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Admin Guide - Webhooks

Webhooks​

A webhook is a way for multiple computer systems to automatically comunicate information. Webhooks are proactive and remove the need for polling for information.

From a general perspective, a webhook works with a flow similar to this:

  1. You set up an endpoint.
  2. You add and configure your endpoint on the platform.
  3. When an event occurs that triggers the webhook, the platform sends the payload to your endpoint.
  4. The server processess the data based on how the endpoint is configured.

They are useful for a number of use cases, but are especially useful for cases where you need to act immediately (such as security events, financial events, and user account events, etc.) or where a chain of events needs to be launched when a specific action or event occurs.

Setting up a webhook​

You can set up a webhook in the Pangea User Console under Notifications.

  1. Log in to the Pangea User Console.
  2. Click Notifications to view the list items.
  3. Click on Webhooks.
  4. Click + Webhook to create a new webhook.
  5. Type a name for the webhook in the form provided, and add the URL for your webhook.
  6. Click Create.
  7. The webhook is created and is ready to be connected to events.

Adding webhooks to Pangea services​

Currently, you can use webhooks with AI Guard with new or existing AI Guard recipes to alert your system when a detector logs an event. You can then respond to the event to prevent or minimize negative outcomes.

For more information on setting up and using webhooks with AI Guard, check out the webhooks documentation.

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