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authorAchilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me>2016-12-01 15:19:00 +0300
committerAchilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me>2016-12-01 15:19:00 +0300
commitbc8b6024b1a993f4f2ba673e542a02395ba691a0 (patch)
tree5301d37b98209ffc8935cb45da0df2ef2ec8ce42
parent42dc2033dd4f04203c6f025ee96a058e050c9312 (diff)
Small refactor of webhooks docs
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diff --git a/doc/web_hooks/web_hooks.md b/doc/web_hooks/web_hooks.md
index cd37189fdd2..1659dd1f6cb 100644
--- a/doc/web_hooks/web_hooks.md
+++ b/doc/web_hooks/web_hooks.md
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
# Webhooks
-_**Note:**
-Starting from GitLab 8.5:_
+>**Note:**
+Starting from GitLab 8.5:
+- the `repository` key is deprecated in favor of the `project` key
+- the `project.ssh_url` key is deprecated in favor of the `project.git_ssh_url` key
+- the `project.http_url` key is deprecated in favor of the `project.git_http_url` key
-- _the `repository` key is deprecated in favor of the `project` key_
-- _the `project.ssh_url` key is deprecated in favor of the `project.git_ssh_url` key_
-- _the `project.http_url` key is deprecated in favor of the `project.git_http_url` key_
+Project webhooks allow you to trigger a URL if for example new code is pushed or
+a new issue is created. You can configure webhooks to listen for specific events
+like pushes, issues or merge requests. GitLab will send a POST request with data
+to the webhook URL.
-Project webhooks allow you to trigger an URL if new code is pushed or a new issue is created.
+Webhooks can be used to update an external issue tracker, trigger CI builds,
+update a backup mirror, or even deploy to your production server.
-You can configure webhooks to listen for specific events like pushes, issues or merge requests. GitLab will send a POST request with data to the webhook URL.
-
-Webhooks can be used to update an external issue tracker, trigger CI builds, update a backup mirror, or even deploy to your production server.
+Navigate to the webhooks page by choosing **Webhooks** from your project's
+settings which can be found under the wheel icon in the upper right corner.
## Webhook endpoint tips
@@ -26,21 +30,27 @@ GitLab webhooks keep in mind the following things:
you are writing a low-level hook this is important to remember.
- GitLab ignores the HTTP status code returned by your endpoint.
-## Secret Token
+## Secret token
-If you specify a secret token, it will be sent with the hook request in the `X-Gitlab-Token` HTTP header. Your webhook endpoint can check that to verify that the request is legitimate.
+If you specify a secret token, it will be sent with the hook request in the
+`X-Gitlab-Token` HTTP header. Your webhook endpoint can check that to verify
+that the request is legitimate.
-## SSL Verification
+## SSL verification
By default, the SSL certificate of the webhook endpoint is verified based on
-an internal list of Certificate Authorities,
-which means the certificate cannot be self-signed.
+an internal list of Certificate Authorities, which means the certificate cannot
+be self-signed.
You can turn this off in the webhook settings in your GitLab projects.
![SSL Verification](ssl.png)
-## Push events
+## Events
+
+Below are described the supported events.
+
+### Push events
Triggered when you push to the repository except when pushing tags.
@@ -121,7 +131,7 @@ X-Gitlab-Event: Push Hook
}
```
-## Tag events
+### Tag events
Triggered when you create (or delete) tags to the repository.
@@ -174,7 +184,7 @@ X-Gitlab-Event: Tag Push Hook
}
```
-## Issues events
+### Issues events
Triggered when a new issue is created or an existing issue was updated/closed/reopened.
@@ -240,7 +250,7 @@ X-Gitlab-Event: Issue Hook
}
}
```
-## Comment events
+### Comment events
Triggered when a new comment is made on commits, merge requests, issues, and code snippets.
The note data will be stored in `object_attributes` (e.g. `note`, `noteable_type`). The
@@ -253,7 +263,7 @@ Valid target types:
3. `issue`
4. `snippet`
-### Comment on commit
+#### Comment on commit
**Request header**:
@@ -332,7 +342,7 @@ X-Gitlab-Event: Note Hook
}
```
-### Comment on merge request
+#### Comment on merge request
**Request header**:
@@ -459,7 +469,7 @@ X-Gitlab-Event: Note Hook
}
```
-### Comment on issue
+#### Comment on issue
**Request header**:
@@ -534,7 +544,7 @@ X-Gitlab-Event: Note Hook
}
```
-### Comment on code snippet
+#### Comment on code snippet
**Request header**:
@@ -607,7 +617,7 @@ X-Gitlab-Event: Note Hook
}
```
-## Merge request events
+### 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.
@@ -699,7 +709,7 @@ X-Gitlab-Event: Merge Request Hook
}
```
-## Wiki Page events
+### Wiki Page events
Triggered when a wiki page is created or edited.
@@ -737,9 +747,9 @@ X-Gitlab-Event: Wiki Page Hook
},
"wiki": {
"web_url": "http://example.com/root/awesome-project/wikis/home",
- "git_ssh_url": "git@example.com:root/awesome-project.wiki.git",
- "git_http_url": "http://example.com/root/awesome-project.wiki.git",
- "path_with_namespace": "root/awesome-project.wiki",
+ "git_ssh_url": "git@example.com:root/awesome-project.wiki.git",
+ "git_http_url": "http://example.com/root/awesome-project.wiki.git",
+ "path_with_namespace": "root/awesome-project.wiki",
"default_branch": "master"
},
"object_attributes": {
@@ -754,7 +764,7 @@ X-Gitlab-Event: Wiki Page Hook
}
```
-## Pipeline events
+### Pipeline events
Triggered on status change of Pipeline.
@@ -922,8 +932,7 @@ X-Gitlab-Event: Pipeline Hook
}
```
-
-## Build events
+### Build events
Triggered on status change of a Build.
@@ -935,7 +944,7 @@ X-Gitlab-Event: Build Hook
**Request Body**:
-```
+```json
{
"object_kind": "build",
"ref": "gitlab-script-trigger",
@@ -980,12 +989,13 @@ X-Gitlab-Event: Build Hook
}
```
-#### Example webhook receiver
+## 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.
+a simple echo script running in a console session. For the following script to
+work you need to have Ruby installed.
-Save the following file as `print_http_body.rb`.
+Save the following file as `print_http_body.rb`:
```ruby
require 'webrick'
@@ -1005,7 +1015,8 @@ 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.
+When you press 'Test Hook' in GitLab, you should see something like this in the
+console:
```
{"before":"077a85dd266e6f3573ef7e9ef8ce3343ad659c4e","after":"95cd4a99e93bc4bbabacfa2cd10e6725b1403c60",<SNIP>}