GitHub webhook events toolset for Node.js
GitHub webhooks can be registered in multiple ways
- In repository or organization settings on github.com.
- Using the REST API for repositories or organizations
- By installing a GitHub App.
@octokit/webhooks helps to handle webhook events received from GitHub.
Note that while setting a secret is optional on GitHub, it is required to be set in order to use @octokit/webhooks. Content Type must be set to application/json, application/x-www-form-urlencoded is not supported.
// install with: npm install @octokit/webhooks
const WebhooksApi = require('@octokit/webhooks')
const webhooks = new WebhooksApi({
secret: 'mysecret'
})
webhooks.on('*', ({id, name, payload}) => {
console.log(name, 'event received')
})
require('http').createServer(webhooks.middleware).listen(3000)
// can now receive webhook events at port 3000- Constructor
- webhooks.sign()
- webhooks.verify()
- webhooks.verifyAndReceive()
- webhooks.receive()
- webhooks.on()
- webhooks.removeListener()
- webhooks.middleware()
- Webhook events
- Special events
new WebhooksApi({secret[, path]})
secret
(String)
|
Required. Secret as configured in GitHub Settings. |
transform
(Function)
|
Only relevant for webhooks.on.
Transform emitted event before calling handlers. Can be asynchronous.
|
path
(String)
|
Only relevant for webhooks.middleware.
Custom path to match requests against. Defaults to /.
|
Returns the webhooks API.
webhooks.sign(eventPayload)
eventPayload
(Object)
|
Required. Webhook request payload as received from GitHub |
Returns a signature string. Throws error if eventPayload is not passed.
Can also be used standalone.
webhooks.verify(eventPayload, signature)
eventPayload
(Object)
|
Required. Webhook event request payload as received from GitHub. |
signature
(String)
|
Required.
Signature string as calculated by webhooks.sign().
|
Returns true or false. Throws error if eventPayload or signature not passed.
Can also be used standalone.
webhooks.verifyAndReceive({id, name, payload, signature})
id
String
|
Unique webhook event request id |
name
String
|
Required.
Name of the event. (Event names are set as X-GitHub-Event header
in the webhook event request.)
|
payload
Object
|
Required. Webhook event request payload as received from GitHub. |
signature
(String)
|
Required.
Signature string as calculated by webhooks.sign().
|
Returns a promise.
Verifies event using webhooks.verify(), then handles the event using webhooks.receive().
Additionally, if verification fails, rejects return promise and emits an error event.
Example
const WebhooksApi = require('@octokit/webhooks')
const webhooks = new WebhooksApi({
secret: 'mysecret'
})
eventHandler.on('error', handleSignatureVerificationError)
// put this inside your webhooks route handler
eventHandler.verifyAndReceive({
id: request.headers['x-github-delivery'],
name: request.headers['x-github-event'],
payload: request.body,
signature: request.headers['x-github-signature']
}).catch(handleErrorsFromHooks)webhooks.receive({id, name, payload})
id
String
|
Unique webhook event request id |
name
String
|
Required.
Name of the event. (Event names are set as X-GitHub-Event header
in the webhook event request.)
|
payload
Object
|
Required. Webhook event request payload as received from GitHub. |
Returns a promise. Runs all handlers set with webhooks.on() in parallel and waits for them to finish. If one of the handlers rejects or throws an error, then webhooks.receive() rejects. The returned error has an .errors property which holds an array of all errors caught from the handlers. If no errors occur, webhooks.receive() resolves without passing any value.
The .receive() method belongs to the receiver module which can be used standalone.
webhooks.on(eventName, handler)
webhooks.on(eventNames, handler)
eventName
String
|
Required. Name of the event. One of GitHub’s supported event names. |
eventNames
Array
|
Required. Array of event names. |
handler
Function
|
Required.
Method to be run each time the event with the passed name is received.
the handler function can be an async function, throw an error or
return a Promise. The handler is called with an event object: {id, name, payload}.
|
The .on() method belongs to the receiver module which can be used standalone.
webhooks.removeListener(eventName, handler)
webhooks.removeListener(eventNames, handler)
eventName
String
|
Required. Name of the event. One of GitHub’s supported event names. |
eventNames
Array
|
Required. Array of event names. |
handler
Function
|
Required.
Method which was previously passed to webhooks.on(). If the same handler was registered multiple times for the same event, only the most recent handler gets removed.
|
The .removeListener() method belongs to the receiver module which can be used standalone.
webhooks.middleware(request, response[, next])
request
Object
|
Required. A Node.js http.ClientRequest. |
response
Object
|
Required. A Node.js http.ServerResponse. |
next
Function
|
Optional function which invokes the next middleware, as used by Connect and Express. |
Returns a requestListener (or middleware) method which can be directly passed to http.createServer(), Express and other compatible Node.js server frameworks.
Can also be used standalone.
See the full list of event types with example payloads.
If there are actions for a webhook, events are emitted for both, the webhook name as well as a combination of the webhook name and the action, e.g. installation and installation.created.
| Event | Actions |
|---|---|
commit_comment
|
.created
|
create
|
|
delete
|
|
deployment
|
|
deployment_status
|
|
fork
|
|
gollum
|
|
installation
|
.created.deleted
|
installation_repositories
|
.added.removed
|
issue_comment
|
.created.edited.deleted
|
issues
|
.assigned.unassigned.labeled.unlabeled.opened.edited.milestoned.demilestoned.closed.reopened
|
label
|
.created.edited.deleted
|
marketplace_purchase
|
.purchased.cancelled.changed
|
member
|
.added.edited.deleted
|
membership
|
.added.removed
|
milestone
|
.created.closed.opened.edited.deleted
|
org_block
|
.blocked.unblocked
|
organization
|
.member_added.member_removed.member_invited
|
page_build
|
|
ping
|
|
project
|
.created.edited.converted.moved.deleted
|
project_card
|
.created.edited.closed.reopened.deleted
|
project_column
|
.created.edited.moved.deleted
|
public
|
|
pull_request
|
.assigned.unassigned.review_requested.review_request_removed.labeled.unlabeled.opened.edited.closed.reopened.synchronize
|
pull_request_review
|
.submitted.edited.dismissed
|
pull_request_review_comment
|
.created.edited.deleted
|
push
|
|
release
|
.published
|
repository
|
.created.deleted.archived.unarchived.publicized.privatized
|
status
|
|
team
|
.created.deleted.edited.added_to_repository.removed_from_repository
|
team_add
|
|
watch
|
.started
|
Besides the webhook events, there are special events emitted by @octokit/webhooks.
The * event is emitted for all webhook events listed above.
webhooks.on('*', (event) => {
console.log(`"${event.name}" event received"`)
})If a webhook event handler throws an error or returns a promise that rejects, an error event is triggered. You can subscribe to this event for logging or reporting events. The passed error object has a .event property which has all information on the event:
id: The unique webhook event request idname: The name of the eventpayload: The event request payload
webhooks.on('error', (error) => {
console.log(`Error occured in "${error.event.name} handler: ${error.stack}"`)
})Asynchronous error event handler are not blocking the .receive() method from completing.