webhook

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

webhook (plural webhooks)

  1. (Internet) A method of augmenting or altering the behavior of a Web application or a web page using custom callbacks.

Translations[edit]

method of augmenting or altering the behavior of a Web application or a Web page using custom callbacks

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Web hooks to revolutionize the web”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 2015 June 23 (last accessed), archived from the original on 26 August 2015
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