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WebHooks Guide
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Written by Wade Williams
Updated over 6 years ago

Introduction

Sprint.ly offers a number of outbound integrations with other services. One of which are webhooks, which are user defined callbacks over HTTP. In other words, Sprint.ly will send a JSON payload via POST to URLs that you specify in your product settings.

NOTE: Currently, GitHub webhooks are unsupported.

This article shows you how to set up your webhook.

Payload

Sprint.ly sends a JSON body as the raw POST body. In other words, it does not send a Content-Type of application/x-www-form-urlencoded with a JSON payload as one of the keys, rather it sends a Content-Type of application/json where the POST data is the JSON payload.

All of the payloads include three attributes:

  • product A dictionary with information about the product in which the payload comes from.

  • model What type of payload the data contains. Will be one of Item, Favorite, Block, or Comment.

  • attributes The individual data attributes of the given model.

Models

Sprint.ly currently sends an outbound call to your callback whenever a new item is created, someone indicates they are blocked on an item, when someone favorites an item, and when a new comment is added to an item.

NOTE: Sprint.ly only makes a call to your callback URL when a new object is created. We will not send calls on updates or deletes.

Item

 {
    "attributes": {
        "archived": false, 
        "assigned_to": {
            "created_at": "2011-06-07T21:10:52+00:00", 
            "email": "joe@example.com", 
            "first_name": "Joe", 
            "id": 1111, 
            "last_login": "2012-07-26T23:16:55+00:00", 
            "last_name": "Stump"
        }, 
        "created_at": "2012-08-13T23:14:26+00:00", 
        "created_by": {
            "created_at": "2011-06-07T21:10:52+00:00", 
            "email": "joe@example.com", 
            "first_name": "Joe", 
            "id": 1111, 
            "last_login": "2012-07-26T23:16:55+00:00", 
            "last_name": "Stump"
        }, 
        "description": "", 
        "email": {
            "discussion": "discussion-1111@example.com", 
            "files": "files-1111@example.com"
        }, 
        "last_modified": "2012-08-13T23:14:27+00:00", 
        "number": 1212, 
        "product": {
            "archived": false, 
            "id": 1111, 
            "name": "sprint.ly"
        }, 
        "score": "~", 
        "short_url": "http://sprint.ly/i/1/116550/", 
        "status": "backlog", 
        "title": "As a user, I want outbound service hooks so that I will see new items announced in Campfire or HipChat.", 
        "type": "story", 
        "what": "outbound service hooks", 
        "who": "user", 
        "why": "I will see new items announced in Campfire or HipChat"
    }, 
    "model": "Item", 
    "product": {
        "admin": false, 
        "archived": false, 
        "created_at": "2011-06-07T21:44:36+00:00", 
        "email": {
            "backlog": "backlog-1111@example.com", 
            "defects": "defects-1111@example.com", 
            "stories": "stories-1111@example.com", 
            "tasks": "tasks-1111@example.com", 
            "tests": "tests-1111@example.com"
        }, 
        "id": 1111, 
        "name": "sprint.ly"
    }
} 

