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Webhook Signature Verification

Verify incoming webhook signatures using HMAC to ensure requests are authentic and untampered.

webhookhmacverificationapi

Cuándo usar esta receta

Services like Stripe, GitHub, and Slack sign webhook payloads with HMAC. Verifying these signatures prevents spoofed webhook attacks and ensures data integrity.

Pasos

1

Create the shared webhook secret

Indicación:Generate a webhook signing secret (256-bit hex)
2

Compute the expected signature

Indicación:Generate HMAC-SHA256 of the webhook payload using the signing secret
3

Verify by comparing signatures

Indicación:Hash the received signature header for comparison

Preguntas frecuentes

Why use HMAC for webhook verification?

HMAC ensures two things: the request came from the legitimate sender (authentication) and the payload wasn't modified in transit (integrity). Simple API keys only provide authentication.

What happens if I don't verify webhooks?

An attacker could send fake webhook events to your endpoint — triggering unauthorized actions like refunds, account changes, or data modifications.

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