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What is a Webhook? Here's an example to help you understand. Let's say you have an application. You want it to automatically perform an action without requiring manual triggering. That's where webhooks come in. Webhooks are like messengers. They allow one system to send a message to another whenever a specific event happens. It's like getting a notification on your phone. Picture someone commenting on your social media post or when you receive an email. Webhooks work similarly, but for systems and applications. They're more appropriate in server-to-server (S2S) scenarios. Here's the basic flow: 1) Service A exposes a webhook 2) Service B subscribes to the webhook from Service A 3) Service A writes down the subscription 4) The event occurs in Service A 5) Service A sends the webhook request to Service B Webhooks can be helpful in many ways. You can use webhooks to automatically trigger an action when a form is submitted on your website. They can also be used to send notifications or alerts. For example, when a new user signs up for your service or when an error occurs in your system. The main benefit of Webhooks is async processing. Here's how to use this idea to build better APIs: milanjovanovic.tech/blog/bui… Did you ever need to implement a webhook integration? --- Sign up for the .NET Weekly with 72K+ other engineers, and get a free Clean Architecture template: milanjovanovic.tech/template…