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title: Testing webhooks
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intro: 'Review your webhook deliveries on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}, including the HTTP Request and payload as well as the response.'
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redirect_from:
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- /webhooks/testing
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versions:
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free-pro-team: '*'
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enterprise-server: '*'
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---
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Now that you've [configured your local server](/webhooks/configuring/), you might
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be interested in pushing your code to the limits. To that end, GitHub's webhooks
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view provides some tooling for testing your deployed payloads.
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### Listing recent deliveries
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Every webhook has its own "Recent Deliveries" section, which lists, at a glance whether a delivery was successful (green check) or failed (red x). You can also identify when each delivery was attempted.
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{% data variables.product.product_name %} keeps a log of each webhook delivery for {% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" %} 30 {% else %} 8 {% endif %} days.
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### Digging into results
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By expanding an individual delivery, you'll be able to witness *precisely*
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what information GitHub is attempting to send to your server. This includes
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both the HTTP Request and Response.
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#### Request
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The webhook delivery view provides information on which Headers were sent by GitHub.
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It also includes details about the JSON payload.
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#### Response
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The response tab lists how your server replied once it received the payload from
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GitHub. This includes the status code, the headers, and any additional data
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within the response body.
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