Webhooks

Overview

Webhooks are primarily used to have a trusted source of game configurations and room compositions and can greatly contribute to the safety of an online application.

The default cloud plugin has support for different hooks defined via the AppID Dashboard.
Once configured and enabled, the Photon Cloud will send WebRequests (HTTP POST) to a custom backend and will use the response data (Json) for various configurations on the Photon rooms and game sessions.

Setup

Webhooks are enabled per AppId on the Photon Dashboard.

1. Navigate to the Photon Dashboard and log in.
2. Find the AppId and click Manage.
3. Scroll down to Plugins and click Edit.
4. Click Add New Pair and add keys and values (the maximum length allowed for each setting value is 1024 chars).
5. Press Save and wait up to one minute for changes to take effect.

Dashboard Configurations

Key	Type	Example	Description
WebHookBaseUrl	string	https://localhost:3581	The base url of the custom backend. Webhook paths will be appended, for example: {WebHookBaseUrl}/game/create Must always be set.
WebHookIntegration	string	Default	The selected webhook integration (default is Default). Default, PlayFab
WebHookSecret	string	**********	This will be send with each web request and can be used to authenticate the request. Will set the header named "X-SecretKey".
WebHookCustomHttpHeaders	Dictionary <string, string>	{"A": "Foo", "B": "100" }	A JSON dictionary. All entries will be added to the custom web request headers. Make sure the use double quotes.
WebHookEnableOnCreate	bool	true	If set to true, the CreateGame webhook will be fired when a client is creating a Game Session.
WebHookEnableOnClose	bool	false	If set to true, the CloseGame webhook will be fired when the Game Session was closed.
WebHookEnableOnJoin	bool	true	If set to true, the JoinGame webhook will be fired when any client tries to join a Game Session.
WebHookEnableOnLeave	bool	false	If set to true, the LeaveGame webhook will be fired when any client leaves a Game Session

Webhook API

Webhooks send Json content and only accept Json content as a response. UTF-8 charset for Json is mandatory.

Webhooks expect HTTP response codes 200 or 400:

• 200: successful request.
• 400: error or operation has been denied (e.g. a client cannot create a room/game session).

The Photon server retries webhooks after transportation errors three times as well as after receiving StatusCode 503 (Service Unavailable) with delay of 400ms, 1600ms and 6400ms. The timeout before the request fails and is not retried is 10 seconds.

Fill out the WebhookError definition to return information of the nature of an error back to the Photon plugin. It can be used for:

• Logging;
• Returning information to the client;
• A custom plugin to add further custom error handling;

Http Request Retries

The Photon Server reacts to retry-able error responses from a backend by resending the request three additional times.

Subsequent request have different headers to identify them.

EGRepeatId - the repeated number for example 0, 1, 2 or 3 (int)
EGInvokeId - request id (int)

Common Request Headers

These common request headers are added to every web request.

Name	Type	Content	Description
Accept	string	application/json	Webhooks only accept JSON as a response body
Accept-Charset	string	utf-8	Webhooks only accept utf-8 as response body charset
Content-Type	string	application/json	Webhooks all send JSON body data
X-SecretKey	string	**********	This key should only be know to the custom backend and should be used to authenticate the incoming web request. This is set on the Photon Dashboard as WebHookSecret.
X-Origin	string	Photon	Will always be set to "Photon"

CreateGame

This webhook is called before the room/game session is created on the Photon Server. The creation is blocked until the webhook receives a response, which will affect the time clients require to create a connection.

A CreateGame webhook is always a JoinGame request for the user that initiates the room/game session creation. There will be no subsequent JoinGame webhook for this user. This webhook shares the data from the JoinGame webhook.

Requires WebHookBaseUrl and WebHookEnableCreateGame to be set on the Photon dashboard.

JavaScript

POST https://{WebHookBaseUrl}/game/create

CreateGame Request

Name	Type	Example	Description
AppId	string	d1f67eec-51fb-45c1	The Photon AppId.
AppVersion	string	1.0-live	The AppVersion used when creating the room/game session.
Region	string	eu	The Region code of the Game Server that the room/game session was created in.
Cloud	string	1	The Cloud Id of that the Game Server is running on.
UserId	string	db757806-8570-45aa	The UserId of the client that creates the room/game session.
AuthCookie	Dictionary<string, object>	db757806-8570-45aa	The Photon custom authentication cookie set by the backend.
RoomName	string	e472a861-a1e2-49f7	The room/game session Name.
GameId	string	0:eu:e472a861-a1e2-49f7	A unique GameId which is composed of {Cloud:}{Region:}RoomName. Can be overwritten in the response.
EnterRoomParams	EnterRoomParams	JSON: See EnterRoomParam section	The Photon room/game session Options sent by the client.

