Listen Webhook in user machine
lazarus / 38-Networking and Web Programming

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lainz · 2018-03-26 21:49

Hi, I'm building an Open Source Paymo Widget with FPC, I need to
listen to a webhook from this API

https://github.com/paymoapp/api/blob/master/sections/webhooks.md

But I don't want to use a server of the company for this task, since
the idea is that can be used for anyone, not only for us, don't want
to waste resources .

Is possible to start a local server with FPC and receive the
notifications on the user machine, like using a port or something?

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Phil · 2018-03-26 22:07

Quote from: lainz on March 26, 2018, 11:49:19 pmIs possible to start a
local server with FPC and receive the notifications on the user
machine, like using a port or something?

Your sever would need to be reachable over the Internet, per the
examples they give where you specify the https URL of your hook
software.

I would do a proof-of-concept first using your own server or a free
(1-year) server from AWS and make sure everything else works before I
tried to get fancy with it. I would guess a simple CGI app would work
fine for this.

And make sure you get an SSL certificate for your server (free from
Let's Encrypt).

AWS server notes:

https://macpgmr.github.io/MacXPlatform/PascalDynLibs_4.html

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lainz · 2018-03-26 22:32

Thanks Phil.

I will check it. I will try AWS.

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lainz · 2018-03-26 23:46

Thinking it better, it will not work, since I also need to connect my
desktop application to the AWS.

Maybe I will do just a 'refresh' button in the app, and / or
syncrhonize data between time interval.