification, retry logic, and dead-letter handling for asynchronous integrations.
When to Use
Sending real-time notifications to external systems
Implementing event-driven architectures
Integrating with third-party platforms
Building audit trails and logging systems
Triggering automated workflows
Delivering payment or order notifications
Quick Start
Minimal working example:
{
"id": "evt_1234567890",
"timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
"event": "order.created",
"version": "1.0",
"data": {
"orderId": "ORD-123456",
"customerId": "CUST-789",
"amount": 99.99,
"currency": "USD",
"items": [
{
"productId": "PROD-001",
"quantity": 2,
"price": 49.99
}
],
"status": "pending"
},
"attempt": 1,
"retryable": true
}
Reference Guides
Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:
Guide
Contents
Webhook Event Schema
Webhook Event Schema
Node.js Webhook Service
Node.js Webhook Service
Python Webhook Handler
Python Webhook Handler
Best Practices
Best Practices, Webhook Events
Best Practices
✅ DO
Follow established patterns and conventions
Write clean, maintainable code
Add appropriate documentation
Test thoroughly before deploying
❌ DON'T
Skip testing or validation
Ignore error handling
Hard-code configuration values
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