Global Functions

About 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

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() 

Furthermore, functions that begin in a type can be referenced without it, for example, when calling the format function with the first argument being a string, the language infers that actually the string_format function should be used.

echo(string_format('hello %s', 'world')) // hello world

'hello %s'.format('world').echo() // hello world

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)

Stops Custom Action execution and adds value to script 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

Retrieves the value of a Variable or Global Variable (defined in the Control Panel). The surrounding dollar signs are not mandatory.

Returns null if the variable does not exist.

var('request.header.x-request-verification') // returns value of the `x-request-verification` header

set(string variable_name, string variable_value)

Sets a Variable for usage in current action execution. The Variable is available to downstream actions, but not stored permanently.

store(string global_variable_name, any value): any

Permanently creates or updates a Global Variable (as defined in Control Panel.)

The value can be retrieved with the var() function in subsequent action executions.

variables : array

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

user_agent = variables['request.header.user-agent']

HTTP

query(array form_values) : string

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

query(['country': 'Curaçao', 'population': 158665]) // 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 containing response data:

• content
• status
• headers
• url

The headers should be an array of strings in the form of ['Header-Key-1: Foo', 'Header-Key-2: Bar'].

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.

url_encode('here\'s a value') // here%27s+a+value

Flow Control and Responses

delay(int seconds, string code)

Executes code in the future. Any output will be stored on the request and will show with a "Was delayed" label.

The code will not inherit the execution scope.

In this example, the format function is used to prepare the code string with a URL, causing {} to be replaced with with https://example.com.

code = '
  request(
      "{}",
      \'{"message": "Hello World!"}\',
      "POST"
  )
'

url = 'https://example.com'

delay(5, code.format(url));

The maximum amount of seconds allowed is 604800 (7 days).

exec(string code) : any

Executes code in code and returns the result. The code will inherit the execution scope.

import(string url) : any

Downloads code located at url and returns the result. The code will inherit the execution scope.

As an example, this can be used if you want to re-use code. Just upload it to a server or e.g. Github and use it in different WebhookScript actions.

result = import('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fredsted/webhookscripts/ec22946a83ea85f607fcc6bff83f9d81ed2fe4ed/hello_world.ws')
echo(result) // value

respond(string content, int status, array headers)

Stops Custom Action execution and returns a response.

stop()

Stops Custom Action execution.

set_content(string content)

Sets or overwrites the response content of the URL. Script execution continues.

set_header(string header_name, string header_value)

Sets or overwrites a response header of the URL. Script execution continues.

set_response(string content, int status, array headers)

Sets or overwrites response content, status and headers in single function. Script execution continues.

headers should be an array of strings e.g. ["X-Example: Value", "X-Foo: Bar"].

set_status(number status)

Sets or overwrites the HTTP response status of the current URL. Script execution continues.

String

base64_decode(string string) : string

Returns a base64-encoded string.

base64_encode(string string) : string

Returns decoded base64 string.

csv_to_array(string csvString, string delimiter, int headerOffset, string enclosure, string escape) : array

Takes a CSV string and outputs to an array, with each row being an item in the array. Optionally, if headerOffset is

• delimiter will explicitly set the CSV delimiter the parser will attempt to use (e.g. ;). Must be a single character. Defaults to , (comma.)
• headerOffset, when specified, causes the output array item's keys to be set to the header values. Setting to 0 will mark the first row as the header row.
• enclosure sets the field enclosure character. Must be a single character. Defaults to " (double quote.)
• escape sets the field escape character. Must be a single character. Defaults to \ (backslash.)

csv_content = 'firstname,lastname,title
"M. J.",Plumley,"Sr. Developer"
Emily,"Jenna Platt","Chief Information Officer"'

array = csv_to_array(csv_content, ',', 0)

echo(json_encode(array))

// [
//     {
//         "firstname": "John",
//         "lastname": "Doe",
//         "title": "Sr. Developer"
//     },
//     {
//         "firstname": "Emily",
//         "lastname": "Jenna Platt",
//         "title": "Chief Information Officer"
//     }
// ]

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

Returns a hashed version of value using the algo algorithm.

hash('md5', 'hello world')  // 5eb63bbbe01eeed093cb22bb8f5acdc3

The following built-in 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 string where the individual characters has been shuffled.

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

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.

Date Manipulation

In WebhookScript, dates are not a specific type, and ar expressed in strings instead, which WebhookScript will attempt to parse. If possible, we recommend using a specific date format like ISO-8601 which leaves little doubt for misunderstanding.

