# Passing SSO info via Webhook

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/passing-sso-info-via-webhook/164504>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [September 18, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passing-sso-info-via-webhook/164504 "2020-09-18T21:20:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/passing-sso-info-via-webhook/164504/4 "2020-09-18T21:50:19Z")

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I just had a look at the code. It turns out that the `external_id` is only passed in the User Event webhook payload for admin users. I am not sure why we only send the `external_id` in the payload for site admins.

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