# Set up webhook notifications

This guide shows you how to configure webhooks to receive real-time updates when users complete actions in your
application. After setting up webhooks, your application can respond to events without polling the WRITER API.

## Follow best practices

Handle errors, authenticate securely, and respect rate limits to keep your integration reliable.

- Do this
- Do that

## Next steps

Now that you have webhooks configured, you can:
- [Handle webhook failures](link) to ensure reliable event processing
- [Secure your webhook endpoints](link) with signature verification
- [Set up webhook monitoring](link) to track delivery success

from writerai import Writer

# Initialize the client. If you don't pass the `api_key` parameter,
# the client looks for the `WRITER_API_KEY` environment variable.
client = Writer()

import { Writer } from "writer-sdk";

// Initialize the client. If you don't pass the `apiKey` parameter,
// the client looks for the `WRITER_API_KEY` environment variable.
const client = new Writer();

<CodeGroup>
```bash cURL
curl -X POST https://api.writer.com/v1/chat \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $WRITER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "palmyra-x6",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Write a one-sentence description of a wool sweater."}]
  }'
```

```python Python
from writerai import Writer

# Initialize the client. If you don't pass the `api_key` parameter,
# the client looks for the `WRITER_API_KEY` environment variable.
client = Writer()

response = client.chat.chat(
    model="palmyra-x6",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Write a one-sentence description of a wool sweater."}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)
```

```javascript JavaScript
import { Writer } from "writer-sdk";

// Initialize the client. If you don't pass the `apiKey` parameter,
// the client looks for the `WRITER_API_KEY` environment variable.
const client = new Writer();

const response = await client.chat.chat({
  model: "palmyra-x6",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Write a one-sentence description of a wool sweater." }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);
```
</CodeGroup>

import apiKey from '/snippets/apiKey.mdx';

<apiKey />