Date format characters

WebhookScript uses the ISO format for converting and formatting dates, and the format is compatible with the Moment.js format method.

The following examples are based on the date 2017-01-05 17:04:05.084512.

Code	Example	Description
OD	5	Day number with alternative numbers such as 三 for 3 if locale is ja_JP
OM	1	Month number with alternative numbers such as ၀၂ for 2 if locale is my_MM
OY	2017	Year number with alternative numbers such as ۱۹۹۸ for 1998 if locale is fa
OH	17	24-hours number with alternative numbers such as ႑႓ for 13 if locale is shn_MM
Oh	5	12-hours number with alternative numbers such as 十一 for 11 if locale is lzh_TW
Om	4	Minute number with alternative numbers such as ୫୭ for 57 if locale is or
Os	5	Second number with alternative numbers such as 十五 for 15 if locale is ja_JP
D	5	Day of month number (from 1 to 31)
DD	05	Day of month number with trailing zero (from 01 to 31)
Do	5th	Day of month with ordinal suffix (from 1st to 31th), translatable
d	4	Day of week number (from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday))
dd	Th	Minified day name (from Su to Sa), transatable
ddd	Thu	Short day name (from Sun to Sat), transatable
dddd	Thursday	Day name (from Sunday to Saturday), transatable
DDD	5	Day of year number (from 1 to 366)
DDDD	005	Day of year number with trailing zeros (3 digits, from 001 to 366)
DDDo	5th	Day of year number with ordinal suffix (from 1st to 366th), translatable
e	4	Day of week number (from 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday)), similar to "d" but this one is translatable (takes first day of week of the current locale)
E	4	Day of week number (from 1 (Monday) to 7 (Sunday))
H	17	Hour from 0 to 23
HH	17	Hour with trailing zero from 00 to 23
h	5	Hour from 0 to 12
hh	05	Hour with trailing zero from 00 to 12
k	17	Hour from 1 to 24
kk	17	Hour with trailing zero from 01 to 24
m	4	Minute from 0 to 59
mm	04	Minute with trailing zero from 00 to 59
a	pm	Meridiem am/pm
A	PM	Meridiem AM/PM
s	5	Second from 0 to 59
ss	05	Second with trailing zero from 00 to 59
S	0	Second tenth
SS	08	Second hundredth (on 2 digits with trailing zero)
SSS	084	Millisecond (on 3 digits with trailing zeros)
SSSS	0845	Second ten thousandth (on 4 digits with trailing zeros)
SSSSS	08451	Second hundred thousandth (on 5 digits with trailing zeros)
SSSSSS	084512	Microsecond (on 6 digits with trailing zeros)
SSSSSSS	0845120	Second ten millionth (on 7 digits with trailing zeros)
SSSSSSSS	08451200	Second hundred millionth (on 8 digits with trailing zeros)
SSSSSSSSS	084512000	Nanosecond (on 9 digits with trailing zeros)
M	1	Month from 1 to 12
MM	01	Month with trailing zero from 01 to 12
MMM	Jan	Short month name, translatable
MMMM	January	Month name, translatable
Mo	1st	Month with ordinal suffix from 1st to 12th, translatable
Q	1	Quarter from 1 to 4
Qo	1st	Quarter with ordinal suffix from 1st to 4th, translatable
G	2017	ISO week year (see ISO week date)
GG	2017	ISO week year (on 2 digits with trailing zero)
GGG	2017	ISO week year (on 3 digits with trailing zeros)
GGGG	2017	ISO week year (on 4 digits with trailing zeros)
GGGGG	02017	ISO week year (on 5 digits with trailing zeros)
g	2017	Week year according to locale settings, translatable
gg	2017	Week year according to locale settings (on 2 digits with trailing zero), translatable
ggg	2017	Week year according to locale settings (on 3 digits with trailing zeros), translatable
gggg	2017	Week year according to locale settings (on 4 digits with trailing zeros), translatable
ggggg	02017	Week year according to locale settings (on 5 digits with trailing zeros), translatable
W	1	ISO week number in the year (see ISO week date)
WW	01	ISO week number in the year (on 2 digits with trailing zero)
Wo	1st	ISO week number in the year with ordinal suffix, translatable
w	1	Week number in the year according to locale settings, translatable
ww	01	Week number in the year according to locale settings (on 2 digits with trailing zero)
wo	1st	Week number in the year according to locale settings with ordinal suffix, translatable
x	1483635845085	Millisecond-precision timestamp (same as date.getTime() in JavaScript)
X	1483635845	Timestamp (number of seconds since 1970-01-01)
Y	2017	Full year from -9999 to 9999
YY	17	Year on 2 digits from 00 to 99
YYYY	2017	Year on 4 digits from 0000 to 9999
YYYYY	02017	Year on 5 digits from 00000 to 09999
YYYYYY	+002017	Year on 5 digits with sign from -09999 to +09999
z	UTC	Abbreviated time zone name
zz	UTC	Time zone name
Z	+00:00	Time zone offset HH:mm
ZZ	+0000	Time zone offset HHmm

