How do webhooks differ from Appwrite Functions?

Webhooks deliver event payloads to an HTTP endpoint you control, so the logic runs in your own infrastructure. [Functions](/docs/products/functions) run inside Appwrite and can be triggered by the same events, which is useful when you do not want to host a separate server.

Announcing the Webhooks API: Manage webhooks programmatically with Server SDKs_

Webhooks are no longer console-only. Create, update, and delete webhooks using the Appwrite Server SDKs and API keys with the new webhooks.read and webhooks.write scopes.

Matej Bačo

Engineering Lead

Apr 22, 20264 min read

Webhooks have always been a core part of how developers integrate Appwrite into their workflows. Subscribe to an event, receive an HTTP POST, and let your server handle the rest. Until now, managing those webhooks meant logging into the Appwrite Console and configuring them by hand.

Today, we are announcing the Webhooks API, a fully programmable interface for managing webhooks through Server SDKs and API keys.

Why this matters

If you have ever needed to set up webhooks across multiple projects, automate webhook provisioning as part of a deployment pipeline, or manage webhook lifecycles from code, you know the friction of doing it through a UI.

The Webhooks API removes that friction entirely. Webhooks become just another resource you can create, update, and delete programmatically, the same way you already manage databases, functions, and storage buckets.

This is especially valuable for:

CI/CD pipelines that need to register webhooks as part of environment setup
Multi-tenant platforms that provision webhooks per customer or workspace
Migration and seeding scripts that replicate webhook configurations across environments
Admin dashboards that let non-technical team members manage webhooks without Console access

How it works

The Webhooks API introduces two new API key scopes:

webhooks.read for listing and retrieving webhooks
webhooks.write for creating, updating, and deleting webhooks

Once your API key has the appropriate scopes, you can manage webhooks through any Appwrite Server SDK. To get started:

Navigate to Overview > Integration > API keys and create or update an API key with the webhooks.read and webhooks.write scopes.
Initialize a Server SDK with your API key.
Use the Webhooks service to manage your webhooks from code.

Create a webhook

The response includes a secret field containing the webhook's signing key. This is the only time the secret is returned, so store it securely right away.

Node.js

import { Client, Webhooks, ID } from 'node-appwrite';

const client = new Client()
    .setEndpoint('https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1')
    .setProject('<PROJECT_ID>')
    .setKey('<YOUR_API_KEY>');

const webhooks = new Webhooks(client);

const result = await webhooks.create({
    webhookId: ID.unique(),
    url: 'https://example.com/webhook',
    name: 'My Webhook',
    events: ['users.*.create', 'users.*.update'],
    tls: true,
    secret: '<SECRET>' // optional
});

console.log(result.secret); // store it now, not returned again

import { Client, Webhooks, ID } from "npm:node-appwrite";

const client = new Client()
    .setEndpoint('https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1')
    .setProject('<PROJECT_ID>')
    .setKey('<YOUR_API_KEY>');

const webhooks = new Webhooks(client);

const result = await webhooks.create({
    webhookId: ID.unique(),
    url: 'https://example.com/webhook',
    name: 'My Webhook',
    events: ['users.*.create', 'users.*.update'],
    tls: true,
    secret: '<SECRET>' // optional
});

console.log(result.secret); // store it now, not returned again

<?php

use Appwrite\Client;
use Appwrite\ID;
use Appwrite\Services\Webhooks;

$client = new Client();

$client
    ->setEndpoint('https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1')
    ->setProject('<PROJECT_ID>')
    ->setKey('<YOUR_API_KEY>');

$webhooks = new Webhooks($client);

$result = $webhooks->create(
    webhookId: ID::unique(),
    url: 'https://example.com/webhook',
    name: 'My Webhook',
    events: ['users.*.create', 'users.*.update'],
    tls: true,
    secret: '<SECRET>' // optional
);

echo $result->secret; // store it now, not returned again

from appwrite.client import Client
from appwrite.id import ID
from appwrite.services.webhooks import Webhooks

client = Client()
client.set_endpoint('https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1')
client.set_project('<PROJECT_ID>')
client.set_key('<YOUR_API_KEY>')

webhooks = Webhooks(client)

result = webhooks.create(
    webhook_id=ID.unique(),
    url='https://example.com/webhook',
    name='My Webhook',
    events=['users.*.create', 'users.*.update'],
    tls=True,
    secret='<SECRET>' # optional
)

print(result.secret) # store it now, not returned again

require 'appwrite'

include Appwrite

client = Client.new
    .set_endpoint('https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1')
    .set_project('<PROJECT_ID>')
    .set_key('<YOUR_API_KEY>')

webhooks = Webhooks.new(client)

response = webhooks.create(
    webhook_id: ID.unique(),
    url: 'https://example.com/webhook',
    name: 'My Webhook',
    events: ['users.*.create', 'users.*.update'],
    tls: true,
    secret: '<SECRET>' # optional
)

puts response.secret # store it now, not returned again

using Appwrite;
using Appwrite.Services;
using Appwrite.Models;