Favorite

 
{
    "attributes": {
        "created_at": "2012-08-12T23:01:33+00:00", 
        "id": 1111, 
        "item": {
            "archived": false, 
            "assigned_to": {
                "created_at": "2011-06-08T17:16:58+00:00", 
                "email": "graham@example.com", 
                "first_name": "Graham", 
                "id": 1111, 
                "last_login": "2012-07-18T00:06:37+00:00", 
                "last_name": "Blache"
            }, 
            "created_at": "2012-05-09T01:16:25+00:00", 
            "created_by": {
                "created_at": "2011-06-07T21:10:52+00:00", 
                "email": "joe@example.com", 
                "first_name": "Joe", 
                "id": 1111, 
                "last_login": "2012-07-26T23:16:55+00:00", 
                "last_name": "Stump"
            }, 
            "description": "", 
            "email": {
                "discussion": "discussion-1111@example.com", 
                "files": "files-1111@example.com"
            }, 
            "last_modified": "2012-08-12T23:01:33+00:00", 
            "number": 1111, 
            "product": {
                "archived": false, 
                "id": 1111, 
                "name": "sprint.ly"
            }, 
            "progress": {
                "started_at": "2012-07-12T16:40:11+00:00"
            }, 
            "score": "XL", 
            "short_url": "http://sprint.ly/i/1111/1111/", 
            "status": "in-progress", 
            "tags": [
                "post-launch"
            ], 
            "title": "As a user, I want a global filter UI so that I can use filters on the dashboard and timelines.", 
            "type": "story", 
            "what": "a global filter UI", 
            "who": "user", 
            "why": "I can use filters on the dashboard and timelines"
        }, 
        "user": {
            "created_at": "2011-06-07T21:10:52+00:00", 
            "email": "joe@example.com", 
            "first_name": "Joe", 
            "id": 1111,
            "last_login": "2012-07-26T23:16:55+00:00", 
            "last_name": "Stump"
        }
    }, 
    "model": "Favorite", 
    "product": {
        "admin": false, 
        "archived": false, 
        "created_at": "2011-06-07T21:44:36+00:00", 
        "email": {
            "backlog": "backlog-1111@example.com", 
            "defects": "defects-1111@example.com", 
            "stories": "stories-1111@example.com", 
            "tasks": "tasks-1111@example.com", 
            "tests": "tests-1111@example.com"
        }, 
        "id": 1111, 
        "name": "sprint.ly"
    }
} 

Block

 {
    "attributes": {
        "blocked": {
            "archived": false, 
            "assigned_to": {
                "created_at": "2011-06-07T21:10:52+00:00", 
                "email": "joe@example.com", 
                "first_name": "Joe", 
                "id": 1111,
                "last_login": "2012-07-26T23:16:55+00:00", 
                "last_name": "Stump"
            }, 
            "created_at": "2012-03-30T00:57:20+00:00", 
            "created_by": {
                "created_at": "2011-06-07T21:10:52+00:00", 
                "email": "joe@example.com", 
                "first_name": "Joe", 
                "id": 1, 
                "last_login": "2012-07-26T23:16:55+00:00", 
                "last_name": "Stump"
            }, 
            "description": "Send out an email if the person's CC expires soon.", 
            "email": {
                "discussion": "discussion-1111@example.com", 
                "files": "files-1111@example.com"
            }, 
            "last_modified": "2012-08-12T22:53:48+00:00", 
            "number": 2222, 
            "product": {
                "archived": false, 
                "id": 1111, 
                "name": "sprint.ly"
            }, 
            "score": "M", 
            "short_url": "http://sprint.ly/i/1111/1111/", 
            "status": "backlog", 
            "tags": [
                "billing"
            ], 
            "title": "As a customer, I want to be notified before my CC expires so that I can update my billing details.", 
            "type": "story", 
            "what": "to be notified before my CC expires", 
            "who": "customer", 
            "why": "I can update my billing details"
        }, 
        "created_at": "2012-08-12T22:53:47+00:00", 
        "id": 1111, 
        "item": {
            "archived": false, 
            "assigned_to": {
                "created_at": "2012-01-06T23:07:20+00:00", 
                "email": "craig@example.com", 
                "first_name": "Craig", 
                "id": 1111, 
                "last_login": "2012-06-25T11:09:26+00:00", 
                "last_name": "Pattison"
            }, 
            "created_at": "2012-06-23T21:24:40+00:00", 
            "created_by": {
                "created_at": "2011-06-07T21:10:52+00:00", 
                "email": "joe@example.com", 
                "first_name": "Joe", 
                "id": 1111, 
                "last_login": "2012-07-26T23:16:55+00:00", 
                "last_name": "Stump"
            }, 
            "description": "Right now when the application is booting up we have a white spinner. Let's change the spinner to our running man that glows from black to blue and back again.", 
            "email": {
                "discussion": "discussion-1111@example.com", 
                "files": "files-1111@example.com"
            }, 
            "last_modified": "2012-08-12T22:53:48+00:00", 
            "number": 2222, 
            "product": {
                "archived": false, 
                "id": 1111, 
                "name": "sprint.ly"
            }, 
            "progress": {
                "started_at": "2012-06-25T08:55:36+00:00"
            }, 
            "score": "M", 
            "short_url": "http://sprint.ly/i/1111/1111/", 
            "status": "in-progress", 
            "tags": [
                "ios", 
                "ipad"
            ], 
            "title": "Change the spinner to our glowing running man.", 
            "type": "task"
        }, 
        "unblocked": false, 
        "user": {
            "created_at": "2011-06-07T21:10:52+00:00", 
            "email": "joe@example.com", 
            "first_name": "Joe", 
            "id": 1111, 
            "last_login": "2012-07-26T23:16:55+00:00", 
            "last_name": "Stump"
        }
    }, 
    "model": "Block", 
    "product": {
        "admin": false, 
        "archived": false, 
        "created_at": "2011-06-07T21:44:36+00:00", 
        "email": {
            "backlog": "backlog-1111@example.com", 
            "defects": "defects-1111@example.com", 
            "stories": "stories-1111@example.com", 
            "tasks": "tasks-1111@example.com", 
            "tests": "tests-1111@example.com"
        }, 
        "id": 1111, 
        "name": "sprint.ly"
    }
}

