Webhooks

2019-11-05 — 2019-11-05

Wherein a generic internet interoperation standard is described, and a self‑hosted DIY tool called webhook by Adnan Hajdarevic is noted for being used to automate GitHub deployments and run listeners as system services.

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A standard for interoperation and scripting on the internet, theoretically generic but in practice used mostly to automate GitHub deployment.

The default tool for DIY webhooks seems to be Adnan Hajdarevic’s webhook.

This is used in various examples such as this example showing how to set up webhook listeners on your own server as system services, and a plain text blog walkthrough.