Client client = new Client()
    .SetEndPoint("https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1")
    .SetProject("<PROJECT_ID>")
    .SetKey("<YOUR_API_KEY>");

Webhooks webhooks = new Webhooks(client);

var result = await webhooks.Create(
    webhookId: ID.Unique(),
    url: "https://example.com/webhook",
    name: "My Webhook",
    events: new List<string> {"users.*.create", "users.*.update"},
    tls: true,
    secret: "<SECRET>" // optional
);

Console.WriteLine(result.Secret); // store it now, not returned again

import 'package:dart_appwrite/dart_appwrite.dart';

Client client = Client()
    .setEndpoint('https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1')
    .setProject('<PROJECT_ID>')
    .setKey('<YOUR_API_KEY>');

Webhooks webhooks = Webhooks(client);

final result = await webhooks.create(
    webhookId: ID.unique(),
    url: 'https://example.com/webhook',
    name: 'My Webhook',
    events: ['users.*.create', 'users.*.update'],
    tls: true,
    secret: '<SECRET>', // optional
);

print(result.secret); // store it now, not returned again

import io.appwrite.Client
import io.appwrite.ID
import io.appwrite.services.Webhooks

val client = Client()
    .setEndpoint("https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1")
    .setProject("<PROJECT_ID>")
    .setKey("<YOUR_API_KEY>")

val webhooks = Webhooks(client)

val result = webhooks.create(
    webhookId = ID.unique(),
    url = "https://example.com/webhook",
    name = "My Webhook",
    events = listOf("users.*.create", "users.*.update"),
    tls = true,
    secret = "<SECRET>" // optional
)

println(result.secret) // store it now, not returned again

import io.appwrite.Client;
import io.appwrite.ID;
import io.appwrite.coroutines.CoroutineCallback;
import io.appwrite.services.Webhooks;

Client client = new Client()
    .setEndpoint("https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1")
    .setProject("<PROJECT_ID>")
    .setKey("<YOUR_API_KEY>");

Webhooks webhooks = new Webhooks(client);

webhooks.create(
    ID.unique(),                                     // webhookId
    "https://example.com/webhook",                   // url
    "My Webhook",                                    // name
    List.of("users.*.create", "users.*.update"),     // events
    true,                                            // enabled
    true,                                            // tls
    null,                                            // authUsername
    null,                                            // authPassword
    "<SECRET>",                                      // secret (optional)
    new CoroutineCallback<>((result, error) -> {
        if (error != null) {
            error.printStackTrace();
            return;
        }

        System.out.println(result.getSecret()); // store it now, not returned again
    })
);

import Appwrite

let client = Client()
    .setEndpoint("https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1")
    .setProject("<PROJECT_ID>")
    .setKey("<YOUR_API_KEY>")

let webhooks = Webhooks(client)

let result = try await webhooks.create(
    webhookId: ID.unique(),
    url: "https://example.com/webhook",
    name: "My Webhook",
    events: ["users.*.create", "users.*.update"],
    tls: true,
    secret: "<SECRET>" // optional
)

print(result.secret) // store it now, not returned again

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/appwrite/sdk-for-go/appwrite"
    "github.com/appwrite/sdk-for-go/id"
)

func main() {
    client := appwrite.NewClient(
        appwrite.WithEndpoint("https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1"),
        appwrite.WithProject("<PROJECT_ID>"),
        appwrite.WithKey("<YOUR_API_KEY>"),
    )

    webhooks := appwrite.NewWebhooks(client)
    result, err := webhooks.Create(
        id.Unique(),
        "https://example.com/webhook",
        "My Webhook",
        []string{"users.*.create", "users.*.update"},
        appwrite.WithCreateSecret("<SECRET>"), // optional
    )

