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"Web hooks are simple HTTP callbacks. They’re nothing new, you may be familiar with the PayPal IPN feature. That’s a web hook. The idea is to have web applications let users register post-receive URLs for various events. This can be used as a lightweight alternative to XMPP for real-time push notifications, but also for integrating arbitrary web services."
About Web Hooks. New name for an old idea, but there’s nothing wrong with that: it’s important for our industry to develop a shared vocabulary of short descriptive names for common practices.
