Webhook helpers in stripe-php

Learn how to use helpers in the client library to deserialize webhook event payloads into instances of objects rather than working with raw json directly. You'll also learn how signature verification works and how you can use the methods in the client library to handle signature verification for you.
Presenter
Thorsten Schaeff - Developer Advocate at Stripe - / thorwebdev
Resources
Client library: github.com/stripe/stripe-php
Documentation for basic: stripe.com/docs/webhooks/build
Documentation for signature verification: stripe.com/docs/webhooks/sign...
Code: github.com/stripe-samples/dev...
Table of contents
00:00 Webhooks overview
00:49 Events
01:41 Webhooks vs. polling
01:57 Versioning
02:24 Deserialization
02:52 Development process
03:18 Implement a basic webhook handler
08:49 Security
09:18 Signature verification
10:46 Create webhook endpoints
12:42 Stripe CLI `listen`
13:12 Implement a webhook handler that verifies signatures
18:37 Conclusion
Support
If you have a question, please feel free to reach out to our support team on Discord at stripe.com/go/developer-chat.
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[@TLFNode]

You saved my life, the stripe documentation was a little confusing for a beginner like me but in this video everything was very clear. Thank you!

[@StripeDev]

Glad we could help you!

[@artneo7]

You helped me so much! Your video should be highlighted in the Stripe's documentation! 🙏🎉

[@StripeDev]

Thanks for the kind words. We're glad to hear it!

[@jamesr2408]

Thanks. That was helpful. Every little bit helps. 🙂

[@BABALOOEY46]

Thanks Thorsten, I have been avoiding using the CLI as I'd rather use a text editor, but I am warming to it... I've a basic diploma in web development so I find it challenging to get my head around the complete workings of stripe, I have just learned how to use the dotenv file to keep my keys safe and now really have a good grasp of how to implement a webhook to get confirmation of a successful transaction thanks to this video... I'm pretty sure I'll be biting the bullet and learning the CLI soon.. we'll see.... need to get the basic functions going on my website asap... Thanks for the awesome instructions.

[@HashimAziz1]

The CLI is not hard at all and can make debugging Stripe API problems a lot easier.

[@BABALOOEY46]

@@HashimAziz1 yep into it now… have been using it to test the web hook 👍🏻 My. Whsec has expired though I’ll have to dive back into the tutorials.

[@dalionli]

Great video, clear and I understood it. Do you think you could do an example for Coldfudion or Lucee please.

[@alexlonewolf4285]

great video!

[@philfai-pp5wf]

When you execute the command "stripe listen --forward", don't you need to include the name of 'index.php'? after 'localhost:4242'?

[@StripeDev]

Hi Phil-nope, you don't need to include index.php because the web server will default to the index.php file.

[@mitchellbenjamin3071]

this guy didn't want to be there