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The way the two apps communicate is with a simple HTTP request.\n\nThis package allows you to receive webhooks in a Laravel app. It has support for [verifying signed calls](#verifying-the-signature-of-incoming-webhooks), [storing payloads and processing the payloads](#storing-and-processing-webhooks) in a queued job.\n\nIf you need to send webhooks, take a look at our [laravel-webhook-server](https://github.com/spatie/laravel-webhook-server) package.\n\n## Support us\n\n[\u003cimg src=\"https://github-ads.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/laravel-webhook-client.jpg?t=1\" width=\"419px\" /\u003e](https://spatie.be/github-ad-click/laravel-webhook-client)\n\nWe invest a lot of resources into creating [best in class open source packages](https://spatie.be/open-source). You can support us by [buying one of our paid products](https://spatie.be/open-source/support-us).\n\nWe highly appreciate you sending us a postcard from your hometown, mentioning which of our package(s) you are using. You'll find our address on [our contact page](https://spatie.be/about-us). We publish all received postcards on [our virtual postcard wall](https://spatie.be/open-source/postcards).\n\n## Installation\n\nYou can install the package via composer:\n\n```bash\ncomposer require spatie/laravel-webhook-client\n```\n\n### Configuring the package\n\nYou can publish the config file with:\n\n```bash\nphp artisan vendor:publish --provider=\"Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookClientServiceProvider\" --tag=\"webhook-client-config\"\n```\n\nThis is the contents of the file that will be published at `config/webhook-client.php`:\n\n```php\n\u003c?php\n\nreturn [\n    'configs' =\u003e [\n        [\n            /*\n             * This package supports multiple webhook receiving endpoints. If you only have\n             * one endpoint receiving webhooks, you can use 'default'.\n             */\n            'name' =\u003e 'default',\n\n            /*\n             * We expect that every webhook call will be signed using a secret. This secret\n             * is used to verify that the payload has not been tampered with.\n             */\n            'signing_secret' =\u003e env('WEBHOOK_CLIENT_SECRET'),\n\n            /*\n             * The name of the header containing the signature.\n             */\n            'signature_header_name' =\u003e 'Signature',\n\n            /*\n             *  This class will verify that the content of the signature header is valid.\n             *\n             * It should implement \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\SignatureValidator\\SignatureValidator\n             */\n            'signature_validator' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\SignatureValidator\\DefaultSignatureValidator::class,\n\n            /*\n             * This class determines if the webhook call should be stored and processed.\n             */\n            'webhook_profile' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookProfile\\ProcessEverythingWebhookProfile::class,\n\n            /*\n             * This class determines the response on a valid webhook call.\n             */\n            'webhook_response' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookResponse\\DefaultRespondsTo::class,\n\n            /*\n             * The classname of the model to be used to store webhook calls. The class should\n             * be equal or extend Spatie\\WebhookClient\\Models\\WebhookCall.\n             */\n            'webhook_model' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\Models\\WebhookCall::class,\n\n            /*\n             * In this array, you can pass the headers that should be stored on\n             * the webhook call model when a webhook comes in.\n             *\n             * To store all headers, set this value to `*`.\n             */\n            'store_headers' =\u003e [\n\n            ],\n\n            /*\n             * The class name of the job that will process the webhook request.\n             *\n             * This should be set to a class that extends \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\Jobs\\ProcessWebhookJob.\n             */\n            'process_webhook_job' =\u003e '',\n        ],\n    ],\n\n    /*\n     * The number of days after which models should be deleted.\n     *\n     * Set to null if no models should be deleted.\n     */\n    'delete_after_days' =\u003e 30,\n];\n```\n\nIn the `signing_secret` key of the config file, you should add a valid webhook secret. This value should be provided by the app that will send you webhooks.\n\nThis package will try to store and respond to the webhook as fast as possible. Processing the payload of the request is done via a queued job.  It's recommended to not use the `sync` driver but a real queue driver. You should specify the job that will handle processing webhook requests in the `process_webhook_job` of the config file. A valid job is any class that extends `Spatie\\WebhookClient\\Jobs\\ProcessWebhookJob` and has a `handle` method.