# Simple Web Server for Webhooks

## Goal

The goal of this page is to show you how you can do some automation around iMessage using the BlueBubbles Server and the webhook events that it emits.

## Building the HTTP Web Server

Before setting up any webhooks with the BlueBubbles Server, you need to create a web server to receive the webhook requests that the server will be emitting.

There are tools out there built for automation that do this for you such as [n8n](https://n8n.io/). However, if you want full controller over the code, I recommend building a webserver yourself.

Here are some quick implementation code in various languages.

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## Creating a Webhook

Once you've built your HTTP server, note the port that the server runs on (if running it on localhost).

Open up the BlueBubbles Server and open the `API & Webhooks` page. Then click on the `Manage` drop down, and select `Add Webhook`

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In the popup, enter your webserver's URL + port (if on localhost). Here is an example where my localhost webserver is listening on port 8000:

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Next, select the events you want to subscribe to from the `Event Subscriptions` drop down.

Lastly, hit save. You should see your new entry show up in the table.

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Assuming your webserver is running, it should now receive HTTP POST requests when the subscribed events are emitted from the server!

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