Why would you not add WebHooks to your API?

By Srushtika Neelakantam

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The tech world is increasingly becoming event-driven.

This brings us to the fact that adding WebHooks to your own APIs has become an absolute necessity. In this talk we’ll see why WebHooks are loved so much by developers and how enabling them for your own APIs can boost their Developer Experience.

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The tech world is increasingly becoming event-driven; responding to a change is made seamless by various ‘connector platforms’ such as Zapier and IFTTT.

This brings us to the fact that adding WebHooks to your own APIs has become an absolute necessity. In this talk we’ll see why WebHooks are loved so much by developers and how enabling them for your own APIs can boost their Developer Experience. We’ll look at some examples of doing this and explore a few case studies of companies who did this.