\n\n### Preparing the database\n\nBy default, all webhook calls will get saved in the database.\n\nTo create the table that holds the webhook calls, you must publish the migration with:\n```bash\nphp artisan vendor:publish --provider=\"Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookClientServiceProvider\" --tag=\"webhook-client-migrations\"\n```\n\nAfter the migration has been published, you can create the `webhook_calls` table by running the migrations:\n\n```bash\nphp artisan migrate\n```\n\n### Taking care of routing\n\nFinally, let's take care of the routing. At the app that sends webhooks, you probably configure an URL where you want your webhook requests to be sent. In the routes file of your app, you must pass that route to `Route::webhooks`. Here's an example:\n\n```php\nRoute::webhooks('webhook-receiving-url');\n```\n\nBehind the scenes, by default this will register a `POST` route to a controller provided by this package. Because the app that sends webhooks to you has no way of getting a csrf-token, you must exclude the route from csrf token validation.\n\nHere how you can do that in recent versions of Laravel.\n\n```php\nuse Illuminate\\Foundation\\Application;\nuse Illuminate\\Foundation\\Configuration\\Middleware;\n\nreturn Application::configure(basePath: dirname(__DIR__))\n    -\u003ewithRouting(\n       // ...\n    )\n    -\u003ewithMiddleware(function (Middleware $middleware) {\n        $middleware-\u003evalidateCsrfTokens(except: [\n            'your-webhook-receiving-url'\n        ]);\n    })-\u003ecreate();\n```\n\nIn old versions of Laravel you can add your webhook route to the `except` array of the `VerifyCsrfToken` middleware:\n\n```php\nprotected $except = [\n    'your-webhook-receiving-url',\n];\n```\n\n## Usage\n\nWith the installation out of the way, let's take a look at how this package handles webhooks. First, it will verify if the signature of the request is valid. If it is not, we'll throw an exception and fire off the `InvalidWebhookSignatureEvent` event. Requests with invalid signatures will not be stored in the database.\n\nNext, the request will be passed to a webhook profile. A webhook profile is a class that determines if a request should be stored and processed by your app. It allows you to filter out webhook requests that are of interest to your app. You can easily create [your own webhook profile](#determining-which-webhook-requests-should-be-stored-and-processed).\n\nIf the webhook profile determines that request should be stored and processed, we'll first store it in the `webhook_calls` table. After that, we'll pass that newly created `WebhookCall` model to a queued job. Most webhook sending apps expect you to respond very quickly. Offloading the real processing work allows for speedy responses. You can specify which job should process the webhook in the `process_webhook_job` in the `webhook-client` config file. Should an exception be thrown while queueing the job, the package will store that exception in the `exception` attribute on the `WebhookCall` model.\n\nAfter the job has been dispatched, the request will be passed to a webhook response. A webhook response is a class that determines the HTTP response for the request. An 'ok' message response with `200` status code is returned by default, but you can easily create [your own webhook response](#creating-your-own-webhook-response).\n\n### Verifying the signature of incoming webhooks\n\nThis package assumes that an incoming webhook request has a header that can be used to verify the payload has not been tampered with. The name of the header containing the signature can be configured in the `signature_header_name` key of the config file. By default, the package uses the `DefaultSignatureValidator` to validate signatures. This is how that class will compute the signature.\n\n```php\n$computedSignature = hash_hmac('sha256', $request-\u003egetContent(), $configuredSigningSecret);\n```\n\nIf the `$computedSignature` does match the value, the request will be [passed to the webhook profile](#determining-which-webhook-requests-should-be-stored-and-processed). If  `$computedSignature` does not match the value in the signature header, the package will respond with a `500` and discard the request.\n\n### Creating your own signature validator\n\nA signature validator is any class that implements `Spatie\\WebhookClient\\SignatureValidator\\SignatureValidator`. Here's what that interface looks like.\n\n```php\nuse Illuminate\\Http\\Request;\nuse Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookConfig;\n\ninterface SignatureValidator\n{\n    public function isValid(Request $request, WebhookConfig $config): bool;\n}\n```\n\n`WebhookConfig` is a data transfer object that lets you easily pull up the config (containing the header name that contains the signature and the secret) for the webhook request.