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With the release of our [new webhook UI](https://github.com/blog/1778-webhooks-level-up), we included a new

[ping event](/v3/repos/hooks/#ping-event) that webhooks will receive. When you

[ping event](/webhooks/#ping-event) that webhooks will receive. When you

create a new webhook, we will send this event as an initial test of the webhook.

The ping is only informational, doesn't need to be responded to in a specific way,

Name | Type | Description

-----|------|--------------

`keyword`|`string`| The search term|

`language`|`string` | Filter results by[language](https://github.com/languages)

`language`|`string` | Filter results by language

`start_page`|`string` | The page number to fetch

`sort`|`string` | The sort field. One of`stars`,`forks`, or`updated`. Default: results are sorted by best match.

`order`|`string` | The sort field. if`sort` param is provided. Can be either`asc` or`desc`.

A number of services have been integrated through the open source

[github-services](https://github.com/github/github-services) project. When

creating a[hook](#create-a-hook), the`:name` parameter must refer to one of

[creating a hook](/webhooks/creating/), the`:name` parameter must refer to one of

these services. A generic

[Web](https://github.com/github/github-services/blob/master/lib/services/web.rb)

service is available that can configured to trigger for any of the available