Webhooks API

Where do you want to send your Rapidoform's data? With our Webhooks API, you can send every submission straight to any URL or compatible web application as soon as it’s submitted.

NOTE: If you need help with a Webhooks error, you can find more information in the Troubleshooting and errors section.

Key concepts

Webhooks are notifications that are triggered automatically when a specific event occurs and sent through the web. With the Rapidoform Webhooks API, the event is a new response submission. When a new submission comes in, a notification that contains the response data is immediately sent to your chosen destination: the URL or web application you set. Your webhook should send a 2XX HTTP response status code back to let Rapidoform know that you received the webhook data.

Storage for webhook responses

Rapidoform responses that are sent to your webhook URL are still stored on Rapidoform's server. You can still view responses by logging into your Rapidoform account or using our Responses API, even when you're sending responses to a webhook URL — although you might receive responses through your webhook a few seconds before they appear in Rapidoform's database.

Security

We support signing webhook payloads and using https (as well as http) for your webhook URLs. For more information and implementation instructions, see the secure your webhooks page.

Automatic disabling

If a webhook fails 100% of the time within 24 hours with more than 300 delivery attempts, we will disable it, and you will receive a notification.

Add port numbers to Webhook URLs

You can add a port number to your webhook URL to identify your webhook responses.

Ready to start?

When you're ready to set up your first webhook, head to the Webhooks reference documentation. You can also check out this example webhook payload.

If you need to generate a test URL, check out John Sheehan's list of webhooks and API tools.