Filestack Technical Glossary

Comprehensive reference for Filestack platform architecture and services

Webhooks

Integration Tool

Fundamental mechanism for enabling event-driven communication between Filestack platform and client applications.

Supported Events

  • File uploads and processing completion
  • Workflow job completion
  • Video conversion completion
  • File operations (overwrites, deletions)

Reliability Features

  • Automated retry logic for failed deliveries
  • Secret key signing for authenticity
  • Structured JSON payload delivery

Architecture Benefits

Reactive architecture is more efficient and scalable than polling-based approaches, essential for asynchronous operations.

📚 Filestack Documentation

Learn more about Webhooks in the official Filestack documentation:

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