How to Create Stripe API & Webhook [2025 Full Guide]

In today's video, I'm going to show you how to create Stripe API and web hook.

Start by logging in to dashboard.stripe.com

dashboard.stripe.com on your preferred browser. And once

you're on your main dashboard, go to the left-h hand menu and click on developers. From the drop-down, select

developers. From the drop-down, select API keys to view your account's unique keys that allow your app or website to communicate securely with Stripe. You'll

see two sets of keys. the publishable

key used on your website's front end and the secret key used on your server. If

you're just testing, make sure view test data is turned on at the top. Copy the

test secret key and test publishable key, then use them in your application to test payments or features. When

you're ready to go live, simply switch off test mode to reveal your live API keys, which will process real payments.

Always keep your secret key private and never expose it in public code or clientside scripts.

Next, you'll need to create a web hook to receive notifications from Stripe when certain events occur, like a successful payment or a refund. Still

under the developers menu, click on web hooks, then click add endpoint to create a new web hook URL. In the endpoint URL field, enter the URL of your server

where you want Stripe to send event data. for example, https

data. for example, https colonyyoudommain.com/webhook.

colonyyoudommain.com/webhook.

Below that, click select events and choose the events you want Stripe to notify you about. For instance, you can select payment.intent.succeeded,

select payment.intent.succeeded,

payment.intent.failed,

or charge.refunded

depending on what you want your system to react to. Once you've selected the events, click add events, then add endpoint to finish. After creating the

web hook, you'll see a signing secret.

This is used to verify that the incoming requests are actually from Stripe. Copy

it and store it safely in your server's environment variables. Your server

environment variables. Your server should use this key to validate each web hook signature before processing the data. That's it. You've now created your

data. That's it. You've now created your Stripe API keys and web hook. From here,

your application can securely communicate with Stripe servers and automatically receive updates for payments and other key events in real time. Thank you for watching this video.

time. Thank you for watching this video.