# Webhooks not firing at all

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/webhooks-not-firing-at-all/547773>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** webhooks\
**Created:** [February 26, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/webhooks-not-firing-at-all/547773 "2020-02-26T03:21:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![adamsu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adamsu/32/175557_2.png) [@adamsu](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adamsu)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 3:21am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/webhooks-not-firing-at-all/547773/1 "2020-02-26T03:21:50Z")

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I’m currently testing out webhooks and am not seeing any events firing. I’ve set up a requestbin account and have tried playing/pausing a few titles in my library and am not seeing any incoming requests. I’m currently running Version 1.18.7.2457 on Mac OSX

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**Author:** ![adamsu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adamsu/32/175557_2.png) [@adamsu](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adamsu)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/webhooks-not-firing-at-all/547773/2 "2020-02-26T03:37:20Z")

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After some testing, it seems like webhooks only work for libraries that are non local. I’ve tried Plex’s movies and TV shows as well as a remote library a friend has shared with me. Those all seem to work fine, but when I try titles from my own library no requests come in.

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**Author:** ![JasonNalley](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jasonnalley/32/24210_2.png) [@JasonNalley](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JasonNalley)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 6:55am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/webhooks-not-firing-at-all/547773/3 "2020-02-26T06:55:22Z")

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that’s strange, and I don’t know why it isn’t working… I personally don’t use Plex Webhooks, I set those up through Tautulli because there’s more options and you can accomplish more.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/webhooks-not-firing-at-all/547773/4 "2020-02-26T07:28:38Z")

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Sorry for asking this:  
Are webhooks enabled on your server at all?  
Settings - Server - Network - ‘Show Advanced’  
Bottom checkbox

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**Author:** ![adamsu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adamsu/32/175557_2.png) [@adamsu](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adamsu)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/webhooks-not-firing-at-all/547773/5 "2020-02-26T15:38:31Z")

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That was it! Although why is there a second webhook setting buried in a different submenu?

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/webhooks-not-firing-at-all/547773/6 "2020-02-26T16:06:17Z")

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One is a per-user-account setting.  
The other is a server setting.

i.e. you can enable webhooks in your account, but you can disable them for a certain server.  
For a test server for instance, or because maybe one server admin doesn’t want _any_ info (like movie titles etc.) from his server “leaking” out via his shared user’s webhook settings.

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**Author:** ![adamsu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/adamsu/32/175557_2.png) [@adamsu](https://forums.plex.tv/u/adamsu)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/webhooks-not-firing-at-all/547773/7 "2020-02-26T20:23:05Z")

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got it! thanks for your help!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/webhooks-not-firing-at-all/547773/8 "2020-05-26T20:23:12Z")

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