Json Example:

JSON

{
  "AppId": "d1f67eec-51fb-45c1",
  "AppVersion": "1.0-live",
  "Region": "eu",
  "Cloud": "1",
  "UserId": "db757806-8570-45aa",
  "AuthCookie": {
    "Secret": "**********"
  }
  "RoomName": "e472a861-a1e2-49f7",
  "GameId": "0:eu:e472a861-a1e2-49f7",
  "EnterRoomParams": {
    "RoomOptions": {
      "IsVisible": true,
      "IsOpen": true
    }
  }
}

HTTP Response Codes

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	CreateGame Response	room/game session creation can commence, config data from the response will overwrite data sent by the client.
400 Bad Request	WebhookError	room/game session creation is not allowed and will be canceled. The client will receive an error.

CreateGame Response

Name	Type	Description
GameId	string	Overwrites the GameId used in subsequent web requests. Can be null or omitted.
EnterRoomParams	EnterRoomParams	Enforce selected Room Options during its creation. The JSON object does not have to include all members, only the ones that should be overwritten. Only the initial options are protected by sending EnterRoomParams. Most of them can be changed by clients sending Photon Room properties. To block this enable the Photon dashboard property BlockRoomProperties. Can be null or omitted.

Json Example:

JSON

{
  "GameId": "0:eu:db757806-8570-45aa",
  "EnterRoomParams": {
    "RoomOptions": {
      "CustomRoomProperties": {
        "GameType": "CUSTOM_GAME_TYPE",
        "CustomData": 101
      }
    }
  }
}

JoinGame

The JoinGame webhook is send before a client joins an existing room/game session. Return 200 to allow or 400 to cancel the joining.

Requires WebHookBaseUrl and WebHookEnableOnJoin to be set on the Photon AppId Dashboard.

JavaScript

POST https://{WebHookBaseUrl}/game/join

JoinGame Request

Name	Type	Example	Description
AppId	string	d1f67eec-51fb-45c1	The Photon AppId
GameId	string	0:eu:db757806-8570-45aa	Unique GameId
UserId	string	db757806-8570-45aa	Photon UserId
AuthCookie	Dictionary<string, object>	db757806-8570-45aa	The Photon custom authentication cookie set by the backend.

Json Example:

JSON

{
  "AppId": "*******************",
  "GameId": "0:eu:db757806-8570-45aa",
  "UserId": "db757806-8570-45aa",
  "AuthCookie": {
    "Secret": "**********"
  }
}

HTTP Response Codes

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	JoinGame Response	The client will join the room.
400 Bad Request	WebhookError	Joining the room will fail.

JoinGame Response

Json Example:

JSON

{
  // empty
}

LeaveGame

The LeaveGame webhook is send after the client leaves an existing room/game session.

Requires WebHookBaseUrl and WebHookEnableOnLeave to be set on the Photon AppId Dashboard.

JavaScript

POST https://{WebHookBaseUrl}/game/leave

LeaveGame Request

Name	Type	Example	Description
AppId	string	d1f67eec-51fb-45c1	The Photon AppId
GameId	string	0:eu:db757806-8570-45aa	Unique GameId
UserId	string	db757806-8570-45aa	Photon UserId
ActorNr	int	db757806-8570-45aa	The Photon actor number, a incrementing runtime id for clients.
AuthCookie	Dictionary<string, object>	db757806-8570-45aa	Photon UserId
IsInactive	bool	db757806-8570-45aa	Is set to true when the player left the room but is still marked inactive, e.g. when Player TTL was set. Additional LeaveGame requests can follow in this case.

Json Example:

JSON

{
  "AppId": "*******************",
  "GameId": "0:eu:db757806-8570-45aa",
  "UserId": "db757806-8570-45aa",
  "ActorNr": 1,
  "AuthCookie": {
    "Secret": "**********"
  },
  "IsInactive": false
}

HTTP Response Codes

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	LeaveGame Response	Just a confirmation of receipt.
400 Bad Request	WebhookError	Error is ignored, it will just be logged on the Photon Cloud.

LeaveGame Response

Json Example:

JSON

{
  // empty
}

CloseGame

The CloseGame webhook is sent when the room/game session is closed after all clients have left.

Requires WebHookBaseUrl and WebHookEnableOnClose to be set on the Photon dashboard.

JavaScript

POST https://{WebHookBaseUrl}/game/close

CloseGame Request

Name	Type	Example	Description
AppId	string	d1f67eec-51fb-45c1	The Photon AppId
GameId	string	0:eu:db757806-8570-45aa	Unique game id
CloseReason	int (CloseReason)	0	The reason why this room/session has been closed.

