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Would the implementation be a list of URLs that can be added to a Place that cause a POST operation (that contains an informational JSON body)> Would there be multiple lists of URLs (avatar entry, avatar exit, beacon information update, ...)?

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The Github implementation is that there is a list of WebHooks which each have an URL, HTTPs cert info, a secret, and the action that invokes it. That is also a possibility.

Is having a secret associated with the hook URL sufficient? There would have to be code to hide it from non Place owners/managers (like the beacon secret).

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Would the implementation be a list of URLs that can be added to a Place that cause a POST operation (that contains an informational JSON body)> Would there be multiple lists of URLs (avatar entry, avatar exit, beacon information update, ...)?

In this case, I would reckon we could follow the GitHub model of "creating a webhook" and then we get to fill out the information such as a URL, secret, and then of course the triggers for it. So we can pick which events we want to trigger this webhook. Many webhooks can then be made for a single trigger.

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The Github implementation is that there is a list of WebHooks which each have an URL, HTTPs cert info, a secret, and the action that invokes it. That is also a possibility.

Is having a secret associated with the hook URL sufficient? There would have to be code to hide it from non Place owners/managers (like the beacon secret).

If those parameters are sufficient for GH then I suppose they've already considered the extent of what web hooks typically use and need, no?

Though the part about HTTPS cert info, I don't recall seeing that. I will have to look again.

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My current thinking is that WebHooks would be a general feature. Maybe add them to Requests where hooks are defined for events and then scatter "Fire(event)" everywhere so there are lots of different actions that can be hooked (account adds friend, domain registered, account goes inactive, ...). There are a bunch of permission questions but that would be a general resource where anyone could create a Watcher for all sorts of different things.

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