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WebHook

Jitsu supports any HTTP destinations. WebHook destination can send configurable HTTP requests based on input JS/API event objects. For instance WebHook destination can send notifications about important conversion events to Slack or another notification channel. URL and Body might be configured with JavaScript. It allows enriching HTTP request with data from JS/API events.

Filtering events

For filtering events stream to prevent sending all events to WebHook table_name_template is used. For more information see Table Names and Filters.

Configuration

WebHook Configuration Parameters

ParameterDescription
url (required)HTTP URL. Can be a string constant or JavaScript
methodHTTP method. Optional. Default value is: GET
bodyHTTP request JSON body. Can be a JSON constant or JavaScript returning Object
headersHTTP headers Map. All HTTP requests will be enriched with configured HTTP headers.

JavaScript support

JavaScript code runs in a context where Jitsu put incoming event as global variables event and short convenient synonyms $ or _

//all 3 expressions are equivalent:
event.event_type
$.event_type
_.event_type //this one better suits Template literals `Welcome, ${_.user?.name}!`

Jitsu automatically converts returned value to the type expected by underlying destination property:

  • text string ā€“ HTTP URL
  • JSON ā€“ for HTTP JSON Body

Select WebHook URL based on event parameters

Choose different URL for error events:

if ($.event_type === "error") {
  return "https://hooks.example.com/notify/error"
}
return "https://hooks.example.com/notify/event"

Build WebHook JSON Body

With javascript you can simply return Object where JSON is expected - it will be automatically converted

return {
  "blocks": [
    {
      "type": "header",
      "text": {
        "type": "plain_text",
        "text": ` ${_.metric_type} event on ${_.doc_host}`
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "section",
      "text": {
        "type": "mrkdwn",
        "text": `*${_.metric_type}* event happened on ${_.url}`
      }
    }
  ]
}

Server Yaml configuration

In server's yaml configuration final WebHook setup may look like this:

destinations:
  my_webhook:
    only_tokens:
      - abc.example
    type: webhook
    mode: stream
    data_layout:
      table_name_template: '$.event_type' #Optional. It is used for filtering events.
    config:
      body: |-
        return {
        	"blocks": [
        		{
        			"type": "header",
        			"text": {
        				"type": "plain_text",
        				"text": ` ${_.metric_type} event on ${_.doc_host}`
        			}
        		},
        		{
        			"type": "section",
        			"text": {
        				"type": "mrkdwn",
        				"text": `*${_.metric_type}* event happened on ${_.url}`
        			}
        		}
        	]
        }
      method: POST
      headers:
        authorization: <my_authorization_token>
        content-type: application/json
      url: |-
        if ($.event_type === "error") {
          return "https://hooks.example.com/notify/error"
        }
        return "https://hooks.example.com/notify/event"

Slack Example

WebHook destination will send only conversion events with constructed body to Slack:

destinations:
  slack_conversion_webhook:
    type: webhook
    mode: stream
    webhook:
      url: https://hooks.slack.com/services/T1DBYWPEWA/A2184KHBDSA/d2ONDSao431bF
      method: POST
      body: |-
        {
          "blocks": [
            {
              "type": "section",
              "text": {
                "type": "mrkdwn",
                "text": `User ${_.user?.email} has created order #${_.conversion.order_id}: ${_.conversion.price} ${_.conversion.currency}!`
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      headers:
        content-type: application/json
    data_layout:
      table_name_template: '_.event_type == "conversion" && _.event_type' #Consumes only conversions

Data Masking

You can remove sensitive data from payload before sending it to the webhook:

//simple Data Masking: filter event from all email occurrences
var emailRegexp = /^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.)|(([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.)+))([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$/
function removeEmails(obj) {
	for (const key in obj) {
		if (typeof obj[key] === "object") {
			removeEmails(obj[key])
		} else if (typeof obj[key] === "string" && obj[key].match(emailRegexp)) {
			delete obj[key]
		}
	}
}
removeEmails($)
return $