Webhooks are the backbone of real-time e-commerce automation. Instead of polling the Shopify REST API every 15 minutes, webhooks push notifications to your server the millisecond an event occurs.

How to Create a Webhook in Shopify Admin

  1. From your Shopify Admin, navigate to Settings $ ightarrow$ Notifications.
  2. Scroll down to the Webhooks section and click Create webhook.
  3. Select the Event (e.g. Order cancellation or Order creation).
  4. Set the Format to JSON and paste your endpoint URL.
  5. Select the latest API Version and click Save.

Verifying Webhook HMAC Signatures

Always verify the X-Shopify-Hmac-Sha256 header using your shared webhook secret to ensure requests genuinely originate from Shopify.

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