The Wonderful World of Webhooks

Short tech talk slot from Lead Developer 2016

Transcript

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
19. Thanks! Webhooks are awesome :) Contact me: • @lornajane • lorna.mitchell@uk.ibm.com @lornajane