webhook
noun/ˈwɛb.hʊk/
Etymology From web + hook, coined by Jeff Lindsay in 2007 from the computer programming term hook.
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Internet A method of augmenting or altering the behavior of a web application or a web page using custom callbacks, usually triggered by some external event.
- Webhooks are the most widely used approach for solving the event delivery challenge (see section 1.2.3) and realizing events in combination with REST APIs.2017, Matthias Biehl, Webhooks – Events for RESTful APIs, API-University Press, →ISBN, page 35: