Get notified on Slack when a charge fails on Stripe

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Stripe is a payment processing platform that allows you to accept payments online and in mobile apps. It is a powerful tool that enables you to accept payments from customers all over the world. It also offers a powerful webhooks API that allows you to receive real-time notifications about events that happen in your account.

Slack is a messaging app for teams. It brings all your team's communication and files in one place, where they're instantly searchable and available wherever you go.

But did you know that using our Stripe integration, you can specifically be notified when a charge fails, via Slack? Here's how you can get started.

Step 1: Setup Stripe

PUT
/integrations/stripe
Schema Type: "object"
Required Fields:
webhook_signing_secret

Properties

webhook_signing_secret "string"
required

The signing secret to verify incoming requests from Stripe

Example Request

{
  "webhook_signing_secret": "whsec_e5cf4458caae49ae72d8f275deb9b63bdd41dd5c932c27c9346d428fb9e1d0a0"
}

Step 2: Setup Slack

PUT
/integrations/slack
Schema Type: "object"
Required Fields:
app_idclient_idclient_secretsigning_secret

Properties

client_id "string"
required

The Slack client ID that can be found in the app's settings page of the Slack API dashboard.

client_secret "string"
required

The Slack client secret that can be found in the app's settings page of the Slack API dashboard.

signing_secret "string"
required

The Slack signing secret that can be found in the app's settings page of the Slack API dashboard.

app_id "string"
required

The Slack app ID that can be found in the app's settings page of the Slack API dashboard.

Example Request

{
  "app_id": "12345678901",
  "client_id": "1.0",
  "client_secret": "12345678901234567890123456789012",
  "signing_secret": "12345678901234567890123456789012"
}