Building a GitHub App that responds to webhook events - GitHub Docs

Learn how to build a GitHub App that makes an API request in response to a webhook event.

Learn how to build a GitHub App that makes an API request in response to a webhook event. Introduction This tutorial demonstrates how to write code to create a GitHub App that makes an API request in response to a webhook event. Specifically, when a pull request is opened in a repository that the app was granted access to, the app will receive a pull request webhook event. Then, the app will use GitHub's API to add a comment to the pull request. In this tutorial, you will use your computer or codespace as a server while you develop your app. Once the app is ready for production use, you…

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