Doorbells for software | Master AI Automation in 4 hours Master AI Automation in 4 hours Course About Ayush Modules Sample chapter Toolbox The Microcap Minute Module 06: Webhooks & Automation / Chapter 1 Doorbells for software Watch first, then read.
Same lesson, your pace.
What you will learn - The polling problem webhooks solve - Payloads and secrets: how doorbells stay honest - Firing your first webhook by hand Polling is exhausting You want to know when a payment arrives.
Two strategies exist: Polling: ask every 30 seconds, "payment?
payment?" Wasteful, late, rude.
Webhook: give the payment company a URL; the instant money lands, they call you .
A webhook is exactly that: a URL you expose, which other services POST data to when events happen.
It's a doorbell, you don't stand at the door checking; visitors ring, and the ring itself carries the information.
The data arrives as a JSON payload (Chapter 4's lunchboxes again): payment amount, sender email, form answers, whatever event occurred.
One ring = one complete story.
Where you've already met them Razorpay calling your shop site when someone pays.
GitHub pinging your server on every push.
Google Form add-ons updating sheets instantly.
Calendly creating meetings.