Webhook Tester & Inspector
Generate temporary webhook endpoints, capture payloads, and validate signatures for GitHub, Stripe, Shopify, and Slack.
What Webhook Tester & Inspector does
Webhook Tester & Inspector generates temporary, unique endpoints that intercept and log incoming webhook payloads from platforms like GitHub, Stripe, Shopify, and Slack. Users can examine the raw data sent by these services and validate cryptographic signatures to confirm the source is legitimate before processing it in an application. This eliminates the need to set up permanent infrastructure for basic testing and debugging tasks.
How to use the Inventive HQ Webhook Tester & Inspector
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Visit the Webhook Tester & Inspector page on Inventive HQ and click the button to generate a temporary endpoint URL.
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Configure your application, script, or service to send a test webhook request to the generated URL.
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View the captured payload in the tool's interface, where the raw request body and headers are displayed.
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Use the signature validation feature to verify the cryptographic signature attached to the request, ensuring data integrity.
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Review the logged data to debug issues or confirm your webhook handling logic works as expected.
Best for
Developers and technical teams who need to test and debug webhook integrations from services like GitHub, Stripe, Shopify, or Slack without deploying permanent infrastructure or writing custom capture servers.
Limitations
- No permanent endpoint storage; generated URLs are temporary and expire after use.
- May require manual configuration of secret keys for signature validation depending on the source service.
- Primarily designed for testing and debugging rather than production-level webhook management.
Webhook Tester & Inspector FAQ
- Do I need to provide a secret key to validate webhook signatures?
- Yes, you typically need to enter the secret key provided by the webhook source service (such as GitHub or Stripe) to validate the cryptographic signature attached to the incoming payload.
- How long does a generated webhook endpoint remain active?
- Generated temporary endpoints are designed for short-term testing and debugging; they do not provide permanent infrastructure and may expire after a period of inactivity or after the testing session ends.
- Can I use this tool to test webhooks from any online service?
- The tool supports signature validation for popular services like GitHub, Stripe, Shopify, and Slack, and can capture payloads from any service that sends a webhook POST request to the generated endpoint URL.
- Is this tool suitable for production webhook handling?
- No, this tool is intended for development and testing phases to inspect payloads and validate signatures; it is not designed for production-level webhook management or long-term endpoint hosting.