diff --git a/api/ingest.py b/api/ingest.py
index e984072f..ba8c1753 100644
--- a/api/ingest.py
+++ b/api/ingest.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+import requests
+
 from typing import Dict
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
 from models.ingest import RequestPayload
 from service.embedding import EmbeddingService
 from auth.user import get_current_api_user
 
+
 router = APIRouter()
 
 
@@ -19,4 +22,10 @@ async def ingest(
     documents = await embedding_service.generate_documents()
     chunks = await embedding_service.generate_chunks(documents=documents)
     await embedding_service.generate_embeddings(nodes=chunks)
+
+    if payload.webhook_url:
+        requests.post(
+            url=payload.webhook_url,
+            json={"index_name": payload.index_name, "status": "completed"},
+        )
     return {"success": True}
diff --git a/models/ingest.py b/models/ingest.py
index a02c8037..7246d487 100644
--- a/models/ingest.py
+++ b/models/ingest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, Optional
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from models.file import File
 from models.vector_database import VectorDatabase
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ class RequestPayload(BaseModel):
     files: List[File]
     vector_database: VectorDatabase
     index_name: str
+    webhook_url: Optional[str]