\n\nAfter creating your own `SignatureValidator` you must register it in the `signature_validator` in the `webhook-client` config file.\n\n### Determining which webhook requests should be stored and processed\n\nAfter the signature of an incoming webhook request is validated, the request will be passed to a webhook profile. A webhook profile is a class that determines if the request should be stored and processed. If the webhook sending app sends out request where your app isn't interested in, you can use this class to filter out such events.\n\nBy default the `\\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookProfile\\ProcessEverythingWebhookProfile` class is used. As its name implies, this default class will determine that all incoming requests should be stored and processed.\n\n### Creating your own webhook profile\n\nA webhook profile is any class that implements `\\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookProfile\\WebhookProfile`. This is what that interface looks like:\n\n```php\nnamespace Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookProfile;\n\nuse Illuminate\\Http\\Request;\n\ninterface WebhookProfile\n{\n    public function shouldProcess(Request $request): bool;\n}\n```\n\nAfter creating your own `WebhookProfile` you must register it in the `webhook_profile` key in the `webhook-client` config file.\n\n### Storing and processing webhooks\n\nAfter the signature is validated and the webhook profile has determined that the request should be processed, the package will store and process the request.\n\nThe request will first be stored in the `webhook_calls` table. This is done using the `WebhookCall` model.\n\nShould you want to customize the table name or anything on the storage behavior, you can let the package use an alternative model. A webhook storing model can be specified in the `webhook_model`. Make sure your model extends `Spatie\\WebhookClient\\Models\\WebhookCall`.\n\nYou can change how the webhook is stored by overriding the `storeWebhook` method of `WebhookCall`. In the `storeWebhook` method you should return a saved model.\n\nNext, the newly created `WebhookCall` model will be passed to a queued job that will process the request. Any class that extends `\\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\Jobs\\ProcessWebhookJob` is a valid job. Here's an example:\n\n```php\nnamespace App\\Jobs;\n\nuse Spatie\\WebhookClient\\Jobs\\ProcessWebhookJob as SpatieProcessWebhookJob;\n\nclass ProcessWebhookJob extends SpatieProcessWebhookJob\n{\n    public function handle()\n    {\n        // $this-\u003ewebhookCall // contains an instance of `WebhookCall`\n\n        // perform the work here\n    }\n}\n```\n\nYou should specify the class name of your job in the `process_webhook_job` of the `webhook-client` config file.\n\n### Creating your own webhook response\n\nA webhook response is any class that implements `\\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookResponse\\RespondsToWebhook`. This is what that interface looks like:\n\n```php\nnamespace Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookResponse;\n\nuse Illuminate\\Http\\Request;\nuse Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookConfig;\n\ninterface RespondsToWebhook\n{\n    public function respondToValidWebhook(Request $request, WebhookConfig $config);\n}\n```\n\nAfter creating your own `WebhookResponse` you must register it in the `webhook_response` key in the `webhook-client` config file.\n\n### Handling incoming webhook request for multiple apps\n\nThis package allows webhooks to be received from multiple different apps. Let's take a look at an example config file where we add support for two webhook URLs. All comments from the config have been removed for brevity.\n\n```php\nreturn [\n    'configs' =\u003e [\n        [\n            'name' =\u003e 'webhook-sending-app-1',\n            'signing_secret' =\u003e 'secret-for-webhook-sending-app-1',\n            'signature_header_name' =\u003e 'Signature-for-app-1',\n            'signature_validator' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\SignatureValidator\\DefaultSignatureValidator::class,\n            'webhook_profile' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookProfile\\ProcessEverythingWebhookProfile::class,\n            'webhook_response' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookResponse\\DefaultRespondsTo::class,\n            'webhook_model' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\Models\\WebhookCall::class,\n            'process_webhook_job' =\u003e '',\n        ],\n        [\n            'name' =\u003e 'webhook-sending-app-2',\n            'signing_secret' =\u003e 'secret-for-webhook-sending-app-2',\n            'signature_header_name' =\u003e 'Signature-for-app-2',\n            'signature_validator' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\SignatureValidator\\DefaultSignatureValidator::class,\n            'webhook_profile' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookProfile\\ProcessEverythingWebhookProfile::class,\n            'webhook_response' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookResponse\\DefaultRespondsTo::class,\n            'webhook_model' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\Models\\WebhookCall::class,\n            'process_webhook_job' =\u003e '',\n        ],\n    ],\n];\n```\n\nWhen registering routes for the package, you should pass the `name` of the config as a second parameter.