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friendofdog
friendofdog

Reputation: 79

Webhooks not sending data to external application

Here is what I want to do:

Naturally, I'm using the native Podio webhooks. I made a hook for item.create, item.update, and item.delete. The external URLs are correct and clicking the "verify" button sends a successful call to the external app.

However, none of the actions actually work. I've created, changed, and deleted items - nothing. Only clicking the "verify" button causes any communication with the external app.

What are some common reasons why this might not be working?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 962

Answers (2)

Kostas Minaidis
Kostas Minaidis

Reputation: 5467

Here's how I managed to verify my Node.JS webhook endpoint and make it active using Express.JS:

const express = require("express");
const app     = express();
const https = require('https');

app.use(express.urlencoded());
app.use(express.json());

app.post('/', function(request, response){

  console.log( "POST", request.body);

  // VERIFICATION >>
  const postData = JSON.stringify({ code: request.body.code });
  const options = {
      hostname: 'api.podio.com',
      port: 443,
      path: '/hook/' + request.body.hook_id + '/verify/validate',
      method: 'POST',
      headers: {
          'content-type': 'application/json',
          'accept': 'application/json'
      }
  };
  const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
      res.setEncoding('utf8');
      res.on('data', (chunk) => {
          console.log(`BODY: ${chunk}`);
      });
      res.on('end', () => {
          console.log('No more data in response.');
      });
  });
  req.on('error', (e) => {
      console.error(`problem with request: ${e.message}`);
  });
  req.write(postData);
  req.end();
  // << VERIFICATION
  
  response.send(request.body);

});

app.listen(443);

Upvotes: 1

Pavlo - Podio
Pavlo - Podio

Reputation: 2013

Have you activated that webhook? From Podio documentation https://developers.podio.com/examples/webhooks

Before your webhooks becomes active the URL must be verified. Immediately after the webhooks is created a hook.verify notification is sent to the URL endpoint. The endpoint must then return the code to the validation operation. Events will only be sent to the endpoint after a completed verification.

Example with command line curl:
Please remember to inject correct access_token, hook_id and verification_code

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: OAuth2 [access_token]" -X POST -d "{'code': [verification_code]}" https://api.podio.com/hook/[hook_id]/verify/validate

Upvotes: 2

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