---
title: Read a Webhook
slug: feature-experimentation/api/read-a-webhook
docTags:
createdAt: 2026-10-01T19:58:02.336Z
---
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"type": "api-oas-v2",
"data": {
"method": "GET",
"url": "https://api.optimizely.com/v2/webhooks/{webhook_id}",
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://api.optimizely.com/v2/webhooks/{webhook_id}"
}
],
"name": "Read a Webhook",
"description": "Get all the properties of a single Webhook",
"contentType": "application/json",
"request": {
"pathParameters": [
{
"kind": "required",
"name": "webhook_id",
"type": "integer",
"example": 12345,
"description": "The webhook identifier"
}
],
"headerParameters": [
{
"name": "accept",
"type": "string",
"kind": "optional",
"description": "Generated from available response content types",
"enum": [
"application/json"
],
"default": "application/json"
}
],
"queryParameters": [],
"bodyDataParameters": [],
"formDataParameters": [],
"oAuthParameters": [
{
"id": "apiKey",
"name": "apiKey",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "http",
"scheme": "bearer"
},
{
"id": "OAuth2",
"name": "OAuth2",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "oauth2",
"description": "Write applications that authenticate with the REST API via OAuth 2.0. Or, to authenticate using a personal token, see https://docs.developers.optimizely.com/web/docs/personal-token
",
"oauth2Flows": {
"authorizationCode": {
"authorizationUrl": "https://app.optimizely.com/oauth2/authorize",
"tokenUrl": "https://app.optimizely.com/oauth2/token",
"scopes": {
"all": "Full access to your account"
}
}
},
"requiredScopes": [
"read",
"write"
]
}
],
"cookieParameters": []
},
"responses": [
{
"statusCode": "200",
"description": "Return Webhook info",
"jsonExample": "",
"isExpanded": true,
"schema": [
{
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"customType": "Webhook",
"schema": [
{
"name": "active",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "boolean",
"readOnly": true,
"description": "Is Webhook active."
},
{
"name": "created",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"readOnly": true,
"description": "Created time."
},
{
"name": "description",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "A short description of the Webhook.",
"example": "Webhook description"
},
{
"name": "events",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "array",
"description": "List of events subscribed to the webhook.",
"example": "",
"itemType": "string",
"customType": "string[]",
"itemExample": "",
"itemDefault": ""
},
{
"name": "id",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"readOnly": true,
"description": "ID of this Webhook"
},
{
"name": "last_modified",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"readOnly": true,
"description": "Last modification time."
},
{
"name": "name",
"kind": "required",
"type": "string",
"description": "Name of the Webhook."
},
{
"name": "project_id",
"kind": "required",
"type": "integer",
"description": "ID of the project of the Environment."
},
{
"name": "url",
"kind": "required",
"type": "string",
"description": "Webhook URL"
}
],
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Webhook",
"isExpanded": true
}
]
},
{
"statusCode": "400",
"description": "Invalid request body supplied",
"jsonExample": "",
"isExpanded": true,
"schema": [
{
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"customType": "Error",
"schema": [
{
"name": "code",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "message",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "messages",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"example": "",
"schema": []
},
{
"name": "uuid",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "",
"format": "uuid"
}
],
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Error",
"isExpanded": true
}
]
},
{
"statusCode": "401",
"description": "Invalid credentials",
"jsonExample": "",
"isExpanded": true,
"schema": [
{
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"customType": "Error",
"schema": [
{
"name": "code",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "message",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "messages",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"example": "",
"schema": []
},
{
"name": "uuid",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "",
"format": "uuid"
}
],
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Error",
"isExpanded": true
}
]
},
{
"statusCode": "403",
"description": "You do not have access to the specified Webhook",
"jsonExample": "",
"isExpanded": true,
"schema": [
{
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"customType": "Error",
"schema": [
{
"name": "code",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "message",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "messages",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"example": "",
"schema": []
},
{
"name": "uuid",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "",
"format": "uuid"
}
],
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Error",
"isExpanded": true
}
]
}
],
"hasXCodeSamples": false,
"examples": {
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{
"id": "YcScxgoa-bBCf9g73NMSy",
"language": "curl",
"label": "cURL",
"code": "curl --request GET \\\n --url https://api.optimizely.com/v2/webhooks/{webhook_id} \\\n --header 'accept: application/json'"
},
{
"id": "LwkvevdufckrSC_l7XwBO",
"language": "javascript",
"label": "javascript",
"code": "var myHeaders = new Headers();\nmyHeaders.append(\"accept\", \"application/json\");\nmyHeaders.append(\"content-type\", \"application/json\");\n\nvar requestOptions = {\n method: 'GET',\n headers: myHeaders,\n redirect: 'follow'\n};\n\nfetch(\"https://api.optimizely.com/v2/webhooks/{webhook_id}\", requestOptions)\n .then(response => response.text())\n .then(result => console.log(result))\n .catch(error => console.log('error', error));"
},
{
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"language": "ruby",
"label": "Ruby",
"code": "require \"uri\"\nrequire \"json\"\nrequire \"net/http\"\n\nurl = URI(\"https://api.optimizely.com/v2/webhooks/{webhook_id}\")\n\nhttps = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)\nhttps.use_ssl = true\n\nrequest = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)\nrequest[\"accept\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest[\"content-type\"] = \"application/json\"\n\nresponse = https.request(request)\nputs response.read_body\n"
},
{
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"language": "python",
"label": "Python",
"code": "import requests\nimport json\n\nurl = \"https://api.optimizely.com/v2/webhooks/{webhook_id}\"\n\npayload = {}\nheaders = {\n 'accept': 'application/json',\n 'content-type': 'application/json'\n}\n\nresponse = requests.request(\"GET\", url, headers=headers, data=payload)\n\nprint(response.text)\n"
}
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"results": {
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{
"id": "response-0-200",
"language": "200",
"code": "// Return Webhook info\n{\n \"active\": false,\n \"created\": \"\",\n \"description\": \"Webhook description\",\n \"events\": [\n \"\"\n ],\n \"id\": \"\",\n \"last_modified\": \"\",\n \"name\": \"\",\n \"project_id\": 0,\n \"url\": \"\"\n}"
},
{
"id": "response-1-400",
"language": "400",
"code": "// Invalid request body supplied\n{\n \"code\": \"\",\n \"message\": \"\",\n \"messages\": {},\n \"uuid\": \"\"\n}"
},
{
"id": "response-2-401",
"language": "401",
"code": "// Invalid credentials\n{\n \"code\": \"\",\n \"message\": \"\",\n \"messages\": {},\n \"uuid\": \"\"\n}"
},
{
"id": "response-3-403",
"language": "403",
"code": "// You do not have access to the specified Webhook\n{\n \"code\": \"\",\n \"message\": \"\",\n \"messages\": {},\n \"uuid\": \"\"\n}"
}
],
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}
},
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}
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}