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Version: 0.0.1

Webhooks Documentation

ChargeOver supports utilizing "web hooks" to notify external, 3rd-party applications of events/changes occurring within ChargeOver.

Whenever an event occurs in ChargeOver, a webhook can be triggered -- a HTTP/HTTPS request will be made to a user-specified URL with data about the event/change that occurred.

Webhooks Best Practices:

  • DO return a 200 OK HTTP response if you received and processed the data successfully
  • DO return a non- 200 OK header if you did not receive the data successfully and need ChargeOver to retry delivery
  • DO log the webhooks on your server so you can debug/troubleshoot if required

Restrictions:

  • Only https:// URLs are allowed
  • Non-standard ports are not accepted (i.e. only ports 80 and ports 443 are allowed)
  • Your webhook must use a resolvable public domain name (you may not use just an IP address)

HTTP Method and Content Type:

  • ChargeOver will send you a HTTP POST request
  • The Content-Type will be application/json

Helpful Tools/Tips:

  • If you return a non- 200 OK response to ChargeOver, the payload will be logged and viewable in the Webhook Log report in the Report Center in your ChargeOver account. This can be useful for debugging/to capture payloads for troubleshooting.
  • You may consider using ngrok, which provides you with a UI that makes it easy to inspect all of your HTTP responses and requests and replay webhook requests.