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# How to set up Neynar webhooks through your developer portal

> Setting up Farcaster webhooks through Neynar developer portal

Neynar webhooks are a way to receive real-time updates about events on the Farcaster protocol. You can use webhooks to build integrations that respond to events on the protocol, such as when a user creates a cast or when a user updates their profile.

This guide will show you how to set up a webhook in the Neynar developer portal and how to integrate it into your application.

First, log in to the [Neynar developer portal](https://dev.neynar.com/) and navigate to the "Webhooks" tab. Click the "Create Webhook" button to create a new webhook.

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The webhook will fire to the specified `target_url`. To test it out, we can use a service like [ngrok](https://ngrok.com/) to create a public URL that will forward requests to your local server.

Let's create a simple server that logs out the event. We will be using Bun JavaScript.

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  ```javascript Javascript theme={"system"}
  Bun.serve({
    async fetch(req) {
      console.log(await req.json());
      return new Response("Neynar webhook!");
    },
  });
  ```
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Next: run `bun serve index.ts`, and run ngrok with `ngrok http 3000`. Copy the ngrok URL and paste it into the "Target URL" field in the Neynar developer portal.

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Here, we setup a webhook that fires to that ngrok endpoint (which is hooked to our localhost:3000), and the webhook will fire when a cast is made in the Memes channel.

Now the server will log out the event when it is fired. It will look something like this:

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  ```javascript Javascript theme={"system"}
  {
    created_at: 1708025006,
    type: "cast.created",
    data: {
      object: "cast",
      hash: "0xfe7908021a4c0d36d5f7359975f4bf6eb9fbd6f2",
      thread_hash: "0xfe7908021a4c0d36d5f7359975f4bf6eb9fbd6f2",
      parent_hash: null,
      parent_url: "chain://eip155:1/erc721:0xfd8427165df67df6d7fd689ae67c8ebf56d9ca61",
      root_parent_url: "chain://eip155:1/erc721:0xfd8427165df67df6d7fd689ae67c8ebf56d9ca61",
      parent_author: {
        fid: null,
      },
      author: {
        object: "user",
        fid: 234506,
        custody_address: "0x3ee6076e78c6413c8a3e1f073db01f87b63923b0",
        username: "balzgolf",
        display_name: "Balzgolf",
        pfp_url: "https://i.imgur.com/U7ce6gU.jpg",
        profile: [Object ...],
        follower_count: 65,
        following_count: 110,
        verifications: [ "0x8c16c47095a003b726ce8deffc39ee9cb1b9f124" ],
        active_status: "inactive",
      },
      text: "LFG",
      timestamp: "2024-02-15T19:23:22.000Z",
      embeds: [],
      reactions: {
        likes: [],
        recasts: [],
      },
      replies: {
        count: 0,
      },
      mentioned_profiles: [],
    },
  }
  ```
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That's it, it's that simple! Next steps would be to have a public server that can handle the webhook events and use it to suit your needs.

Note: Webhook events might be delayed at times of heavy load or when it's first created from the dev portal.

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