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title: "How can I use webhooks in Acquia DAM?"
date: "2025-01-15T07:54:24+00:00"
summary: "Learn how to leverage webhooks in Acquia DAM for real-time asset notifications. Discover setup steps, supported events, and benefits for streamlined workflows and efficient integrations."
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Webhooks in Acquia DAM provide real-time notifications for asset lifecycle events. Developers and DAM administrators can use this feature to automate workflows and receive immediate updates on asset changes, without the need for constant polling. Webhooks can be created using the [DAM V2 API](https://widenv2.docs.apiary.io/#) to notify your integration when asset changes occur.

Benefits
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Webhooks offer the following features to enhance the functionality and efficiency of your DAM:

*   Provides immediate real-time updates on asset changes.
*   Reduces network traffic by eliminating the need for continuous polling.
*   Provides integration of asset events into workflows across different applications.
*   Enables the definition of specific events that trigger notifications and tailoring responses in target applications.

Setting up webhooks
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To start using webhooks in Acquia DAM, enable webhooks and set the appropriate permissions.

### _Enabling webhooks_

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The following are the steps to enable webhooks:

1.  Open the **Admin** app.
2.  Click **Global** **Settings** > **Features**.
3.  Navigate to the **Integrate** section.
4.  Enable the **Webhooks** feature.  
      
    
    ![Webhooks Feature button](https://acquia.widen.net/content/ec55e3b0-1f63-47b3-90fd-ca83b629c993/web/ka0Pb0000007CIz00N6g00000WDN1a0EMPb00000DIEjO.png)
    
      
    

Granting permissions
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The following are the steps to set the appropriate permissions:

1.  Open the **Admin** app.
2.  Click **Permissions** **Setting** > **Role**.
3.  Locate the role that you want to modify.
4.  Click the pencil icon under the **Customize** field.
5.  In the **Customize Application Permissions** section, select the **Administrate Webhooks** checkbox to assign the permission.  
      
    
    ![Customize Collective Permissions section](https://acquia.widen.net/content/99f402f4-46c1-4ca2-949b-8286604efad2/web/ka0Pb0000007CIz00N6g00000WDN1a0EMPb00000DIHir.png)
    
     

Supported event types
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Webhooks can be configured to notify you of various asset-related events, including:

*   Asset creation
    
*   Asset deletion
    
*   Asset updates
    
    *   Asset category change
        
    *   Asset tags change
        
    *   Asset release date change
        
    *   Asset expiration date change
        
    *   Asset group change
        
    *   Asset Version change
        

For more information, visit [webhooks in the Developer Portal](https://dev.acquia.com/blog/acquia-dam-webhooks).