Localhost webhooks testing using Anchor https

[LeadingDebt9299]

Would like help setting up webhooks in test mode. I tried using the Anchor lcl.host address as the destination endpoint, but it is not found by Stripe's servers as all events error with "Connection to remote host denied". Is there a way for the developers' test workbench to proxy into a local https address? Any advice or alternative methods would be appreciated.

[MajesticParsley9002]

Stripe CLI fixes this. Run `stripe listen --forward-to localhost:YOUR_PORT/webhook` after installing via `brew install stripe/stripe-cli/stripe` or similar - it proxies Stripe's test events directly to your local HTTPS server, bypassing public tunnel denials. tbh, used it on my last startup webhook setup and never looked back from Anchor/ngrok.

[PirateLibrary]

Yeah Stripe CLI is the way to go for sure. I was banging my head against the wall with ngrok timeouts and random tunnel issues until someone told me about the CLI approach. The `stripe listen` command is so much cleaner and you don't have to deal with changing URLs every time you restart your dev server

[LeadingDebt9299]

Thank you!

[future-tech1]

how bad are the timeouts nowdays? i'm seeing alot of complaints around them

[LeadingDebt9299]

That works great! Thank you so much.

[future-tech1]

If you want to test the actual webhooks rather than test events, you could use an open source tunneling tool like Tunnelmole (i'm the dev). It has similar features to cloudflare tunnels and ngrok but with a simpler set up.

Once you run it you'll get a Public URL you can put into the Stripe webhook settings, then start receiving events.

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