Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

So "push technology" is called "webhooks" now?

How does this all integrate with HTTP 2? Can you get your notifications over a channel you already have open for other reasons?



Not quite. "Push technology" is sort of an all-encompassing term for server-to-client updates whereas webhooks pertain specifically to HTTP callbacks. An example of a webhook would be GitHub making a POST request to some URL (set by the user) whenever new commits are made to a repo. Push technology might take the form of webhooks, long polling, WebSockets etc.

Webhooks are traditional HTTP requests so I don't believe HTTP/2 changes anything. The ability to differentiate notifications depends on the service / API you're integrating with.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: