FAQ
What is a webhook?
Section titled “What is a webhook?”A webhook is how web-based systems notify each other over HTTP. When something happens in one system—a payment captured, a deploy finished, a form submitted—it sends an HTTP request to a URL you control.
That request is the same kind of message your browser sends when you open a page: a method, path, headers, query string, and optional body. Webhooks are just those requests used as machine-to-machine callbacks.
What is Webhookah?
Section titled “What is Webhookah?”Webhookah is a webhook testing workbench. You get a receiving URL (an endpoint), send traffic to it, and inspect method, path, headers, query values, and body as requests arrive in real time.
It is built for focused debugging sessions: create or reuse an endpoint, watch the live stream, inspect the payload, and copy what you need without leaving the workbench.
What are some common uses for Webhookah?
Section titled “What are some common uses for Webhookah?”- Receive webhooks without standing up your own internet-facing server
- Debug third-party integrations while you wire callbacks
- Verify payload shape, headers, and auth schemes from providers
- Capture traffic from systems that only support outbound HTTP
- Share a stable endpoint URL with a teammate or a SaaS sandbox
- Replay or re-inspect recent requests while you fix the consumer
How do endpoints work?
Section titled “How do endpoints work?”An endpoint is a unique receiving URL. Anything sent to that URL shows up in your request list and payload panel.
Guests can use the workbench immediately. Signing up keeps your endpoints and history tied to your account so you can return to the same debugging session later.
Is my data private?
Section titled “Is my data private?”Treat webhook payloads as sensitive. Prefer accounts when you need endpoints that stay with you, and clear request history when a session is done. Do not send production secrets to a shared or throwaway endpoint you do not control.
Can I use Webhookah for production workloads?
Section titled “Can I use Webhookah for production workloads?”Webhookah is optimized for testing and inspection—the loop from “send a callback” to “understand exactly what arrived.” For production routing, durable workflows, and long-term storage, use your own infrastructure or a purpose-built pipeline and keep Webhookah as the debug surface.
I’m getting a 405 or the wrong page—what’s wrong?
Section titled “I’m getting a 405 or the wrong page—what’s wrong?”Make sure you are sending traffic to the endpoint URL from the workbench (the copyable receive URL), not the application URL in your browser address bar.
- App (wrong for webhooks): the Webhookah UI path you browse
- Endpoint (correct): the unique
/wh/...(or equivalent) receive URL shown in the workbench
How do I inspect what arrived?
Section titled “How do I inspect what arrived?”Open the workbench, select the endpoint, and watch the request list. Select a request to see headers, query parameters, and body. Live updates arrive over the stream so you do not need to refresh.
How do I clear old requests?
Section titled “How do I clear old requests?”Use the workbench controls to clear requests for an endpoint when you want a clean timeline. Clearing removes inspection history for that endpoint; the endpoint URL itself remains available.
How does Webhookah relate to webhook.site?
Section titled “How does Webhookah relate to webhook.site?”If you have used webhook.site, the core idea is familiar: a public URL that captures HTTP callbacks. Webhookah focuses on a compact real-time workbench, account-backed endpoints, and a first-class API for the same product surface. Start with Get started to run the same receive-and-inspect loop in Webhookah.