The Wonderful World of Webhooks

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1. The Wonderful World of Webhooks Lorna Jane Mitchell, LeadDev 2016

2. Webhooks in the Wild @lornajane

3. How APIs Work @lornajane

4. How APIs Work @lornajane

5. How APIs Work @lornajane

6. How Webhooks Work @lornajane

7. How Webhooks Work @lornajane

8. How Webhooks Work @lornajane

9. What About Time? @lornajane

10. APIs Over Time @lornajane

11. Webhooks Over Time @lornajane

12. Setup @lornajane

13. Setup • Subscribe • Publish @lornajane

14. Inside A Webhook Webhook for github wiki page created {

    "pages": [ { "page_name": "Home", "title": "Home", "summary": null, "action": "created", ... and 111 more lines @lornajane

15. Inside A Webhook This hook will contain: • The pages

    that changed in the wiki • The repository • The owner of the repository • The user that sent this change Includes much hypermedia @lornajane

16. Inside A Webhook "owner": { "login": "baxterthehacker", "id": 6752317, "avatar_url":

    "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6752317?v=3", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/baxterthehacker", "html_url": "https://github.com/baxterthehacker", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/baxterthehacker/gists{/gist_id}", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/baxterthehacker/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/baxterthehacker/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/baxterthehacker/received_events "type": "User", "site_admin": false } @lornajane

17. Receiving Webhooks • Store • Acknowledge • Process @lornajane

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19. Thanks! Webhooks are awesome :) Contact me: • @lornajane •

    lorna.mitchell@uk.ibm.com @lornajane