Create serverless applications | Monitor GitHub events by using a webhook with Azure Functions

Question 1

What is one common use of webhooks in a DevOps environment?

Answer 1

To notify an Azure function that the code or configuration for an application has changed in GitHub.

Question 2

What is the Payload URL of a webhook?

Answer 2

The payload URL is the URL of the server that will receive the webhook POST requests.

Each event type has a specific payload format. That payload contains information about the event that triggered the webhook.

When you create a webhook in github, the payload url can be azure function.

Question 3

Webhooks can be delivered using two different content types:

Answer 3

The application/json content type delivers the JSON payload directly as the body of a POST request.

The application/x-www-form-urlencoded content type sends the JSON payload as a form parameter, called payload.

Question 4

What is Gollum on Github?

Answer 4

Gollum is the name of a GitHub event that is fired whenever a page in a repository’s wiki is created or updated.