---
title: "Create webhook lookup"
method: POST
path: "/v1/notifications/webhooks-lookup"
tags: ["webhooks-lookup"]
---

# Create webhook lookup

`POST /v1/notifications/webhooks-lookup`

Creates a webhook lookup. A webhook lookup ties the API caller's REST API app to the subject account (or, if no subject is specified, to the API caller's account). If a webhook event is generated for an event that is tied to the account but not to a particular REST API app (for example, payments initiated with the NVP/SOAP APIs or through the user interface on PayPal.com), those webhook events will treated as if they were intended for the REST API app registered in the webhook lookup instead. Webhook events will then be delivered to any webhooks registered to that REST API app.

## Response `201`

A successful request returns the HTTP `201 Created` status code and a JSON response body that shows webhook lookup details.

- WebhooksLookup — The webhook lookup details.
  - `id` string — The ID of the webhook lookup.
  - `client_id` string — The application client ID.
  - `links` LinkDescription[] — An array of request-related [HATEOAS links](/docs/api/reference/api-responses/#hateoas-links/).
    - `href` string, required — The complete target URL. To make the related call, combine the method with this [URI Template-formatted](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6570) link. For pre-processing, include the `$`, `(`, and `)` characters. The `href` is the key HATEOAS component that links a completed call with a subsequent call.
    - `rel` string, required — The [link relation type](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988#section-4), which serves as an ID for a link that unambiguously describes the semantics of the link. See [Link Relations](https://www.iana.org/assignments/link-relations/link-relations.xhtml).
    - `method` 'GET' | 'POST' | 'PUT' | 'DELETE' | 'HEAD' | 'CONNECT' | 'OPTIONS' | 'PATCH' — The HTTP method required to make the related call.

## Other responses

- `default` — The error response.

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[API](https://skmtc.net/paypal/apis/payments.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/paypal/apis/payments/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/paypal/payments/revisions/672aceee1190/schema)