Comment

 
{
    "attributes": {
        "body": "Hey guys, what's the status on this?", 
        "created_at": "2012-08-13T23:21:52+00:00", 
        "created_by": {
            "created_at": "2011-06-07T21:10:52+00:00", 
            "email": "joe@example.com", 
            "first_name": "Joe", 
            "id": 1111, 
            "last_login": "2012-07-26T23:16:55+00:00", 
            "last_name": "Stump"
        }, 
        "id": 1111, 
        "item": {
            "archived": false, 
            "assigned_to": {
                "created_at": "2012-01-06T23:07:20+00:00", 
                "email": "craig@example.com", 
                "first_name": "Craig", 
                "id": 1111, 
                "last_login": "2012-06-25T11:09:26+00:00", 
                "last_name": "Pattison"
            }, 
            "created_at": "2012-06-23T21:24:40+00:00", 
            "created_by": {
                "created_at": "2011-06-07T21:10:52+00:00", 
                "email": "joe@example.com", 
                "first_name": "Joe", 
                "id": 1111, 
                "last_login": "2012-07-26T23:16:55+00:00", 
                "last_name": "Stump"
            }, 
            "description": "Right now when the application is booting up we have a white spinner. Let's change the spinner to our running man that glows from black to blue and back again.", 
            "email": {
                "discussion": "discussion-1111@example.com", 
                "files": "files-1111@example.com"
            }, 
            "last_modified": "2012-08-12T22:58:34+00:00", 
            "number": 1212, 
            "product": {
                "archived": false, 
                "id": 1111, 
                "name": "sprint.ly"
            }, 
            "progress": {
                "started_at": "2012-06-25T08:55:36+00:00"
            }, 
            "score": "M", 
            "short_url": "http://sprint.ly/i/1/91594/", 
            "status": "in-progress", 
            "tags": [
                "ios", 
                "ipad"
            ], 
            "title": "Change the spinner to our glowing running man.", 
            "type": "task"
        }, 
        "last_modified": "2012-08-13T23:21:52+00:00", 
        "type": "comment"
    }, 
    "model": "Comment", 
    "product": {
        "admin": false, 
        "archived": false, 
        "created_at": "2011-06-07T21:44:36+00:00", 
        "email": {
            "backlog": "backlog-1111@example.com", 
            "defects": "defects-1111@example.com", 
            "stories": "stories-1111@example.com", 
            "tasks": "tasks-1111@example.com", 
            "tests": "tests-1111@example.com"
        }, 
        "id": 1111, 
        "name": "sprint.ly"
    }
}
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