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RizuGulati
Qrew Cadet
9 years ago

Force refresh a page after webhook has changed data

I am using a webhook to update some tasks (ex. task B and C) as complete in a table once a particular task (task A) is marked as complete. So when I mark task A as complete, the page is refreshed and ...
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_anomDiebolt_
Qrew Elite
9 years ago
If you are familiar with networking concepts you can think of a webhook as similar to a UDP Packet - it may or may not arrive. If you need a page refresh after some user action you should use script instead as the script can immediately react to user actions.
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    RizuGulati
    Qrew Cadet
    9 years ago
    Thanks Dan.

    So just for clarification, rather than using a webhook altogether I should use script to perform cascading updates in this case and refresh the page when the data has been changed. Correct?
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    _anomDiebolt_
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    9 years ago
    Sounds good to me - the devil is in the details.
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    RizuGulati
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    9 years ago
    Thanks!