Webhook

Outgoing webhook configuration.

Defines webhooks that listen to events and deliver HTTP
notifications to external endpoints with optional filtering.

Attributes:
    name: Unique webhook identifier
    event: Event to listen to (e.g., "doc.created", "doc.updated")
    doctype_filter: Optional DocType filter (e.g., "Invoice")
    condition: Optional JMESPath/SimpleEval expression to filter events
    url: Webhook endpoint URL
    method: HTTP method (POST or PUT)
    headers: Custom HTTP headers to send
    payload_transform: Optional Jinja2 template to transform event payload
    enabled: Whether the webhook is active
    secret: Secret for HMAC-SHA256 signature verification

Source: webhook.py

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description	Validators
name	str	✓	Unique webhook identifier	minLen: 1, maxLen: 255
event	str	✓	Event to listen to (e.g., ‘doc.created’)	minLen: 1
doctype_filter	None		Filter by DocType (e.g., ‘Invoice’, ‘Order’)	-
condition	None		JMESPath or SimpleEval expression to filter events (e.g., ‘status == paid’)	-
url	str	✓	Webhook endpoint URL	minLen: 1
method	str		HTTP method (POST or PUT)	-
headers	dict[str, Any]		Custom HTTP headers to send with request	-
payload_transform	None		Jinja2 template to transform event payload (e.g., '{“text”: “{{ doc.name }}”}')	-
enabled	bool		Whether the webhook is active	-
secret	None		Secret for HMAC-SHA256 signature (X-Webhook-Signature header)	-

Permissions

Role	Create	Delete	Read	Write
Admin	✓	✓	✓	✓
Manager			✓	✓

Configuration

Setting	Value
Submittable	False
Track Changes	True

Controller

Controller hooks are implemented in *_controller.py files. Available lifecycle hooks:

• validate() - Called before save, raise exceptions for validation errors
• before_insert() - Called before inserting a new document
• after_insert() - Called after successfully inserting
• before_save() - Called before saving (insert or update)
• after_save() - Called after saving
• before_delete() - Called before deleting
• after_delete() - Called after deleting