hostreceivelike

Hostreceivelike is a term used in software engineering to refer to a component, module, or interface that receives input events which resemble a “like” action from an external system or user. The term is informal and appears mainly in internal documentation and code comments rather than in formal standards.

In an event-driven architecture, a hostreceivelike endpoint or handler sits at the inbound edge and normalizes diverse payloads into a common internal event model. It validates the source, checks signatures, and ensures the event is well-formed before publishing it to a local event bus or service layer. Typical responsibilities include deduplication, rate limiting, mapping external fields to internal schemas, and triggering downstream actions such as updating engagement analytics, notifying services, or updating user interfaces.

Contexts in which hostreceivelike is mentioned include social media integrations, cross-platform analytics, and customer engagement platforms. Implementation considerations cover security and privacy, including verifying provenance and handling sensitive data, as well as reliability aspects such as retry logic and idempotency. The term is not standardized and may vary in meaning across organizations, often serving as a descriptive label for inbound “like-like” signals rather than a fixed software pattern.

See also: webhooks, inbound adapters, event-driven architectures, message queues, API gateways.