tags: stripe, webhooks, django, dj-stripe

• dj-stripe
• Installation

I realized that Stripe's webhooks don't fire in order, and therefore I was at risk of overwriting valid data with outdated data if I processed them in the order that I received them. I asked Frank for advice and he suggested dj-stripe.

We do have a requirement to use plata if possible, so part of this TIL is seeing if dj-stripe plays well with plata, but a quick glance didn't reveal any obvious red flags.

• Add dj-stripe to requirements.in and use pip-compile to regenerate my requirements file. Rebuild container.
• Add djstripe to INSTALLED_APPS
• Add path("stripe/", include("djstripe.urls", namespace="djstripe")), to urls.py
• Add these to settings.py:

STRIPE_LIVE_MODE = False  # Change to True in production
DJSTRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET = "whsec_xxx"  # Get it from the section in the Stripe dashboard where you added the webhook endpoint
DJSTRIPE_FOREIGN_KEY_TO_FIELD = "id"

• Start my server.
• Run ../manage.py migrate
• Go into the Django Admin and add my test Stripe private API key:

Add my API key and save.

• In local dev, in my Docker web container, run ./manage.py djstripe_sync_models. See my models populate!