# Webhooks - documentation? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhooks-documentation/51678 **Category:** Support **Created:** [October 18, 2016, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhooks-documentation/51678 "2016-10-18T09:41:13Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio) #### Post date: [October 18, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhooks-documentation/51678/2 "2016-10-18T12:10:50Z")
This might be a good starting point > [@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/webhooks-documentation/51678)._