# Response mode in webhook

**URL:** <https://community.n8n.io/t/response-mode-in-webhook/386>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [November 8, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/response-mode-in-webhook/386 "2019-11-08T15:56:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mooghermez](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/mooghermez/32/26_2.png) [@mooghermez](https://community.n8n.io/u/mooghermez)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/response-mode-in-webhook/386/1 "2019-11-08T15:56:41Z")

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In Webhook setting I see “response mode” that I can’t understand how can I use it, can you please help me?

 ![changer_014](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/original/1X/444da9e8d124f0e139b205544c1e3a4f11154e39.png)

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**Author:** ![jan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/jan/32/9_2.png) [@jan](https://community.n8n.io/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/response-mode-in-webhook/386/2 "2019-11-08T16:01:04Z")

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Depending on the option will it either:

- start the workflow and answer that request with a default response or
- start the workflow and run it till all the nodes got executed and then return the data the last node outputs as a response to the request

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**Author:** ![Stefan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Stefan](https://community.n8n.io/u/Stefan)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/response-mode-in-webhook/386/3 "2020-02-01T20:25:12Z")

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Hi Jan, i have a question to this function. Your Sample for this [Webhook returning XML | n8n workflow template](https://n8n.io/workflows/119) works fine. But i have Problem to integrate a Spreadsheet file. In the middle it dont works also in the end no response is coming.

 ![grafik](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/original/1X/676f80b1198d866f1691a744d36a61c665f37450.png)

Any Idea ?

Stefan

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**Author:** ![jan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/jan/32/9_2.png) [@jan](https://community.n8n.io/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/response-mode-in-webhook/386/4 "2020-02-01T22:54:00Z")

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Sorry what do you want to do exactly and what do you want as response from the webhook?