Global Functions

These are the functions that can be used in your script, and includes various utility functions and functions to interact with your Webhook.site URL.

Chaining
Custom functions
Debugging and output
Custom Action Variables
HTTP
Flow Control and Responses
String
Math and Numbers
Arrays
Booleans
Types
1. type(any value) : string

Chaining

Functions can be chained directly to a primitive (strings, numbers, arrays).

These two statements are equivalent:

'Hello World'.echo()

echo('Hello World')

They can even be chained, for example:

'Hello World'.hash('md5').echo() 

Read more about functions in the reference.

Custom functions

Define your own functions like this:

function sub(a, b) {
    return a - b;
}

Read more about functions in the reference.

Debugging and output

echo(string string)

Adds string to script debug output.

dd(any value)

Halts Custom Action execution and adds value to debug output.

dump(any value)

Adds value as a decoded string to script debug output.

Custom Action Variables

These functions lets you interface with other Custom Actions by getting and setting variables from them. These functions are also how you retrieve Global Variables defined in the Control Panel.

var(string variable_name) : mixed

Gets a specific Webhook.site Variable, including Global Variables (defined in the Control Panel). Variables should be without the $ format used in other actions.

Example: var('request.header.x-request-verification').

get_variable() is an alias to this function.

set(string variable_name, string variable_value)

Sets a variable for usage in a later WebhookScript Action or other Custom Action.

set_variable() is an alias to this function.

variables : array

Global variable (not a function) containing an associative array with all available Webhook.site variables.

HTTP

query(array form_values) : string

Converts an associative array into a form-style string, like would be used for application/x-www-form-urlencoded requests or HTTP query strings.

Example: query(['country': 'Curaçao', 'population': 158665]) returns country=Cura%C3%A7ao&population=158665

request(string url, string content = ‘’, string method = ‘GET’, array headers = []) : array

Sends a HTTP request and returns an array with the following keys: content, status, headers, url.

The headers should be an array of strings in the form of Header-Key: Value.

To get a JSON document, validate if valid JSON, and get a property:

response = request('https://example.com')

decoded = json_decode(response['content'])
if (decoded) {
  value = decoded['value']
}

url_decode(string value) : string

Returns an URL-decoded version of value.

url_encode(string value) : string

Returns an URL-encoded version of value.

Example: url_encode('here\'s a value') returns here%27s+a+value.

Flow Control and Responses

respond(string content, int status, array headers)

Halts Custom Action execution and return a response.

stop()

Stop executing current script.

set_content(string content)

Sets the response content of the URL

set_header(string header_name, string header_value)

Sets or overwrites a response header of the URL. Headers should be an array of strings e.g. `[“X-Example: Value”]

set_response(string content, int status, array headers)

Set response content, status and headers in single function.

set_status(number status)

Sets the HTTP response status of the current URL.

String

hash(string/number value, string algo) : string

Returns a hashed version of value using the algo algorithm.

hash('md5', 'hello world') returns 5eb63bbbe01eeed093cb22bb8f5acdc3.

The following algorithms are available: md2, md4, md5, sha1, sha224, sha256, sha384, sha512/224, sha512/256, sha512, sha3-224, sha3-256, sha3-384, sha3-512, ripemd128, ripemd160, ripemd256, ripemd320, whirlpool, tiger128,3, tiger160,3, tiger192,3, tiger128,4, tiger160,4, tiger192,4, snefru, snefru256, gost, gost-crypto, adler32, crc32, crc32b, fnv132, fnv1a32, fnv164, fnv1a64, joaat, haval128,3, haval160,3, haval192,3, haval224,3, haval256,3, haval128,4, haval160,4, haval192,4, haval224,4, haval256,4, haval128,5, haval160,5, haval192,5, haval224,5, haval256,5.

json_decode(string json) : array

Decodes json and returns an array

json_encode(array array) : string

Takes an array and encodes it as a JSON string

json_path(string json, string jsonpath, bool return_first = true) : string

Returns the result of a json string parsed using the JSONPath functionality.

