How to Test Shopify Webhooks Locally
Shopify Webhooks Won't Hit Your Local Machine You're building a Shopify app. Your backend listens on http://localhost:3000/webhooks/orders, but when you trigger an order in your test store, nothing arrives.
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Shopify Webhooks Won't Hit Your Local Machine You're building a Shopify app.
Your backend listens on http://localhost:3000/webhooks/orders, but when you trigger an order in your test store, nothing arrives.
Shopify can't reach your machineвЂ"it sits behind a NAT, firewall, or corporate proxy.
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Shopify Webhooks Won't Hit Your Local Machine You're building a Shopify app. Your backend listens on http://localhost:3000/webhooks/orders, but when you trigger an order in your test store, nothing arrives. Shopify can't reach your machineвЂ"it sits behind a NAT, firewall, or corporate proxy.
How it works
- Prerequisites A Shopify Partner account and a development store (free tier works) Node.js 16+ installed locally A webhook handler running on localhost:3000 (Express, Fastify, or similar) Familiarity with...
- You need to test Shopify webhooks locally, but setting up ngrok, exposing secrets, or deploying to staging every time you change webhook logic is friction you don't need.
- Manual Testing with Curl (Fastest for Iteration) Before you wire up a tunnel or relay, manually send a Shopify order webhook payload to your handler.
- This lets you verify signature validation and payload parsing without waiting for a real order event.
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First, grab a real Shopify webhook payload structure.
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