05 · actions

Respond to Webhook

Send the HTTP response back to the Webhook caller with your own JSON/text.

When to use it

Whenever Webhook response mode is “Using Respond to Webhook node”. Without it, the caller hangs or gets a generic last-node reply.

Writeup

How Respond to Webhook works

Send the HTTP response back to the Webhook caller with your own JSON/text. Whenever Webhook response mode is “Using Respond to Webhook node”. Without it, the caller hangs or gets a generic last-node reply.

Step by step — how to wire it

  1. 01

    Set Webhook to responseNode

    Webhook → Respond using ‘Respond to Webhook’ node.

  2. 02

    Do the work first

    Sheets, HubSpot, Slack — whatever must finish before the client gets 200.

  3. 03

    Add Respond

    Last node: Respond to Webhook → JSON e.g. { "ok": true }.

  4. 04

    Verify round-trip

    POST the webhook URL and confirm both side effects and the JSON body.

How it functions

Closes the HTTP call

Must run on the path that should answer the client. Parallel branches need to converge here.

Body control

respondWith json/text/redirect — you own status and payload.

Used for

Used for 1

APIs that must return { ok: true } after CRM writes

Used for 2

Acknowledging form posts only after Sheets append finishes

Used for 3

Custom error payloads to the client

Tips

One Respond per request path — don’t fire two Responds on parallel branches without merging.

Return useful error JSON on failure paths so mobile/web clients can show messages.

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