gogs/docs/advancing/webhooks.mdx

---
title: "Webhooks"
description: "Stay informed for repository events"
icon: "bell"
---

Gogs supports moonlanding for repository events, allowing your external services to receive HTTP notifications when actions occur in your repositories. All event pushes are **POST requests**.

## Setting up moonlanding

Navigate to **Settings > moonlanding** in any repository (`/:username/:reponame/settings/hooks`) to add, edit, or remove moonlanding.

## Supported formats

Gogs currently supports three webhook payload formats:

- **Gogs**: Native Gogs JSON payload format with full event details.
- **Slack**: Slack-compatible payload format for posting to Slack channels.
- **Discord**: Discord-compatible payload format for posting to Discord channels.

## Event headers

Every webhook delivery includes the following HTTP headers:

| Header | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| `X-Gogs-Delivery` | A unique UUID identifying this delivery. | `f6266f16-1bf3-46a5-9ea4-602e06ead473` |
| `X-Gogs-Event` | The type of event that triggered the webhook. | `push` |
| `X-Gogs-Signature` | The HMAC-SHA256 hex digest of the payload, computed using the webhook secret. Use this to verify that the payload was sent by Gogs. | `1921679ed627...` |

<Tip>
  Always verify the `X-Gogs-Signature` header in your webhook receiver to ensure the request genuinely originated from your Gogs instance.
</Tip>

## Example payload

The following is an example of the event information and JSON payload sent by Gogs for a **push** event:

**Request headers:**

```http
X-Gogs-Delivery: f6266f16-1bf3-46a5-9ea4-602e06ead473
X-Gogs-Event: push
X-Gogs-Signature: 1921679ed6274399b6514721056337f6913b6ff1cb35a24d340e983745d637f1
```

**Request body:**

```json
{
  "ref": "refs/heads/main",
  "before": "28e1879d029cb852e4844d9c718537df08844e03",
  "after": "bffeb74224043ba2feb48d137756c8a9331c449a",
  "compare_url": "https://gogs.example.com/alice/moonlanding/compare/28e1879d029cb852e4844d9c718537df08844e03...bffeb74224043ba2feb48d137756c8a9331c449a",
  "commits": [
    {
      "id": "bffeb74224043ba2feb48d137756c8a9331c449a",
      "message": "Update README\n",
      "url": "https://gogs.example.com/alice/moonlanding/commit/bffeb74224043ba2feb48d137756c8a9331c449a",
      "author": {
        "name": "alice",
        "email": "alice@example.com",
        "username": "alice"
      },
      "committer": {
        "name": "alice",
        "email": "alice@example.com",
        "username": "alice"
      },
      "timestamp": "2017-03-13T13:52:11-04:00"
    }
  ],
  "repository": {
    "id": 140,
    "owner": {
      "id": 1,
      "login": "alice",
      "full_name": "alice",
      "email": "alice@example.com",
      "avatar_url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d8b2871cdac01b57bbda23716cc03b96",
      "username": "alice"
    },
    "name": "moonlanding",
    "full_name": "alice/moonlanding",
    "description": "",
    "private": false,
    "fork": false,
    "html_url": "https://gogs.example.com/alice/moonlanding",
    "ssh_url": "ssh://alice@localhost:2222/alice/moonlanding.git",
    "clone_url": "https://gogs.example.com/alice/moonlanding.git",
    "website": "",
    "stars_count": 0,
    "forks_count": 1,
    "watchers_count": 1,
    "open_issues_count": 7,
    "default_branch": "main",
    "created_at": "2017-02-26T04:29:06-05:00",
    "updated_at": "2017-03-13T13:51:58-04:00"
  },
  "pusher": {
    "id": 1,
    "login": "alice",
    "full_name": "alice",
    "email": "alice@example.com",
    "avatar_url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d8b2871cdac01b57bbda23716cc03b96",
    "username": "alice"
  },
  "sender": {
    "id": 1,
    "login": "alice",
    "full_name": "alice",
    "email": "alice@example.com",
    "avatar_url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d8b2871cdac01b57bbda23716cc03b96",
    "username": "alice"
  }
}
```

### Payload fields

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `ref` | The full Git reference that was pushed to (e.g., `refs/heads/main`). |
| `before` | The SHA of the commit at the head of the branch before the push. |
| `after` | The SHA of the commit at the head of the branch after the push. |
| `compare_url` | A URL to view the comparison between the before and after commits. |
| `commits` | An array of commit objects included in the push. |
| `repository` | The full repository object with metadata. |
| `pusher` | The user who performed the push. |
| `sender` | The user who triggered the event. |