\n\n```php\nRoute::webhooks('receiving-url-for-app-1', 'webhook-sending-app-1');\nRoute::webhooks('receiving-url-for-app-2', 'webhook-sending-app-2');\n```\n\n### Change route method\nBeing an incoming webhook client, there are instances where you might want to establish a route method other than the default `post`. You have the flexibility to modify the standard post method to options such as `get`, `put`, `patch`, or `delete`.\n```php\nRoute::webhooks('receiving-url-for-app-1', 'webhook-sending-app-1', 'get');\nRoute::webhooks('receiving-url-for-app-1', 'webhook-sending-app-1', 'put');\nRoute::webhooks('receiving-url-for-app-1', 'webhook-sending-app-1', 'patch');\nRoute::webhooks('receiving-url-for-app-1', 'webhook-sending-app-1', 'delete');\n```\n\n### Using the package without a controller\n\nIf you don't want to use the routes and controller provided by your macro, you can programmatically add support for webhooks to your own controller.\n\n`Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookProcessor` is a class that verifies the signature, calls the web profile, stores the webhook request, and starts a queued job to process the stored webhook request. The controller provided by this package also uses that class [under the hood](https://github.com/spatie/laravel-webhook-client/blob/2172f79eda7d6f86a01554be9b444b9e31343610/src/WebhookController.php#L11).\n\nIt can be used like this:\n\n```php\n$webhookConfig = new \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookConfig([\n    'name' =\u003e 'webhook-sending-app-1',\n    'signing_secret' =\u003e 'secret-for-webhook-sending-app-1',\n    'signature_header_name' =\u003e 'Signature',\n    'signature_validator' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\SignatureValidator\\DefaultSignatureValidator::class,\n    'webhook_profile' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookProfile\\ProcessEverythingWebhookProfile::class,\n    'webhook_response' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookResponse\\DefaultRespondsTo::class,\n    'webhook_model' =\u003e \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\Models\\WebhookCall::class,\n    'process_webhook_job' =\u003e '',\n]);\n\n(new \\Spatie\\WebhookClient\\WebhookProcessor($request, $webhookConfig))-\u003eprocess();\n```\n\n### Deleting models\n\nWhenever a webhook comes in, this package will store as a `WebhookCall` model. After a while, you might want to delete old models.\n\nThe `WebhookCall` model has [Laravel's MassPrunable trait](https://laravel.com/docs/master/eloquent#pruning-models) applied on it. You can customize the cutoff date in the `webhooks` config file.\n\nIn this example all models will be deleted when older than 30 days.\n\n```php\nreturn [\n    'configs' =\u003e [\n        // ...\n    ],\n\n    'delete_after_days' =\u003e 30,\n];\n```\n\nAfter configuring the model, you should schedule the `model:prune` Artisan command in your\napplication's `route/console.php`. Don't forget to explicitly mention the `WebhookCall` class.\nYou are free to choose the appropriate interval at which this command should be run:\n\n```php\nuse Illuminate\\Support\\Facades\\Schedule;\nuse Spatie\\WebhookClient\\Models\\WebhookCall;\n\nSchedule::command('model:prune', [\n    '--model' =\u003e [WebhookCall::class],\n])-\u003edaily();\n\n// This will not work, as models in a package are not used by default\n// Schedule::command('model:prune')-\u003edaily();\n```\n\n## Testing\n\n``` bash\ncomposer test\n```\n\n## Changelog\n\nPlease see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information on what has changed recently.\n\n## Contributing\n\nPlease see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/spatie/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.\n\n## Security\n\nIf you discover any security-related issues, please email freek@spatie.be instead of using the issue tracker.\n\n## Postcardware\n\nYou're free to use this package, but if it makes it to your production environment, we highly appreciate you sending us a postcard from your hometown, mentioning which of our package(s) you are using.\n\nOur address is: Spatie, Kruikstraat 22, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium.\n\nWe publish all received postcards [on our company website](https://spatie.be/en/opensource/postcards).\n\n## Credits\n\n- [Freek Van der Herten](https://github.com/freekmurze)\n- [All Contributors](../../contributors)\n\n## License\n\nThe MIT License (MIT). 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