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title: GitHub App webhooks
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shortTitle: Webhooks
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topics:
  - API
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## About the {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %} webhooks API

A {% data variables.product.prodname_github_app %}'s webhook allows you to receive HTTP `POST` payloads whenever certain events happen for an app. {% data reusables.webhooks.webhooks-rest-api-links %}