Is it possible to set localhost as a Stripe webhook URL?

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I am creating a payment gateway using Stripe.

I want to set my localhost url localhost/stripe/webhook.php as my webhook url. Is it possible to set a localhost address as a webhook url? This will be used to create a mail service that is triggered on every successful charge in Stripe.

Crossman answered 12/3, 2013 at 9:21 Comment(1)

possible duplicate of Using Stripe webhooks with Rails – Crossman 7/10, 2013 at 7:15

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There's now another option: you can now use the Stripe CLI to seamlessly test webhooks locally without the need for a 3rd party tool.

In this case you would just do something like this to plumb your Stripe events through to your local webhook handler code:

stripe listen --forward-to localhost/stripe/webhook.php

Ester answered 24/9, 2019 at 5:2 Comment(3)

It may not be 3rd party, but you do need to install another tool which is unfortunate. However this should be the recommended answer now. – Largehearted 26/9, 2019 at 11:5

If you need to debug webhooks, append ?XDEBUG_SESSION_START=phpstorm to the url and wrap it in quotes. But be aware, stripe webhooks time out pretty fast. – Wileen 14/6, 2022 at 10:7

In case you're working with Vue/Laravel -> Follow this guide: youtube.com/watch?v=b4Jz9UPAyI0 you don't need to use vue-stripe for it but it does a good job explaining which routes to create and how webhooks work. – Grappling 14/7, 2022 at 9:43

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Stripe now has an official tool, the Stripe CLI that makes this easy (but still requires installing another tool).

See this answer below or the official Stripe CLI docs.

Alternatively, the another way to achieve this is with http://www.ultrahook.com which allows you to receive webhooks on localhost. This alternative will work with all webhooks, not just Stripe's

Kaja answered 16/7, 2013 at 15:1 Comment(5)

As others answered below, may want to consider the more popular ngrok which is open-source. – Hydrotherapeutics 24/2, 2017 at 19:13

ngrok has limitations per minute which make it useless for development. – Gissing 22/3, 2018 at 14:33

ultrahook doesn't seem to return https endpoints. http endpoints aren't accepted by webhook providers like microsoft. Am i missing something here? – Lawgiver 29/4, 2019 at 13:9

I switched today to stripe. I used to use ngrok, but development stopped about 4 or 5 years ago. I therefore would prefer stripe because of the support and it is their official tool. That said, I have not used it yet, so I do not know how it performs compared to ngrok. – Collin 22/4, 2020 at 15:5

Warning using the Stripe CLI will send events to the localhost and any staging webhook URLs defined in your webhook settings, simultaneously. After many misfires, Stripe will alert the account holder (normally the client) and remove the webhook URL altogether. – Boylston 5/11, 2020 at 21:21

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How to use ngrok and set up Stripe Webhooks url

Source Link

First Download ngrok and extract it on your computer
Double click ngrok.exe
Try typing ngrok.exe http 80 at this terminal prompt to expose port 80
For example if we you have Stripe webhooks url on localhost like so http://localhost/stripeproject/webhook.php
Just specify your ngrok url as the endpoint with your webhooks service and you’re almost done.
You can set up this url http://f253021b.ngrok.io/stripeproject/webhook.php to send test webhooks to your integration’s endpoint within your account’s webhooks settings.

It's working fine for me.

More details click here

Instrumentalism answered 21/12, 2016 at 14:42 Comment(1)

Just to add, if you have custom local domain such as "server1.dev" for instance, you can pass it in ngrok as host-headers. So, if you want ngrok to point specially to server1.dev, you will issue following command: ngrok http --host-header "server1.dev" 80 – Mattress 31/12, 2017 at 21:22

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Try with stripe CLI:

Here you can forward events to your Localhost server.

https://stripe.com/docs/webhooks/test

Duro answered 18/2, 2021 at 4:55 Comment(1)

please do not include link-only answers, even if it is the official docs. please be sure to copy and paste the relevant parts of the code. – Whitworth 18/2, 2021 at 6:14

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No this won't work. Stripe servers have to be able to contact your server to send the webhook. Stripe won't know how to contact your "localhost" . You need a web accessible address or IP address for this to work

Kinross answered 14/3, 2013 at 19:16 Comment(1)

thats what ngrok it is for. It makes your local accessible – Shovelboard 14/6, 2019 at 11:55

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Even simpler, add this endpoint to your app when running locally (not in prod!):

const eventsSeen = new Set();

app.post("/test/simulate-stripe-webhook", async (req, res) => {
  const events = await stripe.events.list({ limit: req.query.limit || 10 });
  for (const event of events) {
    if (eventsSeen.has(event.id)) continue;
    await processStripeEvent(event);
    eventsSeen.add(event.id);
  }
  return res.status(200).end();
});

...where processStripeEvent is whatever logic your webhook triggers.

Then there's no need to manage webhooks in stripe.

Yeast answered 3/9, 2019 at 8:23 Comment(0)

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It is possible to send the webhooks to your local host. Look up "ngrok", when you run that it opens up a port to public internet access and provides you with a url that can access your localhost from. take this url and set it as your webhook address and finish the url by pointing it at your webhook.php file.

* EDIT *

This is only appropriate for testing.

Geraldine answered 19/9, 2014 at 10:2 Comment(0)

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You can use expose.sh to expose your server using a public HTTPS URL.

Install expose.sh

For Mac or Linux, go to Expose.sh and copy/paste the installation code shown into a terminal.

For Windows go to Expose.sh, download the binary and put it somewhere in your PATH.

Expose your api to the web

Start your API server. Then run expose <port> where port is the port your API server is running on, like 80 or 8080.

Expose.sh will generate a random public expose.sh URL. You'll see output like

https://s3rh.expose.sh is forwarding to localhost:80
http://s3rh.expose.sh is forwarding to localhost:80

Then you can get Stripe to use the public HTTPS URL, which will forward to localhost. I've written a full guide here

Disclaimer: I built expose.sh

Germane answered 13/7, 2020 at 10:12 Comment(0)

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Like Matt said, you will need to put that somewhere online - preferably using https://. For your reference, I put up an example mail webhook 2 months ago here: https://github.com/pnommensen/Stripe-Webhook-Emails.

Hankow answered 17/3, 2013 at 4:16 Comment(0)

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Yes It is Possible to to test a strip web hook on local host Go to this URL https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/webhooks/ and Open your End point For i.e https://test.com/api/StripeHook and Now Open your Webhook atempt which is succeeded by strip and copy all json code.

Now Run your project in local host and open postman and hit https://localhost/api/StripeHook and put all copied json text in body data of post man.

Venegas answered 22/1, 2021 at 6:15 Comment(1)

What headers do we need to set for postman to work? Its complaining no API keys provided when I send from postman. – Allred 15/6, 2021 at 10:5

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Use https://www.reliablewebhook.com VS Code extension or Web App to relay stripe webhook requests to localhost.

Teshatesla answered 9/4, 2022 at 12:45 Comment(0)

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I just did a stripe localhost payment using NextJs and https://pinggy.io totally free

keep you server running locally npm run dev
login to pinggy dashboard and use the provided command example: ssh -p 443 -R0:localhost:3000 a.pinggy.io
use the url provided by pinggy to create a stripe webhook

Showers answered 26/2 at 18:38 Comment(0)

Install expose.sh

Expose your api to the web

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