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Webhooks are a powerful tool for building integrations between different applications and services. They allow one application to send data to another application in real time, using a simple HTTP request.
In this article we will describe best practices to creating a webhook integration with Stripe.
Websockets and webhooks enable real-time communication between a client and a server. Websockets are a full-duplex communication protocol that allows bi-directional communication between the client and the server. WebSockets are better suited for applications that require frequent communication, such as notifications or alerts. Webhooks are a one-way communication protocol which only allows the server to send data to the client.
Webhooks allow for real-time communication between applications and services. With webhooks, the server can push new data to the client as soon as it becomes available. With regular HTTP requests, the client must continuously poll the server to check for new data, which can be inefficient and time-consuming. Webhooks are typically easier to implement than regular requests.
Webhooks, also known as http callbacks, are a way for APIs to notify applications that a specific event has occurred without receiving a request. We don't like doing this (it's wasteful), vendors don’t like us doing it (it’s wasteful) and users dislike it (they have to wait a maximum interval to trigger on new data). Polling is the process of repeatedly hitting the same endpoint looking for new data. This increases the load on your system and increases operational complexity.
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