Web hooks – non techie here please explain

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  holtadit · Member · Apr 26, 2010 at 1:39 pm

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  I read about web hooks on one of your web pages and noticed all the hype.

  I apologise, but I dont quite understand:

  a) what they are
  b)how the hell they work
  c)why I should implement them and what good they would do.

  Please explain my above questions in as much detail using little jargon. I m not exactly a programmer. :D Thanks !!

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  timethief · Member · Apr 26, 2010 at 4:48 pm

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  This is what the support documentation states in part:

  This is a feature aimed for developers who want to get data from actions (like when a new comment is submitted) that occur on a blog. … What would I use something like this for? Read more here. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/webhooks/

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  holtadit · Member · Apr 27, 2010 at 12:16 pm

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  I still dont get it. I have read that page already and it makes no sense.

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  markel · Staff · Apr 27, 2010 at 1:13 pm

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  Webhooks as a feature is designed for techies. They allow WordPress.com to send a notice to an external service when you perform certain actions, such as publish a post.

  If you don’t have an external service or can write one that uses them, I’m afraid you won’t find much use out of webhooks.