webhook

See also: Webhook

English

Etymology

From web +‎ hook, coined by Jeff Lindsay in 2007 from the computer programming term hook.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛb.hʊk/
  • Hyphenation: web‧hook

Noun

webhook (plural webhooks)

  1. (Internet) A method of augmenting or altering the behavior of a web application or a web page using custom callbacks, usually triggered by some external event.
    Synonym: reverse API
    • 2017, Matthias Biehl, Webhooks – Events for RESTful APIs, API-University Press, →ISBN, page 35:
      Webhooks are the most widely used approach for solving the event delivery challenge (see section 1.2.3) and realizing events in combination with REST APIs.

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References
  1. Jeff Lindsay (2007 May 3) “Web hooks to revolutionize the web”, in Progrium Labs‎, archived from the original on 26 August 2015
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