webhook

See also: WebHook

English

Etymology

Compound web +‎ hook, coined first by Jeff Lindsay in 2007 from the computer programming term hook.[1].

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwɛb.hʊk/
Hyphenation: web‧hook

Noun

webhook (plural webhooks)

(Internet) A method of augmenting or altering the behavior of a Web application or a web page using custom callbacks.

Translations

method of augmenting or altering the behavior of a Web application or a Web page using custom callbacks

German: WebHook m

References

webhook on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

“Web hooks to revolutionize the web”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 23 June 2015, archived from the original on 2015-08-26

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