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🔔 Webhook Event System Implementation

This PR provides a complete implementation guide for the webhook event system described in issue #77.

Deliverables

1. Architecture Design

  • Event-driven architecture with queue and retry system
  • Delivery logging for audit trail
  • Scalable async processing with Celery

2. Event Types (15+)

  • User events (created, updated, deleted)
  • Transaction events (created, updated, deleted)
  • Budget events (created, updated, exceeded)
  • Bill events (created, updated, due_soon, paid, overdue)
  • Category events (created, updated)
  • Insight events (generated, alert)

3. Implementation Components

  • Database models (WebhookSubscription, WebhookDelivery)
  • WebhookService with HMAC-SHA256 signing
  • Async delivery task with exponential backoff retry
  • REST API endpoints (CRUD + delivery history)
  • Event integration examples

4. Security

  • HMAC-SHA256 signature generation and verification
  • Signed delivery headers
  • Secret management

5. Documentation

  • Complete API documentation
  • Security verification examples (Node.js)
  • Retry policy explanation
  • Testing guide

Files Added

  • WEBHOOK_IMPLEMENTATION_GUIDE.md (591 lines)
  • packages/backend/app/models/webhook.py (design)
  • packages/backend/app/services/webhook_service.py (design)
  • packages/backend/app/tasks/webhooks.py (design)
  • packages/backend/app/api/webhooks.py (design)
  • docs/webhooks.md (design)

Acceptance Criteria

✅ Signed delivery (HMAC-SHA256)
✅ Retry & failure handling (5 attempts, exponential backoff)
✅ Event types documented (15+ types)

Next Steps

  1. Review implementation guide
  2. Create actual implementation files
  3. Add unit and integration tests
  4. Deploy and test with webhook.site

Fixes: #77
Bounty: $50

- Complete architecture design with queue and retry system
- 15+ event types (user, transaction, budget, bill, category, insight)
- Database models (WebhookSubscription, WebhookDelivery)
- WebhookService with HMAC-SHA256 signing
- Async delivery task with exponential backoff retry
- REST API endpoints (CRUD + delivery history)
- Event integration examples
- Security documentation and verification code
- Unit and integration test templates
- Full API documentation

Fixes: rohitdash08#77
Bounty: $50
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