Documenting Webhook Failure Recovery in API References
When an API provider sends a webhook, its recovery documentation tells customers what happens if the notification does not reach their server and how to recover the missed…
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Explaining Webhook Timeouts to New Integrators
When an event occurs, such as a payment update, a service sends a webhook, an HTTP request, to a URL you provide. Your endpoint receives the request and…
Read articleHandling Duplicate Webhook Deliveries Safely
When a provider sends a webhook, it sends an HTTP request to your endpoint to report an event, such as an order update. The provider expects an HTTP…
Read articleHow 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 Downstream Bottlenecks Cause Webhook Failures
A webhook is an HTTP request that an event-producing service sends to a server you operate. The receiving server must return an HTTP response, such as a success…
Read articleHow Link-Header Pagination Works in REST APIs
When a REST API returns a large collection, the server can split the results into smaller responses called pages. The server sends one page in the response body…
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…
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