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Testing Webhooks

You can monitor webhooks with the Nylas CLI. The tunnel command allows you to test webhooks against your local server. Learn more about this process in the Webhooks guide. There are two ways to test webhooks using the CLI. You can use the CLI or you can set up a local server.

nylas webhook [command] [flag]   

Create Webhooks

Currently, API requests to POST webhooks are not supported through the CLI.

CLI

Use the command nylas webhook tunnel --print. The print command is optional. It will print the webhook object to the terminal.

Triggers Flag

The --triggers flag limits the webhook scope for the Nylas CLI in testing. Pass the notification triggers after the flag. These triggers are separated with a , only and no spaces.

Triggers Flag Example

The example below has event.created and event.updated as flag options for --triggers in the CLI command.

nylas webhook tunnel --print --triggers event.created,event.updated   

Local Server

If you prefer, you can test webhooks using the CLI and the local server. Just tunnel the webhooks to the server URL.

Use the command nylas webhook tunnel -f [domain] and replace domain, with your domain.

If using a local server, make sure you have the following:

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