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What are Webhooks and why should developers use them?

Squadcast Community on February 01, 2023

Webhooks and APIs are a developer-friendly approach to building modern-day web applications. In this blog, we explain what a webhook is, do a detai...
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Great articles.. Thanks for sharing.. One key best practice for using webhooks - Secure webhooks with authentication and encryption: Webhooks transmit sensitive data, so it's important to ensure that only authorized parties can access the data being sent. Implementing secure authentication mechanisms such as JSON Web Tokens (JWT) or OAuth, and encrypting the data being sent with SSL/TLS, are crucial to ensure the security and privacy of the data being transmitted

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