webhook

Category: The web and how it moves

webhook — A way for one service to call your app automatically when something happens — instead of your app having to keep asking.

Why you care

Webhooks are how services like Stripe, GitHub, or a CRM tell your app about events in real time. Payment received, deploy finished, form submitted — each triggers a webhook to an endpoint you control.

When you hear it

"Add a webhook." "Stripe sends a webhook."