Webhooks - documentation?

[sniepoort (Sebastian)]

Is there any documentation for this feature that was added in June?
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/9ce61b45869df28b6da6eaee012c9f7d1dd7f3e2
I have no idea what it does…

[cpradio]

This might be a good starting point

Configure webhooks that trigger on Discourse events to integrate with external services

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…