Json Example:

JSON

{
  "GameId": "0:eu:db757806-8570-45aa",
  "CloseReason": 0
}

HTTP Response Codes

Name	Type	Description
200 OK		Confirmation of receipt.

CloseReason

Name	Value	Description
Ok	0	Session was closed without errors.
FailedOnCreate	1	Session was closed because it failed to Create.

Name	Value	Description
ExceptionOnUpdateLoop	101	Any exception occurred on the Plugin Server Update Loop, causing the Session to be closed.
ExceptionOnHostMigration	102	Any exception while performing the Host Migration on the Plugin side.
ServerHasDisconnected	103	Fusion Server has disconnected from the Session, all clients must be disconnected.
FailedToSetupServer	104	Any exception while performing the Plugin Server Setup, causing the Session to be closed.
FailedToParseNetworkProjectConfig	105	Failed to parse the Fusion's NetworkProjectConfig.

EnterRoomParams

This definitions is designed to be similar to the EnterRoomParams class in Photon Realtime. It includes all options that can be set by the CreateGame webhook. When composing the Json Response every member is optional and can be null or not set.

Name	Type	Description
RoomOptions	RoomOptions	RoomOptions object
ExpectedUsers	string[]	A list of UserIds that are permitted to enter the room/session (additionally to the user creating the room). If MaxPlayers is greater than the number ExpectedUsers listed, any player may join and fill the unreserved slots. Works only for RoomJoin() not JoinRandom().

Json example:

JSON

{
  "RoomOptions": {
    "IsVisible": true,
    "IsOpen": true,
    "MaxPlayers": 8,
    "PlayerTtl": null,
    "EmptyRoomTtl": 10000,
    "CustomRoomProperties": {
      "Foo": "bar",
      "PlayerClass": 1
    },
    "CustomRoomPropertiesForLobby": [
      "Foo"
    ],
    "SuppressRoomEvents": null,
    "SuppressPlayerInfo": null,
    "PublishUserId": null,
    "DeleteNullProperties": null,
    "BroadcastPropsChangeToAll": null,
    "CleanupCacheOnLeave": null,
    "CheckUserOnJoin": null
  },
  "ExpectedUsers": [
    "A",
    "B",
    "C"
  ]
}

Hint

Fusion only supports overriding the RoomOptions.CustomRoomProperties of a Game Session. All other fields are ignored if returned to the Photon Cloud.

RoomOptions

All values are nullable types and can be set to null or be omitted when sending back to the Quantum server, in which case this response will not alter the nulled or omitted room property and will remain the default or the value send by the client when creating the room.

Name	Type	Description
IsVisible	bool	Defines if this room is listed in the Photon matchmaking.
IsOpen	bool	Defines if this room can be joined by other clients.
MaxPlayers	byte	Max number of players that can be in the room at any time. 0 means "no limit".
PlayerTtl	int	Time To Live (TTL) for an 'actor' in a room. If a client disconnects, this actor is inactive first and removed after this timeout. In milliseconds.
EmptyRoomTtl	int	Time To Live (TTL) for a room when the last player leaves. Keeps room in memory for case a player re-joins soon. In milliseconds.
CustomRoomProperties	Dictionary <string, object>	The room's custom properties to set during creation.
CustomRoomPropertiesForLobby	string[]	Defines which of the custom room properties get listed in the lobby. Value type of the properties has to be bool, byte, short, int, longor string. Max number of properties is 3. The max length for string value is 64. Key restrictions can also be enforced by the Photon dashboard property: AllowedLobbyProperties.
SuppressRoomEvents	bool	Tells the server to skip room events for joining and leaving players. Default is false.
SuppressPlayerInfo	bool	Disables events join and leave from the server as well as property broadcasts in a room (to minimize traffic). Default is false.
PublishUserId	bool	Defines if the UserIds of players get "published" in the room. Useful for FindFriends, if players want to play another game together. Default is false.
DeleteNullProperties	bool	Optionally, properties get deleted, when null gets assigned as value. Default is false.

Name	Type	Description
CleanupCacheOnLeave	bool	Removes a user's events and properties from the room when a user leaves. Should always be true.
CheckUserOnJoin	bool	By default, property changes are sent back to the client that's setting them to avoid de-sync when properties are set concurrently. Should always be true.

WebhookError

Name	Type	Description
Status	int	HTTP status code
Error	string	Error name
Message	string	Error message

Json example:

JSON

{
  "Status": 400,
  "Error": "PlayerNotAllowed",
  "Message": "LoremIpsum"
}

Photon Cloud Web Request Limitations

There are global limitations on the Photon Server per room/session. If they are hit web requests and reponse can be dropped.

• HttpRequestTimeout: 30000
• LimitHttpResponseMaxSize: 200000
• MaxQueuedRequests: 5000

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