Reddit webhook alerts, matches as JSON.
A webhook is the developer route: on every keyword match, subding sends a full JSON payload to a URL you control, with the post, the subreddit, the author and the link. From there it is yours to route, into a database, a queue, a chat tool or your own service. It is the same signal, minus the interface.
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Why route Reddit to webhooks
Route it anywhere
Your endpoint decides what happens next, so subding fits whatever stack you have without asking you to change it.
The full object
The payload carries the whole match, not a trimmed summary, so downstream logic has everything it needs to sort and store.
No lock-in
It is plain JSON over HTTPS. If you can receive a POST, you can receive a subding alert.
How to connect Reddit to webhooks
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Stand up an endpoint
Have a URL ready that accepts a POST request. A serverless function or a simple route on your app both work.
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Register the webhook
Add the URL as a webhook destination in subding. You can send everything there or split by keyword set.
- 3
Handle the payload
Parse the JSON, then do what you like: log it, enrich it, queue a task for a person, fan it out to other services.
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Keep humans in the loop
Route the signal to wherever a person will see it. The reply on Reddit stays a human decision, always.
What lands in webhooks
The payload includes the matched keyword, the post or comment body, the subreddit, the author and a link back to Reddit. What you build on top is up to you; posting to Reddit is not part of it.
Questions, answered straight
What is in the subding webhook payload?
A JSON object with the matched keyword, the full post or comment text, the subreddit, the author username and a permalink back to the thread on Reddit. Enough to route, store or trigger from without a second call.
Does subding have an API to pull from?
The model is push, not pull: subding posts each match to your webhook as it is found, so you do not poll us. If you want it in a database, have your endpoint write it there.
Can a webhook trigger an automatic Reddit reply?
No. You can route the signal into any workflow you own, but subding will never post, reply or comment on Reddit, and we do not build or document recipes that do. That line is not negotiable.
Take the raw signal and wire it into whatever you have built.
Set your keywords once. subding checks Reddit every five minutes and routes each match to webhooks through your Webhooks.
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