Webhook Fundamentals

Master the core concepts of webhooks: what they are, how they work, and when to use them. These guides provide the foundation you need before diving into implementation details.

📄️What is a webhook?

What a webhook is and how it works: an HTTP callback that pushes event data to your endpoint, with the delivery lifecycle, retries, and security.

📄️Webhook Request Structure Explained

Webhook request structure explained: the headers, signatures, timestamps, payloads, event types, and IDs that make up every webhook HTTP request.

📄️Your First Webhook Endpoint

Build your first webhook endpoint step by step in Node.js, Python, and Go: parse the payload, verify signatures, and return the right response codes.

📄️Webhook Terminology Glossary

Webhook terminology explained: providers, consumers, endpoints, event types, fat vs thin payloads, retries, backoff, and other terms you'll meet in docs.