{"id":234,"date":"2015-06-23T10:59:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T10:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/?p=234"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:18:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:18:55","slug":"post-support-for-web-hook-alert-contacts-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/post-support-for-web-hook-alert-contacts-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"POST Support For Web-Hook Alert Contacts &#8211; Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For any user willing to customize the notifications or integrate them into their own apps (or 3rd party apps), <a href=\"https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/blog\/web-hook-alert-contacts-new-feature\/\">web-hook alert contacts<\/a> is one of the\u00a0best options.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, it was only supporting GET requests and POST support was frequently requested. 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