Webhooks done right - Speaker Deck

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Webhooks done right Nicolas Grenié Developer Advocate @ Typeform 26 sept 2018 - API Strategy Nashville @picsoung @typeform

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Nicolas Grenié @picsoung @picsoung

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@picsoung

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@picsoung

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@picsoung

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Let’s go fishing @picsoung

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Spiders do it too @picsoung

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Let’s agree on something

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API Strategy: Start with webhook

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Thanks to webhook you can integrate with 1000+ services @picsoung

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What should happen on provider’s side? @picsoung

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#1 Test webhook event @picsoung

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#2 Let me inspect payload @picsoung

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#3 Events history @picsoung

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#4 Replay event @picsoung

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#5 Retries if failed to deliver @picsoung

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@picsoung #6 Notifications

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@picsoung #7 Sign webhook payload https://api.slack.com/docs/verifying-requests-from-slack

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@picsoung #8 Webhook API ● Let me create/change Webhook via API ● Add corresponding oAuth Scopes ● Manage deliveries

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@picsoung #9 More than one webhook ● Specialize each webhook ● Build complex workflow ● Enable more integration

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@picsoung #10 Many event types

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Will serverless functions Kill Webhooks?

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@picsoung Serverless is the future of webhooks

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Takeaways

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Takeaways Build Webhook first Dedicated DX effort Extend with native serverless

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Questions? Nicolas Grenié (@picsoung) [email protected] 26th Sept 2018 API Strategy Conference - Nashville, TN Images are from Unsplash https://unsplash.com/collections/3134634/apistrat-web hooks-done-right-slides Feedback? http://bit.ly/tf-apistrat