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Webhooknoun

An automatic notification sent to another system when an event occurs.

A webhook pushes a message to a URL you nominate the moment something happens — an order is approved, a delivery is confirmed, a payment lands — instead of the other system polling to ask.

Because delivery can fail or arrive twice, receivers must handle retries and be idempotent. A webhook processed twice should not create two purchase orders.

Also called

  • event callback
  • HTTP callback

See it in AWRA OpsHub

API & Webhook Automation

Related terms

Application Programming Interface

API

A defined interface letting one system read from or write to another.

Idempotency

The property that repeating an operation has no additional effect.

Approval Workflow

A defined chain of sign-offs a transaction must pass before proceeding.

Rate Limiting

Capping how many requests a client may make in a period.

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