Created: 25 September 2020
A few days ago, my brother approached me with a "project" that he wanted my help with. He is currently developing his own professional-grade graphics engine which is -- suffice to say -- a rather ambitious endeavor (especially alone). He explained that he could really use a web site to act as a designated download/information hub for each new build of his engine. More specifically: he wanted something that would listen for each new push to his GitHub repository, retrieve the new build, and automatically upload it to his own website.
Admittedly, I started this endeavor with near-zero knowledge of how to any of this. However, I took this as an excellent opportunity to learn new, useful things. And one of the first useful things I learned was how to use GitHub's built-in Webhook system for repositories. The process for receiving notifications from GitHub is actually quite simple:
