How to perform external api call when a content type item is published and send data to external api?

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First create a webhook from Strapi:

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Then create a custom api in particular content type directory.

In /api/content-type/routes/content-type.js file:

{
    method: 'POST',
    path: '/your-api-name',
    handler: 'api::region.region.executeExternalApi',
}

and add the function inside /api/content-type/controllers/content-type.js file:

executeExternalApi(): async (ctx) => {
    let request = ctx.request.body;
    let data = request.entry;
    let header = ctx.request.header;

    ...write your logic here
}

This function will be triggered whenever any record is Published from any of the content type.

If you want your logic to be executed for particular model you can apply a condition logic using ctx.request.body.model === ‘contentType-name’.

Hope this information will be clear to you.