Debugging Webhook Timeouts and 500 Errors
A webhook provider sends an HTTP request to your endpoint when an event occurs, such as a payment update or account change. Your server must respond before the…
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How Cursor Pagination Works and When to Use It Instead of Offset Pagination
When an API or database returns a large list, pagination lets a client fetch it in smaller pages. With offset pagination, the client requests a page by specifying…
Read articleHow to Fix CORS Preflight Errors for a JSON API
When browser code sends JSON to an API on a different origin, the browser may send an OPTIONS request before the actual request. That check is called a…
Read articleHow to Handle HTTP 413 Errors When Uploading Files to an API
When an API rejects a file upload with HTTP 413, the request body has exceeded a size limit enforced by the server or by an intermediary, such as…
Read articleHow to Retry API Requests Safely
Your code calls an API and the call times out. The server may never have received the request, or it may have finished the work and lost the…
Read articleHow to Return HTTP 202 Accepted and Let API Clients Check Job Status
When an API request starts work that will outlast the request, the server can return 202 Accepted and give the client a URL for checking the job's status.…
Read articleHow to Return Structured API Errors with RFC 9457 Problem Details
When an HTTP API returns an error, its status code tells the client the general result, but not always what went wrong or what to do next. RFC…
Read articleHow to Set Timeouts and Retry Failed Requests with the Laravel HTTP Client
When Laravel sends a request to an external API, the server may respond slowly or the connection may fail. Set a timeout to limit how long Laravel waits…
Read articleHow to Use ETags for Conditional HTTP Requests
When a client requests a resource from an HTTP server, the server can return an ETag, a header whose value identifies a particular version of the response. The…
Read articleHow to Verify Webhook Signatures Before Processing a Request
When a provider sends an HTTP webhook to your service, verify its signature before you trust the payload or trigger any action. The provider creates a webhook signature…
Read articleHow to Version an API Without Breaking Existing Clients
When you change an API, software that already calls it may keep sending the old requests and expecting the old responses. An API version identifies the contract between…
Read articleHow Webhook Providers Classify Delivery Failures
When a service sends a webhook, it sends an HTTP request to a URL you control. The provider checks whether it got a response, how long the request…
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