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Phil Nash
March 23, 2015
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Webhooks - The API strikes back
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Transcript
WeB HookS
The api StrikeS bacK
Phil Nash @philnash http:/ /philna.sh
[email protected]
WeB HookS
WEBHOOKS
Webhooks • What are webhooks? • Developing with webhooks •
Webhook best Practices
WHAT ARE WEBHOOKS?
I COULD TELL YOU...
+447903517178
WEBHOOKS
QUESTIONS?
Webhooks everywhere • Twilio • GoCardless • GitHub • Mandrill
• Stripe • MailChimp • HipChat • SendGrid • DropBox • Slack
WHY WEBHOOKS?
None
WORKING WITH WEBHOOKS
None
NGROK
BECOMING AN API
Becoming an API • Security • Performance • Idempotence
SECURITY
None
USE HTTPS
WEBHOOK PROVIDERS SIGN THEIR REQUESTS
VERIFY THE SIGNATURE
SOME WEBHOOK PROVIDERS DON'T SIGN THEIR REQUESTS
¯\_( ツ)_/¯
SHARE SECRETS
PERFORMANCE
BE GOOD TO YOURSELF AND THE WEBHOOK
DELAY LONG RUNNING TASKS
IDEMPOTENCE
F(F(X)) = F(X)
RETRIES ARE WONDERFUL BUT...
SENDING HUNDREDS OF SMS IS NOT
Webhooks • Use webhooks instead of polling • Use ngrok,
or similar, for development • Secure your webhooks! • Respond quickly to webhooks • Idempotence (idempotence, idempotence...)
None
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Image credits • Polling Station - secretlondon123 • Stevie Graham
- Stevie Graham
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Thanks! @philnash http:/ /philna.sh
[email protected]
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