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John Sheehan
August 21, 2014
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Crafting a Great Webhooks Experience
Presented at API Craft SF on 8/21/14
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August 21, 2014
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Transcript
Crafting a Great Webhooks Experience John Sheehan CEO, @Runscope Tuesday,
October 7, 14
Tuesday, October 7, 14
Tuesday, October 7, 14
Tuesday, October 7, 14
Tuesday, October 7, 14
Tuesday, October 7, 14
"user defined callbacks made with HTTP POST" Tuesday, October 7,
14
"Webhooks are the easiest way to remotely execute code." --
Jeff Lindsay once when we were talking Tuesday, October 7, 14
HTTP Push Notifications Tuesday, October 7, 14
A Reverse API Tuesday, October 7, 14
Provider makes request to URL when an event happens. Consumer
sets up a server to listen for callbacks. Consumer registers callback URL with provider. Tuesday, October 7, 14
Provider makes request to URL when an event happens. Consumer
sets up a server to listen for callbacks. Consumer registers callback URL with provider. Tuesday, October 7, 14
Provider makes request to URL when an event happens. Consumer
sets up a server to listen for callbacks. Consumer registers callback URL with provider. Tuesday, October 7, 14
Tuesday, October 7, 14
Implementing Webhooks Tuesday, October 7, 14
url = get_callback_url() data = get_webhook_payload_json() try: resp = requests.post(url,
data=data) if not resp.ok: _logger.error(resp.content) except Exception as e: _logger.error(e) Tuesday, October 7, 14
Problem #1: Error Handling Tuesday, October 7, 14
> POST /callback < 400 Bad Request Tuesday, October 7,
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> POST /callback < 302 Found < Location: http:// Tuesday,
October 7, 14
> POST /callback < 200 OK < Content-Type: text/plain <
<Response></Response> Tuesday, October 7, 14
Error Handling Suggestions Tuesday, October 7, 14
Be lenient in what you accept back if you can
reasonably guess. Retry failed callbacks with exponential back off. Decide if redirects are to be followed or not. Tuesday, October 7, 14
Be lenient in what you accept back if you can
reasonably guess. Retry failed callbacks with exponential back off. Decide if redirects are to be followed or not. Tuesday, October 7, 14
Be lenient in what you accept back if you can
reasonably guess. Retry failed callbacks with exponential back off. Decide if redirects are to be followed or not. Tuesday, October 7, 14
Problem #2: Flooding Tuesday, October 7, 14
Tuesday, October 7, 14
Active Queues ↪ ↪ Tuesday, October 7, 14
Problem #3: Security Tuesday, October 7, 14
> POST http://localhost:3000 Tuesday, October 7, 14
> POST http://foo.lvh.me Tuesday, October 7, 14
DoS Attack Vector Tuesday, October 7, 14
Proving the Source Tuesday, October 7, 14
Validation Techniques Tuesday, October 7, 14
Key Sharing Tuesday, October 7, 14
Request Signing Tuesday, October 7, 14
Re-fetch > POST /callback > { id: 123 } >
GET /users/123 < { id: 123 } Webhook Callback App Code Tuesday, October 7, 14
Security Suggestions Tuesday, October 7, 14
Validate your requests. Document it well! Resolve IPs before making
request. Consider proxying. Consider subscription validation for high-volume cases. Tuesday, October 7, 14
Validate your requests. Document it well! Resolve IPs before making
request. Consider proxying. Consider subscription validation for high-volume cases. Tuesday, October 7, 14
Validate your requests. Document it well! Resolve IPs before making
request. Consider proxying. Consider subscription validation for high-volume cases. Tuesday, October 7, 14
Developer Experience Tuesday, October 7, 14
Payload Design Tuesday, October 7, 14
Fat vs.Thin Tuesday, October 7, 14
- or - { } payload= Tuesday, October 7, 14
- or - data = JSON.loads(request.body) name = data["name"] name
= request.form.get("name") Tuesday, October 7, 14
payload = request.form.get("payload") data = JSON.loads(payload) name = data["name"] Tuesday,
October 7, 14
Mirror API Resources Tuesday, October 7, 14
Complete Documentation! Tuesday, October 7, 14
Tooling Tuesday, October 7, 14
Accept Multiple Callback URLs Tuesday, October 7, 14
Hooks API Tuesday, October 7, 14
Debugger & Logs Tuesday, October 7, 14
Manual Retries Tuesday, October 7, 14
Generate Test Callbacks Tuesday, October 7, 14
Tunneling Tuesday, October 7, 14
Thank you! Questions? Try Runscope free: runscope.com Tuesday, October 7,
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