Lancaster University

Lancaster Library Alma Webhook Handler (open source)

An AWS serverless application written and maintained by Lancaster University Library that listens for Ex Libris Alma webhook events and forwards them to backend SNS topics. It is Lancaster's own code, published under github.com/lulibrary alongside the Library's Alma cache lambdas, Pure extraction tooling (puree, research_metadata, DMAOnline) and Talis Aspire reading-list tools. It is reference implementation and infrastructure, not a callable Lancaster endpoint, and is recorded as such rather than counted as a hosted API.

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https://github.com/lulibrary/alma-webhook-handler

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https://github.com/lulibrary/alma-webhook-handler

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API entry from apis.yml

aid: lancaster:alma-webhook-handler
name: Lancaster Library Alma Webhook Handler (open source)
description: An AWS serverless application written and maintained by Lancaster University Library that
  listens for Ex Libris Alma webhook events and forwards them to backend SNS topics. It is Lancaster's
  own code, published under github.com/lulibrary alongside the Library's Alma cache lambdas, Pure extraction
  tooling (puree, research_metadata, DMAOnline) and Talis Aspire reading-list tools. It is reference implementation
  and infrastructure, not a callable Lancaster endpoint, and is recorded as such rather than counted as
  a hosted API.
humanURL: https://github.com/lulibrary/alma-webhook-handler
x-operator: institution
x-operator-evidence: 'github.com is a code host and says nothing about authorship; the artifact says it
  about itself. The repository belongs to the lulibrary organisation — Lancaster University Library —
  and describes itself as listening for Ex Libris Alma webhook events on the Library''s behalf. Probed
  2026-08-30: repository 200, last pushed 2026-06-12. Lancaster''s code integrating a vendor''s product,
  which is institution-authored even though the product is not.'
tags:
- Library
- Alma
- Webhook
- Serverless
- Integration
tags_raw:
- Library
- Alma
- Webhooks
- Serverless
- Integration
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/lulibrary/alma-webhook-handler
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/lulibrary/alma-webhook-handler