Webhooks 101: Building an Event-Driven API (like GitHub or Stripe)

Master Webhooks for Scalable Integrations, Automation, and Real-Time Updates Webhooks allow programs to share data in real time without having to check an API or manually update it continuously. Rather than checking an API at regular intervals to see if something has been updated, webhooks allow the platform to send an HTTP POST request to a predefined URL whenever an event occurs. This improves the system's effectiveness, speed, and scalability. For example, when new code is posted to a GitHub