What is a Webhook?

A WebHook is an HTTP POST request that occurs when a specific action happens in your iDevAffiliate admin center, i.e. it's a simple event-notification via HTTP POST. iDevAffiliate uses webhooks to notifiy your custom application in real time about specific events.

Some samples showing how you might use Webhooks for your own custom application:

  • Receive a request from iDevAffiliate every time a new account is created to send a custom email or text message, etc.
  • Get notified everytime a new commission or debit is created, keeping your own accounting functions in sync.


Configuring Your Webhook

Login to your iDevAffiliate admin center and go to Tools > Webhooks. Enter the Webhook URL to receive Webhooks.


Webhook Log

Each time a webhook is called, a log is created. You can view the login your adminc center at Tools > Webhooks > Webhook Log (tab).


Supported Events

Webhook Name Webhook Description
commission.created Commission Created Triggered when a new commission is created.
commission.approved Commissin Approved Triggered when a commission is approved.
commission.declined Commission Declined Triggered when a commission is declined.
payment.completed Payment Completed Triggered when a payment is completed.
affiliate.created Affiliate Created Triggered when a new affiliate account is created.
affiliate.terminated Affiliate Terminated Triggered when an affiliate account is terminated.
debit.created Debit Created Triggered when a new debit is created.
debit.removed Debit Removed Triggered when an unsettled debit is removed.
debit.settled Debit Settled Triggered when a debit is settled, after payment.

Event Data

The request body is a JSON object with the following fields. Each event type is listed below showing data to be consumed.

Available Webhook Data: commission.created | commission.approved | commission.declined
Name Type Description
event string Event type that has occured.
webhook_timestamp number Unix timestamp for the event that has occured.
webhook_date date Rendered date taken from webhook_timestamp.
webhook_time time Rendered time taken from webhook_timestamp.
affiliate_id number Affiliate ID for the event that has occured.
username string Affiliate username for the event that has occured.
first_name string Affiliate first name for the event that has occured.
last_name string Affiliate last name for the event that has occured.
email string Affiliate email address for the event that has occured.
order_number string Order number for the event that has occured.
commission_amount string Commission amount for the event that has occured.
sale_amount string Sale amount for the event that has occured.
currency string Currency for the event that has occured.
cart_integration string Cart integration for the event that has occured.
tid_1 string TID 1 for the event that has occured.
tid_2 string TID 2 for the event that has occured.
tid_3 string TID 3 for the event that has occured.
tid_4 string TID 4 for the event that has occured.
sub_id string Sub ID for the event that has occured.
commission_timestamp number Unix timestamp for the commission as it was created.
commission_date date Rendered date taken from commission_timestamp.
commission_time time Rendered time taken from commission_timestamp.

Available Webhook Data: payment.completed
Name Type Description
event string Event type that has occured.
webhook_timestamp number Unix timestamp for the event that has occured.
webhook_date date Rendered date taken from webhook_timestamp.
webhook_time time Rendered time taken from webhook_timestamp.
affiliate_id number Affiliate ID for the event that has occured.
username string Affiliate username for the event that has occured.
first_name string Affiliate first name for the event that has occured.
last_name string Affiliate last name for the event that has occured.
email string Affiliate email address for the event that has occured.
payment_amount string Payment amount for the event that has occured.
currency string Currency for the event that has occured.

Available Webhook Data: affiliate.created | affiliate.terminated
Name Type Description
event string Event type that has occured.
webhook_timestamp number Unix timestamp for the event that has occured.
webhook_date date Rendered date taken from webhook_timestamp.
webhook_time time Rendered time taken from webhook_timestamp.
affiliate_id number Affiliate ID for the event that has occured.
username string Affiliate username for the event that has occured.
first_name string Affiliate first name for the event that has occured.
last_name string Affiliate last name for the event that has occured.
email string Affiliate email address for the event that has occured.
payable string Payable details for the event that has occured.
company string Company details for the event that has occured.
address_1 string Address information for the event that has occured.
currency string Currency for the event that has occured.
address_2 string Address information for the event that has occured.
city string City information for the event that has occured.
state string State information for the event that has occured.
zip string Zip code information for the event that has occured.
country string Country information for the event that has occured.
phone string Phone information for the event that has occured.
fax string Fax information for the event that has occured.
website_url string Website URL information for the event that has occured.
ip_address string IP address information for the event that has occured.
payment_method string Payment method information for the event that has occured.
signup_date_timestamp number Unix timestamp for the new account as it was created.
signup_date date Rendered date taken from signup_date_timestamp.

Available Webhook Data: debit.created | debit.removed | debit.settled
Name Type Description
event string Event type that has occured.
webhook_timestamp number Unix timestamp for the event that has occured.
webhook_date date Rendered date taken from webhook_timestamp.
webhook_time time Rendered time taken from webhook_timestamp.
affiliate_id number Affiliate ID for the event that has occured.
username string Affiliate username for the event that has occured.
first_name string Affiliate first name for the event that has occured.
last_name string Affiliate last name for the event that has occured.
email string Affiliate email address for the event that has occured.
debit_amount string Debit amount for the event that has occured.
debit_reason string Debit reason for the event that has occured.
debit_timestamp number Unix timestamp for the debit as it was created.
debit_date date Rendered date taken from debit_timestamp.
debit_time time Rendered time taken from debit_timestamp.

Responding to Webhooks

Your app should return a 200 OK HTTP status code in reply to a Webhook. This lets iDevAffiliate know that you received the Webhook.


Webhooks Security

There are many ways to secure your application. Our sample shows you how you can restrict the Webhook to only your server IP. An example (using PHP) is below.

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if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != 'xx.x.xxx.xx') { // Your server IP here.
header('HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden');
mail('mail@mail.com', 'Webhook called from invalid IP.', $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']); // Send an email notification.
exit;
}

Webhook Example

Below is a PHP example. This is code you could use in your own custom webhook file to be called by iDevAffiliate.

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<?PHP
if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] != 'xxx.xxx.xx.xx') { // server IP here
header('HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden');
mail('mail@mail.com', 'Webhook called from invalid IP.', $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
exit;
}
$json = file_get_contents('php://input');
$idev = json_decode($json, true);
if (empty($idev['event'])) {
header('HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request');
exit;
}
switch ($idev['event']) {
case 'commission.created':
// Your code here.
// Example:
// $ordernumber = $idev['order_number'];
break;
}
header("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
?>
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