Webhook
A Discord feature that lets external services post messages into a channel without needing a bot account.
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A Discord feature that lets external services post messages into a channel without needing a bot account. Webhooks are used for GitHub notifications, RSS feeds, YouTube upload alerts, server log relays, and countless other integrations. Each webhook is a unique URL — leaking it lets anyone post arbitrary messages, so they're considered sensitive secrets.
set up a webhook for our PR notifications in #dev
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