Source: Carbon Docs

Date locales available

Click here for a list of possible locales/translations available for date display functions.

to_date(string date, ?string format): string

Will attempt to parse a string to a ISO-8601 formatted date string.

If specified, format is used to parse the date without having to guess the format (see the Date Format Characters above.)

Many formats are supported, like relative dates and various specified date formats.

If the date is invalid or could not be guessed, null is returned.

// Relative formats
'last wednesday 4 am'.to_date()        // 2020-05-27T04:00:00.000000Z
'first monday august 2019'.to_date()   // 2019-08-05T00:00:00.000000Z

// Automatic format guessing
'2020-01-01 23:02:01'.to_date()        // 2020-01-01T23:02:01.000000Z

// Unix timestamp
'@1215282385'.to_date()                // 2008-07-05T18:26:25.000000Z

// Custom date format
'2/4/12 06:03'.to_date('M/D/YY HH:mm') // 2012-02-04T06:03:00.000000Z

// To escape characters in the format string, backslashes can be used
'2020-01-05 12h30m15s'.to_date('YYYY-MM-DD HH\\hmm\\mss\\s') // 2020-01-05T12:30:15.000000Z

date_format(string date, ?string format, ?string locale): string

Returns a date parsed to the format specified in format.

date_format('2008-07-05T18:26:25.000000Z', 'YYYY-MM-DD') // 2008-07-05

date_format('2008-07-05T18:26:25.000000Z', 'LLLL', 'da') // lørdag d. 5. juli 2008 kl. 18:26

// If no format is specified, a default human readable readable string is returned
date_format('2008-07-05T18:26:25.000000Z') // Sat Jul 05 2008 18:26:25 GMT+0000

date_to_array(string): array

Returns an array containing all the components of a given date.

dump(date_to_array('2008-07-05T18:26:25.324542Z'))

// [
//   "year": 2008,
//   "month": 7,
//   "day": 5,
//   "dayOfWeek": 6,
//   "dayOfYear": 187,
//   "hour": 18,
//   "minute": 26,
//   "second": 25,
//   "micro": 324542,
//   "timestamp": 1215282385,
//   "formatted": "2008-07-05 18:26:25",
//   "timezone": "Z"
// ]

date_interval(string date1, string date2, ?string format): string/int

Calculates the interval between date1 and date2.

If no format string is specified, the interval is returned as the number of seconds between the dates, with the number being negative if date2 is before date1.

Note that for the format string, this function does not use the ISO format, but rather the uses the PHP DateInterval format specification.

date_interval('2008-07-16T23:13:26.234212Z', '2008-07-05T18:26:25.324542Z') // -967620

date_interval(
    '2008-07-16T23:13:26.234212Z',
    '2008-07-05T18:26:25.324542Z',
    '%d days, %h hours, %i minutes'
)
// 11 days, 4 hours, 47 minutes

date_interval_human(string date1, string date2, ?string locale): string/int

Formats the difference between 2 dates in a way that's easy to read for humans.

If no locale is specified, English is used.

date_interval_human(
    '2008-07-16T23:13:26.234212Z',
    '2008-07-05T18:26:25.324542Z'
)
// 1 week after

date_interval_human(
    '2008-07-16T23:13:26.234212Z',
    '2008-07-05T18:26:25.324542Z',
    'es'
)
// 1 semana después

Math and Numbers

abs(number number) : number

atan(number number) : number

ceil(number number) : number

cos(number number) : number

floor(number number) : number

max(array numbers) : number

min(array numbers) : number

mod(number number, number divisor) : number

Returns the remainder after number is divided by divisor.

number_length(number number) : number

pi() : number

Returns the value of Pi.

pow(number number, number power) : number

rand(number min, number max) : number

Returns a random number between min and max.

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".