In Alloy, a Webhook is a tool that allows the Alloy platform to create an outgoing request when something happens. There are multiple scenarios where webhooks can be used in Alloy. All scenarios relate to different events which take place in the Alloy platform, which external systems may need to be notified of programmatically (for example, if a note is added to a particular evaluation or a manual review is finalized, this information can be synchronized back to a central CRM, such as Salesforce).
Supported Webhook Events
There are several events for which webhooks can be created:
- Manually Review an Entity
- Create new Notes for Entities, Evaluations, Reviews, and Documents
- A batch evaluation is completed
- Manually Review a Group
- Notify on Asynchronously Updated Evaluation
- This refers to flows using data vendors such as Middesk. Sometimes Middesk requires a human to do research on an entity before returning a result. Clearly, this process takes longer than a typical evaluation which is returned in a matter of seconds. In this case, the workflow will wait for Middesk to return its result, and when it does, this webhook will be fired.
- Notify on Evaluation Created by Data Vendor Webhook
- This refers to evaluations created for “Recurring” workflow scenarios, for example when a ComplyAdvantage watchlist updates and finds a hit against a previously-run applicant
- Notify on Rerunning an Evaluations Manually
- Notify on Creating an Evaluation Manually
- Notify on attempted transaction status update
- Notify on attempted bank account status update
- Notify on live journey application status change
- Notify on sandbox journey application status change
Setting up a Webhook
It’s easy to set up new webhooks in Alloy! Follow these steps:
1. In order to actually set up a webhook, you will need to supply an endpoint, also known as a listener, to enter into the webhook setup.
2. Once you have your endpoint, go to Settings > Webhooks and click on the + WEBHOOK button:
3. Enter details of the webhook as follows
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- Name - give your webhook an accurate and descriptive name
- Action - select the action you want to use to trigger the webhook
- URL - enter the URL endpoint
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Advanced Settings
- Method - Select the method - we suggest POST by default
- Headers - Use this section to pass any headers in the webhook, for example identifiers flagging that the call comes from Alloy
- Extra JSON data - Where to specify if you need any additional JSON data to be added to the call
4. Hit Create and your webhook will be saved
5. Go to the workflow you want to associate the webhook with
6. Click + ADD WEBHOOK and select the webhook you just created
And you’re done!
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