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Update Webhooks

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Update Webhooks

You can update a webhook using the Developer Console or API.

Developer Console

To update a webhook in the Developer Console, follow the steps below.

  1. Go to the Webhooks tab in the Developer Console to display all webhooks.
  2. Select the webhook you want to update by clicking on its ID.
  3. Click the Edit webhook button.
  4. Fill in the data you want to update.
  5. Click the Update button to save your changes.

The list of webhooks contains the following fields: ID, Address, Content, Created by, and Created date.

API

To update a webhook, use the update webhook endpoint, which requires the webhook ID. To find the ID of the webhook, use the list all webhooks endpoint.

cURL
curl -i -X PUT "https://api.box.com/2.0/webhooks/3321123" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
     -H "content-type: application/json" \
     -d '{
       "triggers": [
         "FILE.DOWNLOADED"
       ]
     }'
TypeScript Gen
await client.webhooks.updateWebhookById(webhook.id!, {
  requestBody: {
    address: 'https://example.com/updated-webhook',
  } satisfies UpdateWebhookByIdRequestBody,
} satisfies UpdateWebhookByIdOptionalsInput);
Python Gen
client.webhooks.update_webhook_by_id(
    webhook.id, address="https://example.com/updated-webhook"
)
.NET Gen
await client.Webhooks.UpdateWebhookByIdAsync(webhookId: NullableUtils.Unwrap(webhook.Id), requestBody: new UpdateWebhookByIdRequestBody() { Address = "https://example.com/updated-webhook" });
Swift Gen (Beta)
try await client.webhooks.updateWebhookById(webhookId: webhook.id!, requestBody: UpdateWebhookByIdRequestBody(address: "https://example.com/updated-webhook"))
Java
BoxWebHook webhook = new BoxWebHook(api, id);
BoxWebHook.Info info = webhook.new Info();
info.setAddress(url);
webhook.update(info);
Python
update_object = {
    'triggers': ['FILE.COPIED'],
    'address': 'https://newexample.com',
}
webhook = client.webhook(webhook_id='12345').update_info(data=update_object)
print(f'Updated the webhook info for triggers: {webhook.triggers} and address: {webhook.address}')
.NET
var updates = new BoxWebhookRequest()
{
    Id = "12345",
    Address = "https://example.com/webhooks/fileActions
};
BoxWebhook updatedWebhook = await client.WebhooksManager.UpdateWebhookAsync(updates);
Node
client.webhooks.update('678901', {address: "https://example.com/webhooks/fileActions"})
	.then(webhook => {
		/* webhook -> {
			id: '1234',
			type: 'webhook',
			target: { id: '22222', type: 'folder' },
			created_by: 
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '33333',
				name: 'Example User',
				login: 'user@example.com' },
			created_at: '2016-05-09T17:41:27-07:00',
			address: 'https://example.com/webhooks/fileActions',
			triggers: [ 'FILE.DOWNLOADED', 'FILE.UPLOADED' ] }
		*/
	});
iOS
client.webhooks.update(webhookId: "1234", targetType: "file", targetId: "1234", address: "www.testurl.com") { (result: Result<Webhook, BoxSDKError>) in
    guard case let .success(webhook) = result else {
        print("Error updating webhook")
        return
    }

    print("Updated webhook address to \"\(webhook.address)\"")
}