Introduction

What are Webhooks?

Webhooks are user-defined HTTP callbacks to a specific event in the system. They are automated and are used to send notifications when the event is triggered in the source system. Then a destination system receives payloads of data via webhooks. In other words, webhooks allow sharing of information about the occurred event between integrations and the source system.

Key Components of Webhooks

• Trigger - the event that causes a webhook to fire;

• URL - the specified listener in the form of an HTTP request which receives the webhooks and performs a predetermined action afterward;

• The payload - the message about the triggering event the webhook sends;

• Headers -  supplemental information to pass, e.g. authentication.

Learn more: about how to set webhooks from external partners with endpoints in the Meiro