GitHub fixture

`pull_request (action: opened)`

Fires when a pull request is opened. The same webhook event covers many actions (opened, closed, synchronize, review_requested, etc.) — branch on the action field.

When does it fire?

A user opens a pull request, including draft PRs and PRs converted from drafts. To handle other PR lifecycle events, subscribe to the same event and switch on `action`.

Request headers

Content-Type: application/json
X-GitHub-Event: pull_request
X-GitHub-Delivery: 72d3162e-cc78-11e3-81ab-4c9367dc0958
X-Hub-Signature-256: sha256=292e1ce3568fdb4d2e6e7e9bd1f63cf7b6d8e2a6d8e1c0b2a3d4f5e6c7b8a9d0

Payload

{
  "action": "opened",
  "number": 42,
  "pull_request": {
    "id": 1234567890,
    "number": 42,
    "title": "Add webhook fixture library",
    "state": "open",
    "draft": false,
    "user": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 583231,
      "type": "User"
    },
    "body": "Adds /fixtures/* pages with real webhook payload examples.",
    "head": {
      "ref": "feature/fixtures",
      "sha": "a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6e7f8a9b0"
    },
    "base": {
      "ref": "main",
      "sha": "f0e9d8c7b6a5f4e3d2c1b0a9f8e7d6c5b4a3f2e1"
    },
    "created_at": "2026-05-13T12:00:00Z"
  },
  "repository": {
    "id": 99999,
    "full_name": "ozers/hooksense",
    "private": false
  },
  "sender": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 583231
  }
}

Key fields

action
opened | closed | synchronize | reopened | edited — branch on this.
pull_request.draft
true for draft PRs — usually skip CI for these.
pull_request.head.sha
Commit SHA to run CI against.
X-GitHub-Delivery
Unique per-event ID. Use as your dedup key.

Test it with cURL

Replace your-endpoint with your HookSense endpoint slug — or any URL you want to test against.

curl -X POST https://hooksense.com/w/your-endpoint \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Event: pull_request" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Delivery: 72d3162e-cc78-11e3-81ab-4c9367dc0958" \
  -H "X-Hub-Signature-256: sha256=292e1ce3568fdb4d2e6e7e9bd1f63cf7b6d8e2a6d8e1c0b2a3d4f5e6c7b8a9d0" \
  -d '{
  "action": "opened",
  "number": 42,
  "pull_request": {
    "id": 1234567890,
    "number": 42,
    "title": "Add webhook fixture library",
    "state": "open",
    "draft": false,
    "user": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 583231,
      "type": "User"
    },
    "body": "Adds /fixtures/* pages with real webhook payload examples.",
    "head": {
      "ref": "feature/fixtures",
      "sha": "a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6e7f8a9b0"
    },
    "base": {
      "ref": "main",
      "sha": "f0e9d8c7b6a5f4e3d2c1b0a9f8e7d6c5b4a3f2e1"
    },
    "created_at": "2026-05-13T12:00:00Z"
  },
  "repository": {
    "id": 99999,
    "full_name": "ozers/hooksense",
    "private": false
  },
  "sender": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 583231
  }
}'

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