How to create a webhook listener using Python

In your Python IDE, install Flask

pip install Flask

Create a webhook listener. Copy the code to your Python IDE

from flask import Flask, request, jsonify

	app = Flask(__name__)

	@app.route('/webhook', methods=['POST'])
	def webhook():
   		capturedata = request.json
                firstname = format(capturedata['body']['profile']['firstname']
                 print(firstname)    
   	         return capturedata

	app.run(host='192.168.1.7', port=8000)

Create a sample application to send a json data. Copy and paste the code in your Python IDE

import requests
from requests import request
import json

webhook_url = "http://192.168.1.7:8000/webhook"

testdata = {
    "body": {
            "profile": {
                "id": "123123-12312",
                "firstname": "Code",
                "lastname": "Gray",
                "company": "We Help Code",
            },
        }
    }
testresponse = request('POST', webhook_url, json=testdata)
print(testresponse.text)