nylas webhook server — What It Does and How to Use It

Webhooks fire when email arrives, events change, or contacts update. nylas webhook server helps you start a local webhook server for development. The nylas webhook server command starts a local HTTP server that receives webhook events from Nylas. It automatically creates a tunnel so Nylas can reach your machine. Quick Start brew install nylas/nylas-cli/nylas nylas init nylas webhook server Examples Start on default port: nylas webhook server Start on a custom port: nylas webhook server --port 8080 How It Works Webhooks replace polling. Instead of checking every 30 seconds whether new email arrived, the webhook pushes the event to your endpoint within seconds. This reduces API calls and improves latency for your application. Syntax nylas webhook server [ --port PORT] Related Commands nylas webhook list — List all webhooks nylas webhook create — Create a webhook for real-time event notifications nylas webhook delete — Delete an existing webhook by ID nylas webhook test send — Send a test