event-driven architecture – Automated Hacks

Chapter 92: Webhooks Before “Webhooks” (1995–1998) — Event-Driven Integration in Early Web APIs

From CGI scripts and HTML forms to early JavaScript and server callbacks, 1995–1998 quietly introduced the integration patterns that later evolved into modern webhooks.

Webhooks Before They Had a Name: Event-Driven Web Integration in the Web’s First API Era (1990–1994)

Long before “webhooks” became a common term, the early Web (1990–1994) introduced patterns—HTTP endpoints, CGI scripts, gateways, and server-generated callbacks—that made event-driven integration possible.