Do Stripe webhooks automatically notify you without configuration?

Do Stripe webhooks automatically notify you without configuration?

• A. Yes, they notify automatically.
• B. No, you must register your webhooks with Stripe to specify where to send events.
• C. They notify only in test mode.
• D. They never notify you.

Answer: (B)

Webhooks only work once you’ve set up and registered an endpoint for Stripe to call. You don’t get automatic notifications unless you provide Stripe with a publicly accessible HTTPS URL and specify which events you want to receive. The process is: create a webhook endpoint in the Stripe Dashboard (or via API), point Stripe to that URL, and choose the events you want delivered. After that, Stripe will POST event data to your endpoint whenever those events occur, in both live and test modes. This is why the correct approach is to register the webhook endpoint first—without that, Stripe has nowhere to send the notifications. For security, you typically verify incoming requests with a webhook signing secret to confirm they came from Stripe.

Webhooks only work once you’ve set up and registered an endpoint for Stripe to call. You don’t get automatic notifications unless you provide Stripe with a publicly accessible HTTPS URL and specify which events you want to receive. The process is: create a webhook endpoint in the Stripe Dashboard (or via API), point Stripe to that URL, and choose the events you want delivered. After that, Stripe will POST event data to your endpoint whenever those events occur, in both live and test modes. This is why the correct approach is to register the webhook endpoint first—without that, Stripe has nowhere to send the notifications. For security, you typically verify incoming requests with a webhook signing secret to confirm they came from Stripe.