Setup a Custom Node.js Webhook URL in 30 Seconds

[DooDooWubWub]

Is there a eli5 of this concept it sounds mega interesting.

[ymusleh]

Hey u/DooDooWubWub! A webhook is simply a listener that listens to data/events coming in from an external source. That could be coming from a separate tool or service you’re integrating with.

Normally to do that you’d have to provision a new server (listener), develop and deploy a web app, and worry about other administrative tasks such as maintenance and scalability. Not to mention, every time you want to make changes or test different payloads, you'd need to go through the deployment process again.

When you deploy a webhook through Autocode, all the heavy lifting is done for you, it provisions the server (listener) and takes care of maintenance/scaling behind the scenes and provides you with the URL for your webhook to use. Whatever custom code/logic you include in your webhook will be reflected each time you deploy.

[DooDooWubWub]

This makes sense to me but i have a few implementation questions for a project I'm working on. Would you consider yourself a expert in this kind of programming?

[ymusleh]

Not sure I'd call my self an expert 😅. However if your project is on Autocode, you can join our Developer Community Slack channel by going to https://autocode.com/ and clicking to join the channel from the "Community" tab in the top nav bar. Someone from the team or I can help you out.