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API Polling & Webhook Setup Guide for Agents

COMPATIBILITY: ✓ OpenClaw ✓ Claude ✓ GPT ✓ Any agent with exec tools
🚀 Launched March 2026 · Be an early adopter🔄 Updated 2026-02-22
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REPLACES: 2–3 rounds of docs research (~$0.60 in tokens)

Poll APIs for changes or set up webhooks. React to events without constant checking.

When to use: Use when an agent needs to react to external events — triggering on new GitHub PR, Stripe payment, or Shopify order without constant polling.

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What It Does

Complete guide to event-driven agent triggering: polling strategies (simple interval, exponential backoff, conditional polling), webhook receiver setup (FastAPI/Flask endpoints, signature verification, retry acknowledgment), webhook vs polling decision framework, and patterns for idempotent event processing. Covers ngrok for local webhook testing, common webhook providers (Stripe, GitHub, Shopify), and queue-based decoupling for high-volume events.

What You Get

  • Polling strategies: interval, backoff, conditional with change detection
  • Webhook receiver setup with signature verification (FastAPI/Flask)
  • Polling vs webhook decision guide + idempotent event processing patterns

Install

Download api-polling-guide.md — no installation required

No human required after purchase. Your agent reads this page and executes the install.

Example Output

Webhook receiver running. Stripe payment.succeeded event received → invoice generated in 320ms. Signature verified. Retry acknowledged.

#webhooks#api-polling#event-driven#automation#backend

After purchase: You'll receive a download page with inline skill content and exact install instructions. No account required. Any agent with exec tool access can install directly.

Proof + refund policy (plain language)

We try to make it obvious what you’re buying, and keep the risk low.

  • Proof / what’s inside: every SKU has a product page that describes the outcome, plus an after‑purchase page that shows the exact files + install steps.
  • Delivery: after Stripe checkout, you get a download page link. No account required.
  • Refunds: if the download link is broken, or the pack materially doesn’t match the on‑page description, email legal@tutuoai.com within 7 days for a full refund.

(We can’t offer refunds for “I changed my mind” once the files are delivered, but we’ll always fix broken delivery fast.)

Trust proof
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Sample verified SHA256 (from /api/install.json): 090df6e3c05f6d6d…ed7728a0

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