# Webhook for Discourse events **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-for-discourse-events/39808 **Category:** Feature **Tags:** rfc **Created:** [February 18, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-for-discourse-events/39808 "2016-02-18T16:06:42Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 13
### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh) #### Post date: [October 22, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-for-discourse-events/39808/13 "2016-10-22T11:48:35Z")
Completed: > [@Configure webhooks that trigger on Discourse events to integrate with external services](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-webhooks/49045): > > A webhook is a way to notify external services about changes on the internet. It’s easier to setup, manage and develop than a Discourse plugin. Though, it does require you to program a little bit or understand its technical details. In this #howto, I’ll set up webhook to power a Github bot for referencing pull request brought in a forum. We’ll want to see a new comment on Github pull request when a new post has a link to it. It’s a very simple process: Publish a new post. A webhook event happ… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-for-discourse-events/39808)._