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Update a webhook configuration for an app

PATCH
/app/hook/config

Updates the webhook configuration for a GitHub App. For more information about configuring a webhook for your app, see “Creating a GitHub App.”

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

API method documentation

Media type application/json
object
url

The URL to which the payloads will be delivered.

string format: uri
content_type

The media type used to serialize the payloads. Supported values include json and form. The default is form.

string
secret

If provided, the secret will be used as the key to generate the HMAC hex digest value for delivery signature headers.

string
insecure_ssl
One of:

Determines whether the SSL certificate of the host for url will be verified when delivering payloads. Supported values include 0 (verification is performed) and 1 (verification is not performed). The default is 0. We strongly recommend not setting this to 1 as you are subject to man-in-the-middle and other attacks.

string
Examples
Example default
{
"content_type": "json",
"insecure_ssl": "0",
"secret": "********",
"url": "https://example.com/webhook"
}

Response

Media type application/json
Webhook Configuration

Configuration object of the webhook

object
url

The URL to which the payloads will be delivered.

string format: uri
content_type

The media type used to serialize the payloads. Supported values include json and form. The default is form.

string
secret

If provided, the secret will be used as the key to generate the HMAC hex digest value for delivery signature headers.

string
insecure_ssl
One of:

Determines whether the SSL certificate of the host for url will be verified when delivering payloads. Supported values include 0 (verification is performed) and 1 (verification is not performed). The default is 0. We strongly recommend not setting this to 1 as you are subject to man-in-the-middle and other attacks.

string
Examples
Example default
{
"content_type": "json",
"insecure_ssl": "0",
"secret": "********",
"url": "https://example.com/webhook"
}