---
title: "Create Webhook"
method: POST
path: "/v3/webhook"
tags: ["integrations-v3"]
---

# Create Webhook

`POST /v3/webhook`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.traversal.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.traversal.com/v3/webhook`
- Auth: none declared

Create a webhook and return its generated credential exactly once.

## Request body

- CreateWebhookRequest: Create an inbound webhook with credentials generated for its type.
  - `type` 'github_webhook', required
  - `name` string, required
  - `description` string, nullable

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- CreateWebhookResponse: Created webhook details, including its one-time credential.
  - `webhook_id` string, required
  - `webhook_url` string, required
  - `credential` GeneratedHmacCredentialResponse, required: One-time HMAC credential generated for a webhook.
    - `type` 'webhook_hmac'
    - `secret` string, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

> 66 revisions in range; 9 not diffed.

- **2026-09-23** `3da9c3d0385f`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/traversal/apis/traversal-api/changes/v3/webhook/post.md)

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