How to trigger an action with a HTTP request from an external device?

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[webhook] New, very simple binding for listening incomming http requests

Hello, I have scratched a simple binding for listening to incoming http requests. What problem does it solve? There are quite a few devices which are able to perform http requests on a given webhook (like Synology Surveillance Station in rules or some intercoms/ip doorphones like akuvox). Those httprequest cannot be simple utilized in openhab straight away. You could translate it at nginx level from the simple form of http get/post those devices can perform to openhab REST APIs or create a si…