aj-geddes/webhook-development

Webhook Development

Table of Contents

• Overview
• When to Use
• Quick Start
• Reference Guides
• Best Practices

Overview

Build reliable webhook systems with event delivery, signature verification, retry logic, and dead-letter handling for asynchronous integrations.

When to Use

• Sending real-time notifications to external systems
• Implementing event-driven architectures
• Integrating with third-party platforms
• Building audit trails and logging systems
• Triggering automated workflows
• Delivering payment or order notifications

Quick Start

Minimal working example:

{
  "id": "evt_1234567890",
  "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "event": "order.created",
  "version": "1.0",
  "data": {
    "orderId": "ORD-123456",
    "customerId": "CUST-789",
    "amount": 99.99,
    "currency": "USD",
    "items": [
      {
        "productId": "PROD-001",
        "quantity": 2,
        "price": 49.99
      }
    ],
    "status": "pending"
  },
  "attempt": 1,
  "retryable": true
}

Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:

| Guide | Contents | |---|---| | Webhook Event Schema | Webhook Event Schema | | Node.js Webhook Service | Node.js Webhook Service | | Python Webhook Handler | Python Webhook Handler | | Best Practices | Best Practices, Webhook Events |

Best Practices

✅ DO

• Follow established patterns and conventions
• Write clean, maintainable code
• Add appropriate documentation
• Test thoroughly before deploying

❌ DON'T

• Skip testing or validation
• Ignore error handling
• Hard-code configuration values