[Webhook] Add new component documentation

Author: alexandre-daubois

index.rst

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     translation
     validation
     web_link
+    webhook
     workflow
 
 Components

reference/configuration/framework.rst

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 Adds a `Link HTTP header`_ to the response.
 
+webhooks
+~~~~~~~~
+
+.. versionadded:: 6.3
+
+    The Webhooks configuration was introduced in Symfony 6.3.
+
+The ``webhooks`` option (and its children) are used to configure
+the webhooks defined in your application. Read more about the options
+in the :ref:`Webhooks documentation <webhook>`.
+
 workflows
 ~~~~~~~~~
 

webhook.rst

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+Webhook
+=======
+
+.. versionadded:: 6.3
+
+    The Webhook component was introduced in Symfony 6.3 and is marked
+    as experimental.
+
+The Webhook component aims at easing the setup of callback functions
+through HTTP in your application.
+
+Webhooks allow third-party services to communicate with your application
+without you having to make a request to the third-party application.
+By providing a webhook URL to the remote service, it will be able to
+send a request to your URL when a predefined event occurs in their system.
+Unlike an API, it is the third-party service that defines the payload that
+will be sent to your own endpoint. It is therefore up to you to adapt to
+the service to handle such payload accordingly.
+
+As an example of use case, some mail providers set up a service allowing
+you to retrieve the status of one or more emails you have sent
+and thus know if they have been delivered or not.
+These services then use your webhook to send you this
+information once they have it, so that you can store this information
+and process it on your side.
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+You can install the Webhook component with:
+
+.. code-block:: terminal
+
+    $ composer require symfony/webhook
+
+.. include:: /components/require_autoload.rst.inc
+
+Basic Usage
+-----------
+
+Parse The Incoming Request
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Each type of webhook has its own parser. A parser is a service class that has
+the ability to verify that a request meets certain preconditions to be
+processed. If so, it returns an event to be handled in your application.
+Here is an example of a basic parser::
+
+    namespace App\Webhook;
+
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\ChainRequestMatcher;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestMatcher\IsJsonRequestMatcher;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestMatcher\MethodRequestMatcher;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestMatcherInterface;
+    use Symfony\Component\RemoteEvent\Exception\ParseException;
+    use Symfony\Component\Webhook\Client\AbstractRequestParser;
+    use Symfony\Component\Webhook\Exception\RejectWebhookException;
+
+    final class MailerWebhookParser extends AbstractRequestParser
+    {
+        protected function getRequestMatcher(): RequestMatcherInterface
+        {
+            return new ChainRequestMatcher([
+                new MethodRequestMatcher('POST'),
+                new IsJsonRequestMatcher(),
+            ]);
+        }
+
+        protected function doParse(Request $request, string $secret): ?RemoteEvent
+        {
+            $content = $request->toArray();
+            if (!isset($content['signature']['token'])) {
+                throw new RejectWebhookException(406, 'Payload is malformed.');
+            }
+
+            return new RemoteEvent('mailer_callback.event', 'event-id', $content);
+        }
+    }
+
+.. tip::
+
+    If you need more flexibility, you can also create your parser by
+    implementing the
+    :class:`Symfony\\Component\\Webhook\\Client\\RequestParserInterface`
+    interface.
+
+If the webhook request matches all preconditions, the ``doParse()`` method is executed
+and returns a :class:`Symfony\\Component\\RemoteEvent\\RemoteEvent`.
+
+Consume Remote Events
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Once a remote event has been created, it has to be consumed by a **remote event consumer**.
+A remote event consumer can be declared in two ways: by implementing
+the :class:`Symfony\\Component\\RemoteEvent\\Consumer\\ConsumerInterface`,
+or by using the
+:class:`Symfony\\Component\\RemoteEvent\\Attribute\\AsRemoteEventConsumer` attribute.
+In both case, the consumer must implement the ``consume()`` method::
+
+    use Symfony\Component\RemoteEvent\Attribute\AsRemoteEventConsumer;
+    use Symfony\Component\RemoteEvent\RemoteEvent;
+
+    #[AsRemoteEventConsumer(name: 'mailer_callback.event')]
+    class MailerCallbackEventConsumer
+    {
+        public function consume(RemoteEvent $event): void
+        {
+            // Process the event returned by your parser
+        }
+    }
+
+You can then create your own logic in the ``consume()`` method.
+
+Handle Complex Payloads
+-----------------------
+
+When you set up a webhook, there is a chance that the payload you
+receive will contain a lot of information. It may then be necessary
+to move the logic of transforming the payload into a remote event in
+another service. The Webhook component provides an interface for this:
+the :class:`Symfony\\Component\\RemoteEvent\\PayloadConverterInterface`
+interface. This allows to create a converter that will be used in the
+request parser. By coupling the converter with a custom remote event
+extending :class:`Symfony\\Component\\RemoteEvent\\RemoteEvent`, you
+can pass any type of information to your remote event consumer::
+
+    // src/RemoteEvent/GenericMailerRemoteEvent.php
+    namespace App\RemoteEvent;
+
+    use Symfony\Component\RemoteEvent\RemoteEvent;
+
+    // We first create a new remote event specialized in mailer events
+    class GenericMailerRemoteEvent extends RemoteEvent
+    {
+        public const EVENT_NAME = 'mailer.remote_event';
+
+        public function __construct(string $mailId, array $payload, private readonly bool $delivered)
+        {
+            parent::__construct(self::EVENT_NAME, $mailId, $payload);
