In GitHub, WebHooks serve as a means of delivering notifications to an external web server when events occur. GitHub WebHooks allow you to set up your projects that are hosted on GitHub to subscribe to the desired events available on the www.github.com platform. When the event occurs, GitHub sends a payload to the configured endpoint.
WebHooks are configured on any of the repository or at the organizational level. Once successfully configured, the WebHook will be triggered every time a subscribed event or action is triggered. GitHub allows for the creation of up to 20 WebHooks per event for a repository or organization. The WebHooks, after installation, can be triggered on a repository or organization.