Per default, if there’s just one match (e.g. if matching on a property value that’s a string), this value is returned. To always return an array, set return_first to false.

dump(json_path('{"v": []}', 'v[*]', false))
dump(json_path('{"v": []}', 'v[*]'))
// []
// ""
 
dump(json_path('{"v": ["item1"]}', 'v[*]', false))
dump(json_path('{"v": ["item1"]}', 'v[*]'))
// [0: "item1"]
// "item1"
 
dump(json_path('{"v": ["item1", "item2"]}', 'v[*]', false))
dump(json_path('{"v": ["item1", "item2"]}', 'v[*]'))
// [0: "item1", 1: "item2"]
// [0: "item1", 1: "item2"]

regex_extract(regex regex, string subject) : array/false

Returns the matching string and all match groups as an array, and false on failure.

input = "You're a good bot"

output = regex_extract(r"You're (\w) (.*)", input)

dump(output) // [0: "You're a good bot", 1: "a", 2: "good bot"]

regex_extract_first(regex regex, string subject) : string/false

Returns the first match group of a regex, and false on failure.

input = "You're a good bot"

output = regex_extract(r"You're (.*)", input)

dump(output) // "a good bot"

regex_match(regex regex, string subject) : string/false

Returns the first matching string, otherwise false.

input = "You're a good bot"

output = regex_match(r"You're .*", input)

dump(output) // "You're a good bot"

regex_to_string(regex regex) : string

Returns the regex converted to a string

string_contains(string subject, number/string/regex value) : bool

Returns boolean if subject contains value

string_find_first(string subject, number/string value) : number

Returns position of value in subject, or false if not found

string_find_last(string subject, number/string value) : number

Returns position of value in subject, or false if not found

string_format(string formatString, …any items) : string

Sprintf-like formatting of formatString with items, see PHP sprintf docs.

string_join(string subject, array items (number/string/bool/array)) : string

Joins items with string subject

string_length(string string) : number

Returns length of string (multibyte-aware)

string_number_of(string string) : number

Returns number value of string

string_replace(string subject, string search, string replace) : string

Replaces string search with replace found in subject.

string_reverse(string subject) : string

Reverses string subject

string_shuffle(string string) : string

Returns shuffled string

string_split(string subject, string/regex delimiter) : string

Returns array of split string subject with delimiter

to_regex(string regex) : regex

Converts a regex string to a regex type

to_string(string/number/bool value) : string

Returns value as string

xpath(string xpath, string input): string/null

Returns the first result of an XPath query on XML document input.

Given a request with the following content:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<organization name="ExampleCo">
  <employees>
    <employee id="1">Jack</employee>
    <employee id="2">Ann</employee>
  </employees>
</organization>

xpath(var('$request.content$'), '//employee[1]') // returns "Jack"
var('$request.content$').xpath('//employee[1]') // returns "Jack"

More information and examples regarding XPath.

xpath_all(string xpath, string input): string/null

Returns the results of an XPath query on XML document input as an array.

Given a request with the following content:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<organization name="ExampleCo">
  <employees>
    <employee id="1">Jack</employee>
    <employee id="2">Ann</employee>
  </employees>
</organization>

xpath_all(var('$request.content$'), '//employee]') // returns [0: "Jack", 1: "Ann"]
var('$request.content$').xpath('//employee') // returns [0: "Jack", 1: "Ann"]

More information and examples regarding XPath.

Math and Numbers

abs(number number) : number

atan(number number) : number

ceil(number number) : number

cos(number number) : number

floor(number number) : number

number_length(number number) : number

pow(number number, number power) : number

round(number number, number precision) : number

sin(number number) : number

sqrt(number number) : number

tan(number number) : number

to_number(any value) : number

Arrays

array_contains(array array, string/number needle) : bool

Returns true or false depending on whether array contains needle

array_copy(array array) : array

Returns a copy of array

array_diff(array array1, array array2) : array

Returns the items of array1 that are not present in array2 while keeping the array indices.

array_get(array array, string/number index, any default) : any`

array_has(array array, string/number key) : bool

array_length(array array) : number`

array_map(array array, func function)

Runs function with each array value, and returns array with key as result

array_number_of(array, string/number value) : number

Returns amount of value

array_pop(array array) : any

Pop element off end of array

array_push(array array, any value) : any

Adds value to end of array and returns value

array_random(array array) : any

Returns random value of array

array_reverse(array array) : array`

Returns array in reverse order

array_shuffle(array array) : array

Returns shuffled version of array

to_array(array array) : array

Returns array.

Booleans

bool_and(bool value1, bool value2): bool

Returns `value1 && value2

bool_not(bool value) : bool

Returns `!value

to_bool(string/number/array/bool value) : bool

Casts value to a bool.

Types

type(any value) : string

Returns the type name of a value, e.g. "string".