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title: 7. What is Webhook Access in this platform?

slug: 7-what-is-webhook-access-in-this-platform
description: Learn about the Webhook Access service, which allows you to receive real-time updates from external services through HTTP payloads. Discover how this service works and how it can help you receive a POST request to your server whenever a call is received o
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createdAt: 2021-08-31T06:20:51.000Z
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Webhook is a programmatic way to get updates from external services about events that happen. It provides an HTTP payload to your server when an event happens.

Webhook Access is a service that allows you to receive a POST request to your own server when a call is received at our cloud telephony platform.