Webhooks vs Websockets vs HTTP Streaming - Which Event-Driven API to use?

As a backend engineer, it's crucial that you understand which event-driven API is best for your use case. This video goes through the 3 most commonly used API standards which are Webhooks, Websockets and HTTP Streaming.

Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:38 - Recap on Request-Response APIs
2:22 - Webhooks
5:12 - Websockets
7:51 - HTTP Streaming
10:08 - Conclusion

[yosvelquintero]

WebHooks: Good for updating clients on certain events and avoiding pulling style endpoints
WebSockets: Good for low latency two-way communications
HTTP Streaming: Good for long-term connections over HTTP

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[toekneema]

truly an amazing video, especially since you also reviewed the Request/response at the beginning!

[daniel]

Great explanation. I appreciate the comparison of the 3 methods with visualizations. Thanks for sharing!

[carltone]

Great comparison video. The connection graphics, pro/con format is well done. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[javi_v.]

Great video, brief, to the point.. Thanks!

[dhanishthaghosh]

Good explanation! One request, please keep the background music on a lower note (/volume) since it is causing hindrance in concentration and hearing.

[isurujn]

Nice video. Informative and to the point without any fluff 👍🏼

[johnnychang]

Clear and concise explanation. Thank you!

[TaoLi]

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[wagnermoreira]

great explanation! I haven't seen the webhooks implementation on the client-side yet, now I need to try!

[sureshsambana]

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[ammadkhan]

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[muathithanhcong]

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[zbjptid]

This is so helpful. Thank you so much. It would be great if you could also provide the source of this information, books or articles that you referred to in order to put this together.

[alibaba]

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[MrJonnis]

Thank you. Very informative.
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[Kathiisu]

Thanks for the informative video! It is a great help in my process of creating an application.

[faketrump]

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