# How to differentiate webhooks for created, approved or updated

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-differentiate-webhooks-for-created-approved-or-updated/71607>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [Outubro 8, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-differentiate-webhooks-for-created-approved-or-updated/71607 "2017-10-08T00:18:45Z")\
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**Post date:** [Outubro 8, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-differentiate-webhooks-for-created-approved-or-updated/71607/3 "2017-10-08T22:01:13Z")

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> [@watchmanmonitor](#):
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> what’s the best way to identify when the webhook is related to a new user, vs a user being updated?

You can get that from the `X-Discourse-Event` header field. When a user is created that field’s value will be `user_created`.

> [@watchmanmonitor](#):
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> lately it’s being triggered too often.

It seems that the User `user_updated` webhook is being sent every time a user creates a Topic or a Post. This didn’t used to happen and seems like a bug.

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