+        }
+
+        public function isDelivered(): bool
+        {
+            return $this->delivered;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // src/RemoteEvent/MailerProviderPayloadConverter.php
+    namespace App\RemoteEvent;
+
+    use Symfony\Component\RemoteEvent\Exception\ParseException;
+    use Symfony\Component\RemoteEvent\PayloadConverterInterface;
+
+    // This converter transforms a provider specific payload to
+    // our generic mailer remote event
+    class SpecificMailerProviderPayloadConverter implements PayloadConverterInterface
+    {
+        public function convert(array $payload): MailerRemoteEvent
+        {
+            // Payload contains all the information your email provider sends you
+            if (!isset($payload['mail_uid'])) {
+                throw new ParseException('This payload must contain a mail uid.');
+            }
+
+            return new MailerRemoteEvent($payload['mail_uid'], $payload, $payload['delivered'] ?? false);
+        }
+    }
+
+The ``SpecificMailerProviderPayloadConverter`` can now be injected in our request parser
+and be used to return the remote event::
+
+    namespace App\Webhook;
+
+    use App\RemoteEvent\SpecificMailerProviderPayloadConverter;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\ChainRequestMatcher;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestMatcher\IsJsonRequestMatcher;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestMatcher\MethodRequestMatcher;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestMatcherInterface;
+    use Symfony\Component\RemoteEvent\Exception\ParseException;
+    use Symfony\Component\Webhook\Client\AbstractRequestParser;
+    use Symfony\Component\Webhook\Exception\RejectWebhookException;
+
+    final class MailerWebhookParser extends AbstractRequestParser
+    {
+        public function __construct(
+            private readonly SpecificMailerProviderPayloadConverter $converter
+        ) {
+        }
+
+        protected function getRequestMatcher(): RequestMatcherInterface
+        {
+            return new ChainRequestMatcher([
+                new MethodRequestMatcher('POST'),
+                new IsJsonRequestMatcher(),
+            ]);
+        }
+
+        protected function doParse(Request $request, string $secret): ?RemoteEvent
+        {
+            $content = $request->toArray();
+
+            try {
+                // Use the new converter to create our custom remote event
+                return $this->converter->convert($content);
+            } catch (ParseException $e) {
+                throw new RejectWebhookException(406, $e->getMessage(), $e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+Validate Request Preconditions
+------------------------------
+
+By using the :class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\ChainRequestMatcher`,
+it is possible to build a powerful request validation chain to determine
+if the request that arrived in your webhook endpoint is valid and can
+be processed. The following matchers are available:
+
+:class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\RequestMatcher\\AttributesRequestMatcher`
+    Matches a request's attributes against a regex. For example, if your request
+    URL looks like ``/users/{name}``, you may want to check that the ``name``
+    attribute only contains alphanumeric characters with a regex like
+    ``[a-zA-Z0-9]+``.
+
+:class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\RequestMatcher\\ExpressionRequestMatcher`
+    Matches the request against an expression using the ExpressionLanguage component.
+
+:class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\RequestMatcher\\HostRequestMatcher`
+    Matches the host that sent the request.
+
+:class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\RequestMatcher\\IpsRequestMatcher`
+    Matches an IP or a set of IPs from where the request comes from.
+
+:class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\RequestMatcher\\IsJsonRequestMatcher`
+    Matches the request content is a valid JSON.
+
+:class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\RequestMatcher\\MethodRequestMatcher`
+    Matches the request uses a given HTTP method.
+
+:class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\RequestMatcher\\PathRequestMatcher`
+    Matches the request path.
+
+:class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\RequestMatcher\\PortRequestMatcher`
+    Matches the request port.
+
+:class:`Symfony\\Component\\HttpFoundation\\RequestMatcher\\SchemeRequestMatcher`
+    Matches the request scheme.
+
+Combining multiple request matchers allows to precisely determine if the
+webhook is a legitimate request from a known host when combined with
+a signature request mechanism::
+
+    namespace App\Webhook;
+
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\ChainRequestMatcher;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestMatcher\IpsRequestMatcher;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestMatcher\IsJsonRequestMatcher;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestMatcher\MethodRequestMatcher;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestMatcher\SchemeRequestMatcher;
+    use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestMatcherInterface;
+    use Symfony\Component\RemoteEvent\RemoteEvent;
+    use Symfony\Component\Webhook\Client\AbstractRequestParser;
+
+    final class MailerWebhookParser extends AbstractRequestParser
+    {
+        protected function getRequestMatcher(): RequestMatcherInterface
+        {
+            return new ChainRequestMatcher([
+                new MethodRequestMatcher('POST'),
+                new IsJsonRequestMatcher(),
+                new IpsRequestMatcher(/** A set of known IPs given by a provider */),
+                new SchemeRequestMatcher('https'),
+            ]);
+        }
+
+        protected function doParse(Request $request, string $secret): ?RemoteEvent
+        {
+            // Verify the signature contained in the request thanks to the
+            // secret, then return a RemoteEvent
+        }
+    }