    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    fmt.Println(result.Secret) // store it now, not returned again
}

use appwrite::Client;
use appwrite::id::ID;
use appwrite::services::Webhooks;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new()
        .set_endpoint("https://<REGION>.cloud.appwrite.io/v1")
        .set_project("<PROJECT_ID>")
        .set_key("<YOUR_API_KEY>");

    let webhooks = Webhooks::new(&client);

    let result = webhooks.create(
        ID::unique(),                                  // webhook_id
        "https://example.com/webhook",                 // url
        "My Webhook",                                  // name
        vec!["users.*.create", "users.*.update"],      // events
        None,                                          // enabled
        Some(true),                                    // tls
        None,                                          // auth_username
        None,                                          // auth_password
        Some("<SECRET>"),                              // secret (optional)
    ).await?;

    println!("{}", result.secret); // store it now, not returned again
    Ok(())
}

Update a webhook

Node.js

const result = await webhooks.update({
    webhookId: '<WEBHOOK_ID>',
    name: 'Updated Webhook',
    url: 'https://example.com/webhook-v2',
    events: ['users.*.create', 'users.*.update', 'users.*.delete'],
    tls: true
});

const result = await webhooks.update({
    webhookId: '<WEBHOOK_ID>',
    name: 'Updated Webhook',
    url: 'https://example.com/webhook-v2',
    events: ['users.*.create', 'users.*.update', 'users.*.delete'],
    tls: true
});

$result = $webhooks->update(
    webhookId: '<WEBHOOK_ID>',
    name: 'Updated Webhook',
    url: 'https://example.com/webhook-v2',
    events: ['users.*.create', 'users.*.update', 'users.*.delete'],
    tls: true
);

result = webhooks.update(
    webhook_id='<WEBHOOK_ID>',
    name='Updated Webhook',
    url='https://example.com/webhook-v2',
    events=['users.*.create', 'users.*.update', 'users.*.delete'],
    tls=True
)

response = webhooks.update(
    webhook_id: '<WEBHOOK_ID>',
    name: 'Updated Webhook',
    url: 'https://example.com/webhook-v2',
    events: ['users.*.create', 'users.*.update', 'users.*.delete'],
    tls: true
)

var result = await webhooks.Update(
    webhookId: "<WEBHOOK_ID>",
    name: "Updated Webhook",
    url: "https://example.com/webhook-v2",
    events: new List<string> {"users.*.create", "users.*.update", "users.*.delete"},
    tls: true
);

final result = await webhooks.update(
    webhookId: '<WEBHOOK_ID>',
    name: 'Updated Webhook',
    url: 'https://example.com/webhook-v2',
    events: ['users.*.create', 'users.*.update', 'users.*.delete'],
    tls: true,
);

val result = webhooks.update(
    webhookId = "<WEBHOOK_ID>",
    name = "Updated Webhook",
    url = "https://example.com/webhook-v2",
    events = listOf("users.*.create", "users.*.update", "users.*.delete"),
    tls = true
)

webhooks.update(
    "<WEBHOOK_ID>",                                  // webhookId
    "Updated Webhook",                               // name
    "https://example.com/webhook-v2",                // url
    List.of("users.*.create", "users.*.update", "users.*.delete"), // events
    true,                                            // enabled
    true,                                            // tls
    null,                                            // authUsername
    null,                                            // authPassword
    new CoroutineCallback<>((result, error) -> {
        if (error != null) {
            error.printStackTrace();
            return;
        }
        System.out.println(result);
    })
);

let result = try await webhooks.update(
    webhookId: "<WEBHOOK_ID>",
    name: "Updated Webhook",
    url: "https://example.com/webhook-v2",
    events: ["users.*.create", "users.*.update", "users.*.delete"],
    tls: true
)

result, err := webhooks.Update(
    "<WEBHOOK_ID>",
    "Updated Webhook",
    "https://example.com/webhook-v2",
    []string{"users.*.create", "users.*.update", "users.*.delete"},
)

let result = webhooks.update(
    "<WEBHOOK_ID>",                                // webhook_id
    "Updated Webhook",                             // name
    "https://example.com/webhook-v2",              // url
    vec!["users.*.create", "users.*.update", "users.*.delete"], // events
    None,                                          // enabled
    Some(true),                                    // tls
    None,                                          // auth_username
    None,                                          // auth_password
).await?;

Delete a webhook

Node.js

await webhooks.delete({
    webhookId: '<WEBHOOK_ID>'
});

await webhooks.delete({
    webhookId: '<WEBHOOK_ID>'
});

$webhooks->delete(
    webhookId: '<WEBHOOK_ID>'
);

webhooks.delete(
    webhook_id='<WEBHOOK_ID>'
)

webhooks.delete(
    webhook_id: '<WEBHOOK_ID>'
)

await webhooks.Delete(
    webhookId: "<WEBHOOK_ID>"
);

await webhooks.delete(
    webhookId: '<WEBHOOK_ID>',
);

webhooks.delete(
    webhookId = "<WEBHOOK_ID>"
)

webhooks.delete(
    "<WEBHOOK_ID>", // webhookId
    new CoroutineCallback<>((result, error) -> {
        if (error != null) {
            error.printStackTrace();
            return;
        }
        System.out.println(result);
    })
);

try await webhooks.delete(
    webhookId: "<WEBHOOK_ID>"
)

_, err := webhooks.Delete(
    "<WEBHOOK_ID>",
)

webhooks.delete(
    "<WEBHOOK_ID>",
).await?;

Rotate signing key

By default, calling updateSecret generates a fresh random signing key. You can also pass your own secret (8-256 characters), which is useful for zero-downtime key rotation.

