Webhook Testing Without the Headache: A Developer's Sanity-Saving Tutorial

Effortless Local Testing - Learn how to test Webhooks on your local environment

In this tutorial, we'll dive into the art of testing webhooks effectively. Discover how to receive third-party webhooks directly on your local machine using Ngrok, all without needing a public domain. Get ready to streamline your webhook testing process like never before!

You can also read my article on https://programmingpercy.tech/blog/webhook-testing-without-the-headache/ if you prefer reading.

00:00 Intro

00:01 What Are WebHooks?

00:03 Using Ngrok

00:08 Setup Github Webhook

00:11 An Api To Respond on Webhooks

00:16 Mocking WebHooks with WireMock

00:26 Conclusion

Ngrok - https://ngrok.com/

WireMock - https://wiremock.org/docs/webhooks-and-callbacks/

GitHub Webhooks - https://docs.github.com/en/webhooks/using-webhooks/creating-webhooks

Webhook validation - https://docs.github.com/en/webhooks/using-webhooks/validating-webhook-deliveries