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// paystack-webhook.js
// Node >= 14, install dependencies:
// npm install express firebase-admin
const express = require('express');
const crypto = require('crypto');
const admin = require('firebase-admin');
const app = express();
// -------------------------------------------------
// Environment variables (set these in your env/secrets)
// -------------------------------------------------
// - FIREBASE_CREDENTIALS: stringified JSON service account
// - PAYSTACK_SECRET: your Paystack webhook secret
// - PORT (optional)
// -------------------------------------------------
const {
FIREBASE_CREDENTIALS,
PAYSTACK_DEMO_SECRET,
PAYSTACK_LIVE_SECRET,
PORT,
} = process.env;
const PAYSTACK_SECRET = PAYSTACK_DEMO_SECRET; // PAYSTACK_LIVE_SECRET
if (!PAYSTACK_SECRET) {
console.warn('WARNING: PAYSTACK_SECRET is not set. Webhook signature verification will fail.');
}
// Initialize Firebase Admin using credentials read from env
if (FIREBASE_CREDENTIALS) {
try {
const serviceAccount = JSON.parse(FIREBASE_CREDENTIALS);
admin.initializeApp({
credential: admin.credential.cert(serviceAccount),
});
console.log('Firebase admin initialized from FIREBASE_CREDENTIALS env var.');
} catch (err) {
console.error('Failed to parse FIREBASE_CREDENTIALS JSON:', err);
process.exit(1);
}
} else {
console.warn('FIREBASE_CREDENTIALS not provided. Firebase admin not initialized.');
}
// Important: use raw body parser to verify Paystack signature.
// Paystack signs the raw request body (HMAC SHA512) and puts signature in header `x-paystack-signature`
app.use(
express.raw({
type: 'application/json',
limit: '1mb',
})
);
// Utility: verify x-paystack-signature
function verifyPaystackSignature(rawBodyBuffer, signatureHeader) {
if (!PAYSTACK_SECRET) return false;
const hmac = crypto.createHmac('sha512', PAYSTACK_SECRET);
hmac.update(rawBodyBuffer);
const expected = hmac.digest('hex');
// Paystack header is hex string; compare in constant-time
return crypto.timingSafeEqual(Buffer.from(expected, 'utf8'), Buffer.from(signatureHeader || '', 'utf8'));
}
// Helper: safe JSON parse
function safeParseJSON(raw) {
try {
return JSON.parse(raw);
} catch (err) {
return null;
}
}
// Webhook endpoint
app.post('/webhook/paystack', (req, res) => {
const raw = req.body; // Buffer because we used express.raw
const signature = req.get('x-paystack-signature') || req.get('X-Paystack-Signature');
// Verify signature
if (!signature || !verifyPaystackSignature(raw, signature)) {
console.warn('Paystack webhook signature verification failed. Signature header:', signature);
// Respond 400 to indicate invalid signature
return res.status(400).json({ ok: false, message: 'Invalid signature' });
}
// Parse payload
const bodyStr = raw.toString('utf8');
const payload = safeParseJSON(bodyStr);
if (!payload) {
console.warn('Could not parse webhook JSON payload.');
return res.status(400).json({ ok: false, message: 'Invalid JSON' });
}
// Paystack typically uses an "event" field: e.g. "charge.success", "refund.create", ...
const event = (payload.event || payload.type || '').toString();
// Identify refund events and payment events (first-time or recurring)
const isRefund = /refund/i.test(event); // matches refund.* etc.
const isChargeSuccess = /charge\.success/i.test(event); // common payment event
// add some broad matches for invoice/subscription events that might indicate recurring payments
const isInvoiceOrSubscription = /invoice\.(payment_succeeded|paid)|subscription\./i.test(event);
const isPayment = isChargeSuccess || isInvoiceOrSubscription;
// Only interested in refunds and payments
if (isRefund || isPayment) {
console.log('--- PAYSTACK WEBHOOK (INTERESTING EVENT) ---');
console.log('event:', event);
console.log('payload:', JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2));
// TODO: add your business logic here:
// - update Firestore / user subscription state
// - create refund records, notify user, retry flows, etc.
// Example (pseudo):
// const db = admin.firestore();
// await db.collection('paystack-webhooks').add({ receivedAt: admin.firestore.FieldValue.serverTimestamp(), event, payload });
// If you want to persist the webhook to Firestore for auditing, uncomment above and ensure Firebase is initialized
} else {
// For debugging, you can log minimal info for non-interesting events
console.log(`Received Paystack webhook for event "${event}" — ignored (not refund/payment).`);
}
// Acknowledge the webhook promptly with 200 OK so Paystack stops retrying
return res.status(200).json({ ok: true });
});
// Simple health check
app.get('/health', (_req, res) => res.json({ ok: true }));
app.listen(PORT, () => {
console.log(`Paystack webhook server listening on port ${PORT}`);
console.log('POST /webhook/paystack to receive Paystack callbacks');
});