Webhook API

Real-Time Gazette Data, Delivered to Your Systems

New gazette notifications delivered as JSON to your webhook endpoint within ~15 minutes of publication on egazette.gov.in. Full text, AI summaries, and structured metadata — ready to ingest into your applications.

How It Works

Register Your Endpoint

Provide your webhook URL and an HMAC secret for signature verification.

Receive Every Gazette

Get an HTTP POST with the full gazette payload for every new notification published on egazette.gov.in.

What You Receive

Every webhook delivery includes the complete gazette record — extracted full text, AI-generated summaries, structured metadata, and a direct link to the source PDF.

Example Payload

{
  "event": "gazette.new",
  "delivered_at": "2026-03-04T14:30:00+05:30",
  "data": {
    "gazette_id": "CG-DL-E-04032026-261821",
    "publish_date": "2026-03-04",
    "issue_date": "2026-03-03",
    "ministry_organization": "Ministry of Finance",
    "department": "Department of Revenue",
    "office": "Central Board of Direct Taxes",
    "subject": "Amendment to Income Tax Rules, 2026",
    "part_section": "Part II - Section 3 - Sub-Section (ii)",
    "core_purpose_content": "Amends Rule 12 of the Income Tax Rules to revise the threshold for mandatory e-filing of tax returns for individuals with gross income exceeding ten lakh rupees.",
    "content_detailed_summary": "This notification amends the Income Tax Rules, 1962, by substituting Rule 12 with a revised provision. The key change raises the mandatory e-filing threshold from five lakh to ten lakh rupees for individual assessees. The amendment takes effect from Assessment Year 2027-28. The notification is issued under Section 295 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, read with Rule 12 of the Income Tax Rules, 1962.",
    "key_entities_scope": [
      "Central Board of Direct Taxes",
      "Income Tax Act, 1961",
      "Income Tax Rules, 1962",
      "Rule 12",
      "Section 295"
    ],
    "full_text": "MINISTRY OF FINANCE\n(Department of Revenue)\n(CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES)\nNOTIFICATION\nNew Delhi, the 3rd March, 2026\n...",
    "pdf_download_url": "https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/2026/261821.pdf"
  }
}

Technical Details

Event type	`gazette.new`
Delivery	HTTP POST to your registered URL
Content type	`application/json`
Authentication	HMAC-SHA256 signature in `X-Webhook-Signature` header
Retry policy	3 attempts with exponential backoff (1 min, 5 min, 25 min)
Timeout	Your endpoint must respond with 2xx within 10 seconds
Latency	Within ~15 minutes of publication on egazette.gov.in
Coverage	Every Extraordinary Gazette notification — all ministries, all departments

Verify Webhook Signature (Python)

import hmac, hashlib

expected = hmac.new(
    your_secret.encode(),
    request.body,
    hashlib.sha256
).hexdigest()

is_valid = hmac.compare_digest(
    expected,
    request.headers["X-Webhook-Signature"]
)

Use Cases

Legal Tech Platforms

Ingest gazette data into legal research tools, case management systems, or compliance dashboards.

Compliance Automation

Trigger internal workflows when regulations affecting your sector are published.

Newsrooms & Media

Feed gazette data into editorial systems for breaking regulatory news coverage.

Academic Research

Build datasets of government notifications for policy analysis and legal scholarship.

CA & Tax Practice

Route tax and financial gazette notifications directly into practice management software.

Custom Alert Infrastructure

Build Slack bots, Telegram channels, or internal notification systems on top of gazette data.

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing. One plan, everything included.

₹5,000

per month, billed monthly

Every gazette, every ministry
Full text, AI summaries & key entities
HMAC-SHA256 authentication
3-attempt retry with backoff
~15 min delivery latency

Get API Access

We are onboarding a limited number of API customers. Get in touch to discuss your use case and integration requirements.