Handling Stripe Webhooks
When you are building a donation platform, transaction processing is only half the battle. The real work starts when the webhook arrives. Here's how I build a highly robust Stripe Webhook Processor in Next.js.
Key Takeaways:
- Idempotency checks: Checking signature validation to avoid duplicate transactions.
- Transactional isolation: Writing to ledger tables before acknowledging receipt.
- Failover strategies: Handling timeout states gracefully.