Daniel M.-webhooks | Stripe Developers | Page 1

round sparrow May 25, 2022, 10:59 AM

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you can use your Express backend and setup a route there

urban portal May 25, 2022, 11:11 AM

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Hey, taking over here. Let me know if there's any follow-up Qs I can answer!

vernal cloak May 25, 2022, 11:22 AM

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Actually yes there are a lot of questions I think haha

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I´m confused by the docs, because there seem to be so many different "ways" of setting up the end point

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and I´m really confused on how they work

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and how to set them up

urban portal May 25, 2022, 11:23 AM

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Ok, what is it you're actually trying to achieve?

vernal cloak May 25, 2022, 11:24 AM

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So I want to update my payment status in the database with the webhook

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so that the users can download their product, as soon as it´s paid

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before it worked like so ```js
router.post("/webhookMollie", (req, res) => {
updateMolliePaymentStatus(req.body.id, res);
});

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exports.updateMolliePaymentStatus = (id, res) => {
  // get payment status with id
  mollielient.payments
    .get(id)
    .then(async (response) => {
      // update paymentstatus in db
      const doc = await FileModel.findOne({ paymentId: id });
      doc.paymentStatus = response.status;
      doc.save();
    })
    .catch(() => res.sendStatus(404));
};

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all I need to do, just with stripe

urban portal May 25, 2022, 11:27 AM

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Have you seen this example? https://stripe.com/docs/webhooks/quickstart

Set up and deploy a webhook

Learn how to set up and deploy a webhook to listen to events from Stripe.

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There's a full Node example there that will help you get started

vernal cloak May 25, 2022, 11:29 AM

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hmmm i see, it´s so much more D:
do I need to set up and endpoint secret in local development?

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or is it just to be safe later on when its live?

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const stripe = require('stripe')('sk_test_51Ky...) also which key is this?

urban portal May 25, 2022, 11:41 AM

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vernal cloak hmmm i see, it´s so much more D: do I need to set up and endpoint secret in loc...

You should absolutely test the endpoint locally, I'd recommend using the CLI to test it: https://stripe.com/docs/stripe-cli/overview

Stripe CLI

Manage your Stripe resources in test mode directly from the command line.

urban portal May 25, 2022, 11:41 AM

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vernal cloak const stripe = require('stripe')('sk_test_51Ky...) also which key is this?

Your secret API key

vernal cloak May 25, 2022, 11:42 AM

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that one

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also i made this script: "stripewh": "stripe listen --forward-to localhost:4000/stripe_webhooks --skip-verify"

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installed all dependencies for it, thats the cli you´re talking about right?

urban portal May 25, 2022, 11:47 AM

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vernal cloak that one

No, the one from here: https://dashboard.stripe.com/test/apikeys

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vernal cloak May 25, 2022, 11:57 AM

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im only getting 404s from my webhook

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also is it common, that the webhook is called once when I first run the app?

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bc I create the intent at the beginning of the app or so?

urban portal May 25, 2022, 11:59 AM

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Does your stripe_webhooks POST endpoint definitely exist?

vernal cloak May 25, 2022, 12:04 PM

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it should

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can stripe reach my localhost or do I have to use something like a tunnel with ngrok?

urban portal May 25, 2022, 12:05 PM

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Nope, the CLI will be able to reach your localhost (it replaces the need for ngrok or similiar)

vernal cloak May 25, 2022, 12:05 PM

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hmm okay

urban portal May 25, 2022, 12:06 PM

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Can you share the code where you define the stripe_webhooks endpoint?

vernal cloak May 25, 2022, 12:07 PM

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nvm, it works now, forgot to rerun my stripe script after changing routes

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only restarted the backend

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my bad

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but I´ve got another question.
I was told to put the Elements provider at the root level of my app, which means each visitor, even if he doesnt even want to buy something, creates a payment intend... isnt that kinda overkill?

rough crypt May 25, 2022, 12:16 PM

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it's just how we design the integration, there's no problem having lots of PaymentIntents like that, you only need to look at ones that complete

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