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quiet trench Jun 30, 2022, 11:17 AM

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In my local dev environment, can I, or should I still use the test API keys?
Yes 100%. Don't use live keys in development otherwise you'll be processing actual transactions (and test cards won't work)

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And test Webhook API keys?
What's a webhook API key?

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Can test Webhook API endpoints exist alongside Live API endpoints?
Yep, absolutely. They're isolated to the environment so live webhooks only receive live events, etc

summer magnet Jun 30, 2022, 11:20 AM

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Sorry, For Webhook API key, I meant "Signing Secret" for the Webhook endpoint.

Sorry for the rookie questions, but just wrapping my head around going live. So when I switch between "Test" and "Live" modes in Stripe dashboard, it's just showing me environments which the API keys dictate I guess?

quiet trench Jun 30, 2022, 11:22 AM

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Sorry, For Webhook API key, I meant "Signing Secret" for the Webhook endpoint.
Yes, they're unique per endpoint so you'd use the test webhook secret locally

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Sorry for the rookie questions, but just wrapping my head around going live. So when I switch between "Test" and "Live" modes in Stripe dashboard, it's just showing me environments which the API keys dictate I guess?
Yep, exactly! There's a good checklist here: https://stripe.com/docs/development/checklist

Development checklist

Use this checklist to ensure a smooth transition when taking your integration live.

summer magnet Jun 30, 2022, 11:24 AM

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Ok, thank you very much

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