# Webhook event \`post\_type\`
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-event-post-type/249088
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 16, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-event-post-type/249088 "2022-12-16T01:18:01Z")
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### Author:  [@Lucas\_Alves](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lucas_Alves)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-event-post-type/249088/1 "2022-12-16T01:18:01Z")
I’m integrating with the webhook, and when I receive a `Post` event, we have the `post_type` field. How can I find the type list? Do we have documentation about webhook events?
In resume, I wondering to discover if the user made a comment, shared a post, or another related event.
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### Author:  [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-event-post-type/249088/2 "2022-12-16T01:45:13Z")
> [@Lucas\_Alves](#):
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> when I receive a `Post` event, we have the `post_type` field. How can I find the type list?
Maybe this should be documented here: [Configure webhooks that trigger on Discourse events to integrate with external services](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-webhooks-that-trigger-on-discourse-events-to-integrate-with-external-services/49045).
You can get the post types from the rails console by running `Post.types`. That returns
```plaintext
:regular=>1, :moderator_action=>2, :small_action=>3, :whisper=>4
```
> [@Lucas\_Alves](#):
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> I wondering to discover if the user made a comment, shared a post, or another related event.
Any regular post on the site will have its `post_type` field set to 1 (regular.)
Post type 2 (moderator\_actions) is for posts that are generated when moderators handle flags in the review queue. I _think_ that’s the only time that post type is used.
Post type 3 (small\_actions) is for posts that are automatically generated when a topic is opened, closed, etc.
Post type 4 is for whisper posts.
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### Author:  [@Lucas\_Alves](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lucas_Alves)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2022, 9:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-event-post-type/249088/3 "2022-12-16T09:19:58Z")
Got it.
Is there some way to know if the user created a post or just reply another post?
And do we have the event when the user shares a topic/post?
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### Author:  [@smileBeda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smileBeda)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2023, 5:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-event-post-type/249088/4 "2023-02-22T05:57:26Z")
@Lucas_Alves … must be so frustrating to just get no instructions, but also to completely miss any doc about it. Like, at least, for _me_ it is frustrating.
Now, since I found your post here which was exactly what _I_ was looking for, let me share how I detect if it is a “comment” (strictly speaking a POST that is a FOLLOW UP of any kind to the TOPIC)
1. the `post_type` is `1`
2. the `post_number` is greater than `1`
3. the `version` is `1`
If you want to specifically get only _replies_ to a specific _other coment_ you could use `reply_to_post_number` (if not empty, that is the post number of the post being replied to)
I hope this helps, and I wish, Discourse would call this object property `comment`, not `post`, just like they call `like` for Like actions!