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Asked 1 month ago by StellarWatcher787

Why is my Django Stripe webhook endpoint returning a 404 error?

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I'm trying to set up a Stripe webhook in my Django project (first timer), but I keep getting a 404 error when Stripe sends an event.

I suspect the URL configuration might be off. Below are my configurations and what I've tried:

Project-level urls.py

PYTHON
urlpatterns = [
    path('my_app/', include('my_app.urls')), 
    ...
]

App-level urls.py

PYTHON
urlpatterns = [
    ...
    path('stripe_webhook/', views.stripe_webhook, name='stripe_webhook')
]

views.py (in my_app)

PYTHON
@csrf_exempt
def stripe_webhook(request):
    print("enter webhook")
    stripe.api_key = settings.STRIPE_SECRET_KEY_TEST
    
    payload = request.body
    signature_header = request.META.get('HTTP_STRIPE_SIGNATURE')
    webhook_secret = settings.STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET_TEST
    ...

In Stripe’s local listener, I registered the endpoint as:

PLAINTEXT
localhost:8000/stripe_webhook/

When I trigger an event with stripe trigger customer.created, I get a success message from Stripe but then see this log:

BASH
> Ready! You are using Stripe API Version [2024-09-30.acacia]. Your webhook signing secret is XXXXX (^C to quit)
2024-12-05 22:27:54   --> customer.created [xxx]
2024-12-05 22:27:54  <--  [404] POST http://localhost:8000/stripe_webhook/ [xx]

My server logs also show: Not Found: /stripe_webhook/ whether in production or locally.

This leads me to think the path configuration doesn't match between Django and Stripe. I have double-checked that my keys (STRIPE_PUBLIC_KEY_TEST, STRIPE_SECRET_KEY_TEST, and STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET_TEST) in my .env file match the ones on Stripe's platform.

Any insights on what might be causing this issue? Note that it might be a URL mismatch: based on my project-level urls.py, the actual endpoint could be at /my_app/stripe_webhook/ instead.

Thanks for any help!

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 1 month ago

Your app’s URL configuration implies that the webhook endpoint is actually at:

localhost:8000/my_app/stripe_webhook/

yet your Stripe CLI listener is forwarding to:

localhost:8000/stripe_webhook/

Since your project-level urls.py includes your app’s urls under the 'my_app/' path prefix, Django expects the endpoint to be prefixed with /my_app/.

How to Fix

You have two options:

Update the forward-to URL in Stripe CLI:

Change the forward URL so that it matches your actual endpoint:
```
BASH
stripe listen --forward-to localhost:8000/my_app/stripe_webhook/
```
Reconfigure your URL patterns:

If you prefer not to include the 'my_app/' prefix, update your project-level urls.py to include the app’s urls without a prefix:
```
PYTHON
urlpatterns = [
    path('', include('my_app.urls')),
    # ...
]
```
This way, your endpoint will be directly accessible at /stripe_webhook/.

Either option should resolve the 404 issue.

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Answer by GalacticPioneer460 • 3 months ago

It looks to me like you are prefacing your app URLs with my_app/ so I would expect that to be in the final URL. I have a long-standing (3+ years) Django integration with Stripe and, when I check my root urls.py file I see that I have my main app URLs specified like so

PYTHON
path('', include('payments.urls')),

This avoids needing to include an app prefix so localhost:8000/webhooks/ works for me.

Since you specify my_app/, you should try localhost:8000/my_app/stripe_webhook. You can use the CLI to trigger webhook events so you can check if that works.

Another approach I like to use is to add an API method check in my webhook function and respond to a GET request with something like <h1>Hello Webhook!</h1>. Something like this:

PYTHON
@csrf_exempt
def stripe_webhook(request):
   if request.method == "GET":
      # Respond with webpage indicating success
   else:
      # Do webhook-y stuff here

That way you can easily test if the route is working by putting the URL in your web browser.

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