Overview

Testing webhooks ensures that your integration is correctly receiving, validating and processing events from Begini.

Before moving to production, you should confirm that your webhook endpoint behaves as expected under real conditions.

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What to test

When testing webhooks, you should verify:

• Your endpoint receives webhook requests
• The payload is correctly parsed
• Signature verification (HMAC) is working
• Events are processed correctly
• Your system handles retries and duplicates

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Basic testing flow

A typical webhook test looks like:

1. Create an assessment session
2. Complete the assessment
3. Wait for the webhook event to be triggered
4. Confirm your endpoint receives the request
5. Validate and process the payload

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Using a test endpoint

During development, it is often useful to use a temporary or logging endpoint.

This allows you to:

• Inspect incoming payloads
• Validate structure and fields
• Debug issues before integrating fully

Examples include internal logging services or webhook testing tools.

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Verifying payload handling

When a webhook is received, confirm that:

• The JSON payload is valid
• Required fields (e.g. unique_id, risk_score) are present
• Data is correctly mapped to your system

Logging incoming payloads during testing is strongly recommended.

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Testing HMAC verification

To test security:

• Confirm the signature header is received
• Recalculate the HMAC using your secret
• Verify that signatures match

You should also test failure scenarios:

• Invalid signature
• Missing signature
• Modified payload

Your system should reject these requests.

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Testing retries and duplicates

Webhook delivery may include retries.

You should test how your system behaves when:

• The same event is received multiple times
• Requests arrive out of order

Your system should:

• Avoid duplicate processing
• Handle repeated events safely

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Simulating failures

It is useful to test how your system behaves under failure conditions.

For example:

• Return a non-200 response
• Temporarily disable your endpoint
• Introduce delays in processing

This helps ensure your system handles retries and recovery correctly.

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Moving to production

Before going live:

• Replace test endpoints with your production endpoint
• Ensure security (HMAC, HTTPS) is fully implemented
• Disable or reduce verbose logging
• Monitor webhook delivery closely

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Common mistakes to avoid

• Not testing with real assessment data
• Ignoring duplicate event handling
• Skipping security validation during testing
• Moving to production without full end-to-end testing

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Best practices

• Log all webhook events during testing
• Validate both success and failure scenarios
• Test with realistic user flows
• Keep your webhook handler simple and reliable

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Next steps

If you encounter issues during testing:

• Webhook Troubleshooting