Node.js

const result = await webhooks.updateSecret({
    webhookId: '<WEBHOOK_ID>',
    secret: '<SECRET>' // optional
});

const result = await webhooks.updateSecret({
    webhookId: '<WEBHOOK_ID>',
    secret: '<SECRET>' // optional
});

$result = $webhooks->updateSecret(
    webhookId: '<WEBHOOK_ID>',
    secret: '<SECRET>' // optional
);

result = webhooks.update_secret(
    webhook_id='<WEBHOOK_ID>',
    secret='<SECRET>' # optional
)

response = webhooks.update_secret(
    webhook_id: '<WEBHOOK_ID>',
    secret: '<SECRET>' # optional
)

var result = await webhooks.UpdateSecret(
    webhookId: "<WEBHOOK_ID>",
    secret: "<SECRET>" // optional
);

final result = await webhooks.updateSecret(
    webhookId: '<WEBHOOK_ID>',
    secret: '<SECRET>', // optional
);

val result = webhooks.updateSecret(
    webhookId = "<WEBHOOK_ID>",
    secret = "<SECRET>" // optional
)

webhooks.updateSecret(
    "<WEBHOOK_ID>", // webhookId
    "<SECRET>", // secret (optional)
    new CoroutineCallback<>((result, error) -> {
        if (error != null) {
            error.printStackTrace();
            return;
        }
        System.out.println(result);
    })
);

let result = try await webhooks.updateSecret(
    webhookId: "<WEBHOOK_ID>",
    secret: "<SECRET>" // optional
)

result, err := webhooks.UpdateSecret(
    "<WEBHOOK_ID>",
    appwrite.WithUpdateSecretSecret("<SECRET>"), // optional
)

let result = webhooks.update_secret(
    "<WEBHOOK_ID>", // webhook_id
    Some("<SECRET>") // optional
).await?;

The API supports all the same configuration options available in the Console, including event selection, SSL/TLS certificate verification, and HTTP basic authentication.

Get started

The Webhooks API is available on Appwrite Cloud today. Full documentation, including examples for all supported SDKs, is available on the webhooks documentation page.

Resources

Webhooks documentation

API keys and scopes

Webhook events reference

The Webhooks API is a programmable interface for managing Appwrite webhooks through Server SDKs and API keys. Instead of clicking through the Console, you can create, list, update, and delete webhooks from code, the same way you already manage databases, Functions, and storage buckets.

You need webhooks.read for listing and retrieving webhooks, and webhooks.write for creating, updating, and deleting them. Create or update an API key under Overview > Integration > API keys with the scopes you need.

The secret field is only returned in the response of the create call, never again. Save it to your secret manager or environment variables right away so you can verify webhook signatures when events are delivered to your endpoint.

Use it whenever webhook configuration is part of a workflow that should be reproducible. Common cases include CI/CD pipelines that register webhooks during environment setup, multi-tenant platforms that provision per-customer webhooks, and migration scripts that replicate webhooks across environments.

Webhooks deliver event payloads to an HTTP endpoint you control, so the logic runs in your own infrastructure. Functions run inside Appwrite and can be triggered by the same events, which is useful when you do not want to host a separate server.

Announcing the Webhooks API: Manage webhooks programmatically with Server SDKs_

Why this matters

How it works

Create a webhook

Update a webhook

Delete a webhook

Rotate signing key

Get started

Resources

Frequently asked questions

Read next

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Announcing MCP Events: your agent hears about changes in your Appwrite project

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Ready to build?_

Frequently asked questions

What is the Appwrite Webhooks API?

Which API key scopes do I need for the Webhooks API?

Why store the webhook secret immediately on creation?

When should I use the Webhooks API instead of the Console?

How do webhooks differ from Appwrite Functions?

Read next

Announcing the Appwrite Databases Hackathon

Announcing MCP Events: your agent hears about changes in your Appwrite project

Announcing six new OAuth2 login providers in Appwrite Auth

Announcing passkeys: Sign in without a password on the web, Android, and iOS

Announcing the official Appwrite Helm chart for Kubernetes

TanStack Start is stable, and it runs on Appwrite Sites

Ready to build?_