# Web hooks

Project web hooks allow you to trigger an URL if new code is pushed or a new issue is created.

You can configure web hooks to listen for specific events like pushes, issues or merge requests. GitLab will send a POST request with data to the web hook URL.

Web hooks can be used to update an external issue tracker, trigger CI builds, update a backup mirror, or even deploy to your production server.

If you have a big set of projects in the one group then it will be convinient for you to configure web hooks globally for the whole group. You can add the group level web hooks on the group settings page.

If you send a web hook to an SSL endpoint [the certificate will not be verified](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/ccd617e58ea71c42b6b073e692447d0fe3c00be6/app/models/web_hook.rb#L35) since many people use self-signed certificates.

## Push events

Triggered when you push to the repository except when pushing tags.

**Request header**:

```
X-Gitlab-Event: Push Hook
```

**Request body:**

```json
{
  "object_kind": "push",
  "before": "95790bf891e76fee5e1747ab589903a6a1f80f22",
  "after": "da1560886d4f094c3e6c9ef40349f7d38b5d27d7",
  "ref": "refs/heads/master",
  "user_id": 4,
  "user_name": "John Smith",
  "user_email": "john@example.com",
  "project_id": 15,
  "repository": {
    "name": "Diaspora",
    "url": "git@example.com:mike/diasporadiaspora.git",
    "description": "",
    "homepage": "http://example.com/mike/diaspora", 
    "git_http_url":"http://example.com/mike/diaspora.git",
    "git_ssh_url":"git@example.com:mike/diaspora.git",
    "visibility_level":0
  },
  "commits": [
    {
      "id": "b6568db1bc1dcd7f8b4d5a946b0b91f9dacd7327",
      "message": "Update Catalan translation to e38cb41.",
      "timestamp": "2011-12-12T14:27:31+02:00",
      "url": "http://example.com/mike/diaspora/commit/b6568db1bc1dcd7f8b4d5a946b0b91f9dacd7327",
      "author": {
        "name": "Jordi Mallach",
        "email": "jordi@softcatala.org"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "da1560886d4f094c3e6c9ef40349f7d38b5d27d7",
      "message": "fixed readme",
      "timestamp": "2012-01-03T23:36:29+02:00",
      "url": "http://example.com/mike/diaspora/commit/da1560886d4f094c3e6c9ef40349f7d38b5d27d7",
      "author": {
        "name": "GitLab dev user",
        "email": "gitlabdev@dv6700.(none)"
      }
    }
  ],
  "total_commits_count": 4
}
```

## Tag events

Triggered when you create (or delete) tags to the repository.

**Request header**:

```
X-Gitlab-Event: Tag Push Hook
```


**Request body:**

```json
{
  "object_kind": "tag_push",
  "ref": "refs/tags/v1.0.0",
  "before": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
  "after": "82b3d5ae55f7080f1e6022629cdb57bfae7cccc7",
  "user_id": 1,
  "user_name": "John Smith",
  "project_id": 1,
  "repository": {
    "name": "jsmith",
    "url": "ssh://git@example.com/jsmith/example.git",
    "description": "",
    "homepage": "http://example.com/jsmith/example",
    "git_http_url":"http://example.com/jsmith/example.git",
    "git_ssh_url":"git@example.com:jsmith/example.git",
    "visibility_level":0
  },
  "commits": [],
  "total_commits_count": 0
}
```

## Issues events

Triggered when a new issue is created or an existing issue was updated/closed/reopened.

**Request header**:

```
X-Gitlab-Event: Issue Hook
```

**Request body:**

```json
{
  "object_kind": "issue",
  "user": {
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=40\u0026d=identicon"
  },
  "object_attributes": {
    "id": 301,
    "title": "New API: create/update/delete file",
    "assignee_id": 51,
    "author_id": 51,
    "project_id": 14,
    "created_at": "2013-12-03T17:15:43Z",
    "updated_at": "2013-12-03T17:15:43Z",
    "position": 0,
    "branch_name": null,
    "description": "Create new API for manipulations with repository",
    "milestone_id": null,
    "state": "opened",
    "iid": 23,
    "url": "http://example.com/diaspora/issues/23",
    "action": "open"
  }
}
```

## Merge request events

Triggered when a new merge request is created, an existing merge request was updated/merged/closed or a commit is added in the source branch.

**Request header**:

```
X-Gitlab-Event: Merge Request Hook
```

**Request body:**

```json
{
  "object_kind": "merge_request",
  "user": {
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=40\u0026d=identicon"
  },
  "object_attributes": {
    "id": 99,
    "target_branch": "master",
    "source_branch": "ms-viewport",
    "source_project_id": 14,
    "author_id": 51,
    "assignee_id": 6,
    "title": "MS-Viewport",
    "created_at": "2013-12-03T17:23:34Z",
    "updated_at": "2013-12-03T17:23:34Z",
    "st_commits": null,
    "st_diffs": null,
    "milestone_id": null,
    "state": "opened",
    "merge_status": "unchecked",
    "target_project_id": 14,
    "iid": 1,
    "description": "",
    "source": {
      "name": "awesome_project",
      "ssh_url": "ssh://git@example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project.git",
      "http_url": "http://example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project.git",
      "visibility_level": 20,
      "namespace": "awesome_space"
    },
    "target": {
      "name": "awesome_project",
      "ssh_url": "ssh://git@example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project.git",
      "http_url": "http://example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project.git",
      "visibility_level": 20,
      "namespace": "awesome_space"
    },
    "last_commit": {
      "id": "da1560886d4f094c3e6c9ef40349f7d38b5d27d7",
      "message": "fixed readme",
      "timestamp": "2012-01-03T23:36:29+02:00",
      "url": "http://example.com/awesome_space/awesome_project/commits/da1560886d4f094c3e6c9ef40349f7d38b5d27d7",
      "author": {
        "name": "GitLab dev user",
        "email": "gitlabdev@dv6700.(none)"
      }
    },
    "url": "http://example.com/diaspora/merge_requests/1",
    "action": "open"
  }
}
```

#### Example webhook receiver

If you want to see GitLab's webhooks in action for testing purposes you can use
a simple echo script running in a console session.

Save the following file as `print_http_body.rb`.

```ruby
require 'webrick'

server = WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(:Port => ARGV.first)
server.mount_proc '/' do |req, res|
  puts req.body
end

trap 'INT' do 
  server.shutdown 
end
server.start
```

Pick an unused port (e.g. 8000) and start the script: `ruby print_http_body.rb
8000`.  Then add your server as a webhook receiver in GitLab as
`http://my.host:8000/`.

When you press 'Test Hook' in GitLab, you should see something like this in the console.

```
{"before":"077a85dd266e6f3573ef7e9ef8ce3343ad659c4e","after":"95cd4a99e93bc4bbabacfa2cd10e6725b1403c60",<SNIP>}
example.com - - [14/May/2014:07:45:26 EDT] "POST / HTTP/1.1" 200 0
- -> /
```