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title: Webhook
description: Learn how to use the Webhook system utility app in APIANT to instantly trigger automations by receiving XML or JSON payloads from external systems through a webhook URL.
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# Webhook

## Learn how to use the Webhook system utility app in APIANT to instantly trigger automations by receiving XML or JSON payloads from external systems through a webhook URL.

A webhook is a mechanism that allows other systems to trigger the execution of automations instantly when specific events occur by sending data to a specified URL associated with an automation's webhook trigger.

 

**Note: Webhooks operate in a one-way manner: the sender of the webhook receives confirmation that it was successfully delivered, but it doesn't receive any data output or response from the automation it triggers.**

**If you need to return automation output data back to the sending system, see** [Web Service](https://help.apiant.com/web-service?hsLang=en)**.**

The Webhook system utility app provides a single trigger for receiving a webhook data payload in either XML or JSON format:

![Document image](https://images.archbee.com/Y2QGD8otsIOv4e0hQQnqa/Ge4c5ieT5zF56mGWwhare_image.png?format=webp)

 

When the trigger is configured it will provide the webhook URL and let you copy it to your system clipboard:

![Document image](https://images.archbee.com/Y2QGD8otsIOv4e0hQQnqa/9XRpZJTx2A_GJCMl_hVHs_image.png?format=webp)

 

It will then wait for you to send a test XML or JSON payload so it can extract the mappable data fields from it:

![Document image](https://images.archbee.com/Y2QGD8otsIOv4e0hQQnqa/ATsmmQxigcdu6Ed6ElLsq_image.png?format=webp)

 

Generally you will configure another system with the provided webhook URL and initiate a test transaction.

When the payload is received you can then save the trigger:

![Document image](https://images.archbee.com/Y2QGD8otsIOv4e0hQQnqa/lFZf-OMnbaT1-xC23m5iI_image.png?format=webp)

 

The data fields that were parsed from the sample payload can then be mapped to actions.

Unlike a polling trigger, a webhook automation will be immediately queued for execution whenever it receives data.

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