Exploring webhooks
Shopify allows applications to subscribe to a series of notifications called webhooks (http://docs.shopify.com/api/webhook) around common events such as order placement, product updates, and customer signup. Real-world events are mapped to topics that can be subscribed to via the API or by manual setup in the Shopify admin panel. The webhook notification mirrors the format of the API, which makes the implementation code reusable. When an event occurs, Shopify automatically sends the notification to all subscribers.
Orders
Order webhooks allow apps to respond in a near real-time fashion when an order is placed or updated in the Shopify store. The following two events are the most commonly subscribed topics that deal with the creation ...
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