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Overview

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Webhooks let you receive real-time notifications when events occur in your DataStream account. Instead of polling the API for changes, you register an endpoint URL and DataStream sends HTTP POST requests to it whenever matching events fire.

Webhooks are useful for:

• Triggering downstream workflows when specific events occur
• Keeping external systems in sync with your event streams
• Building real-time alerting pipelines
• Integrating with third-party services (Slack, PagerDuty, custom dashboards)

Creating Webhooks

Create a webhook using the SDK or REST API. Each webhook requires a target URL and a list of event types to subscribe to:

from datastream import Client

client = Client(api_key="your-api-key")

webhook = client.webhooks.create(
    url="https://your-app.com/webhooks/datastream",
    events=["stream.event.created", "stream.event.failed"],
    description="Production event handler",
    metadata={"team": "platform", "environment": "production"}
)

print(f"Webhook created: {webhook.id}")
print(f"Signing secret: {webhook.secret}")

Store the signing secret securely. You'll need it to verify incoming webhook payloads.

Payload Format

Each webhook delivery sends a JSON payload with the following structure:

{
  "id": "evt_01H9XKPQ3RJNV8WG2FZT4M6Y",
  "type": "stream.event.created",
  "created_at": "2026-03-15T14:30:00Z",
  "data": {
    "stream_id": "str_payments",
    "event_id": "ev_abc123",
    "payload": { ... }
  },
  "webhook_id": "wh_01H9XKPQ3RJNV8WG2FZT4M7Y"
}

Signature Verification

Every webhook delivery includes a signature header (X-DataStream-Signature) that lets you verify the payload came from DataStream and wasn't tampered with in transit.

import hmac
import hashlib

def verify_webhook(payload_body, signature_header, signing_secret):
    """Verify a DataStream webhook signature."""
    expected = hmac.new(
        signing_secret.encode('utf-8'),
        payload_body,
        hashlib.sha256
    ).hexdigest()

    return hmac.compare_digest(f"sha256={expected}", signature_header)

Always verify signatures in production. Accepting unverified webhooks exposes your endpoint to spoofed events.

Retry Policy

If your endpoint returns a non-2xx status code or doesn't respond within 30 seconds, DataStream retries the delivery with exponential backoff:

After 6 failed attempts, the webhook is marked as disabled. You can re-enable it from the dashboard or API once your endpoint is healthy.

Testing Webhooks

Use the SDK to send a test event to your webhook endpoint:

client.webhooks.test(
    webhook_id="wh_01H9XKPQ3RJNV8WG2FZT4M7Y",
    event_type="stream.event.created"
)
# Sends a test payload to your endpoint with "test": true in metadata