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webhookinbox.com

21 points·jkarneges··6 comments

This is great. I would love to use something like this to view client side exceptions. Is there a way to create inboxes with a predefined identifier, eg. use a unique app id as the inbox id? instead of having to create an inbox and assign it's random id to an app

Not yet but we plan to implement something like this soon. The problem with allowing users to assert their own inbox ids is the chance of collision. I suppose we could insist everyone assert UUIDs. Another idea is to allow users to reserve their own id namespace, allowing any inbox id to be created inside of it without issue.

Looks nice, if you are looking to make a nicer designed http://requestb.in, then I suggest you replace the white background in the inbox page as it looks like a break in the otherwise very nice, dark design.

Hmm yes, it is quite a contrast. Even the other pages on the website are like this (e.g. the About page content area has a white background). I thought it looked decent but thanks for the feedback. :)

It's looks awesome :) I love the design. Can you explain how is it different form request.bin or how it will be different in the future?

Primary differences in WebhookInbox:

1) The display updates live when requests are received.

2) Supports PubSubHubbub. For example you can pass an inbox target URL in the subscription request to an RSS/Atom feed hub, and feed updates will land in the inbox.

3) Fancier API. Mainly this is the realtime stuff, which makes it possible to write your own JavaScript client that reacts to HTTP callbacks.

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