The["web" service hook](https://github.com/github/github-services/blob/master/lib/services/web.rb#L4-11)

takes these fields:

takes these fields in the`config`:

Name | Type | Description

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

`url`|`string` |**Required**. The URL to which the payloads will be delivered.

`content_type`|`string` | The media type used to serialize the payloads. Supported values:`json` and`form`. Default:`form`.

`secret`|`string` | If defined, then HTTP requests that deliver the payloads will include an`X-Hub-Signature` header. The value of this header is computed as the[HMAC hex digest of the body, using the`secret` as the key][hub-signature].

`insecure_ssl`|`string` | Determines whether the SSL certificate of the host for`url` will be verified when delivering payloads. Supported values:`"0"` (verification is performed) and`"1"` (verification is not performed). Default:`"0"`.

Here's how you can setup a hook that posts raw JSON

(instead of the default legacy format):

Here's how you can setup a hook that posts payloads in JSON format:

<%= json\

:name => "web",

Name | Type | Description

Name | Type | Description

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

`config`|`hash` | Key/value pairs to provide settings for this hook. Modifying this will replace the entire config object. These settings vary between the services and are defined in the[github-services](https://github.com/github/github-services) repository. Booleans are stored internally as "1" for true, and "0" for false. Any JSON`true`/`false` values will be converted automatically.

`events`|`array` | Determines what events the hook is triggered for. This replaces the entire array of events. Default:`["push"]`

[pubsub]:http://code.google.com/p/pubsubhubbub/

[post-receive]:http://help.github.com/post-receive-hooks/

[ruby-secret]:https://github.com/github/github-services/blob/14f4da01ce29bc6a02427a9fbf37b08b141e81d9/lib/services/web.rb#L47-L50

[hub-signature]:https://github.com/github/github-services/blob/f3bb3dd780feb6318c42b2db064ed6d481b70a1f/lib/service/http_helper.rb#L77

[pshb-secret]:http://pubsubhubbub.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/pubsubhubbub-core-0.3.html#authednotify