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Payment Link webhooks provide your app with real-time payment status updates. By subscribing your webhook endpoint you will receive a notification every time a payment link status changes.

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Setup

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Prerequisites

You will need:
  • Your CDP API Key ID and secret
  • A webhook notification HTTPS URL
  • Install the CDP CLI and run cdp env live --key-file ./cdp_api_key.json once to configure credentials.

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Create a webhook subscription

  1. Review the configuration you’ll submit:
Important configuration notes:
  • labels is a required field. You must include it as an empty object ({})
  • target.url should be your webhook endpoint that will receive the events
  • You can also set a headers object in target if your url requires specific headers. Pass it inline with 'target.headers:={"custom-header":"value"}'.
  • All Payment Link event types should be included to ensure you receive notifications for every payment link state change:
Event typeDescription
payment_link.payment.successPayment link successfully paid
payment_link.payment.failedPayment link payment failed
payment_link.payment.expiredPayment link expired without payment
  1. Create the webhook subscription with the CDP CLI:
cdp data webhooks subscriptions create \
  description="Payment link status webhook" \
  'eventTypes:=["payment_link.payment.success","payment_link.payment.failed","payment_link.payment.expired"]' \
  target.url=https://your-webhook-url.com \
  target.method=POST \
  'labels:={}' \
  isEnabled:=true
Response: 
201 Created
{
  "createdAt": "2025-09-10T13:58:38.681893Z",
  "description": "Payment link status webhook",
  "eventTypes": [
    "payment_link.payment.success",
    "payment_link.payment.failed",
    "payment_link.payment.expired"
  ],
  "isEnabled": true,
  "labelKey": "user_uuid",
  "labelValue": "<YOUR_USER_UUID>",
  "labels": {
    "user_uuid": "<YOUR_USER_UUID>"
  },
  "metadata": {
    "secret": "<SECRET_FOR_WEBHOOK_VERIFICATION>"
  },
  "subscriptionId": "<YOUR_SUBSCRIPTION_ID>",
  "target": {
    "url": "https://your-webhook-url.com"
  }
}

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Manage subscriptions

Use the subscriptionId from the response to view, update, or delete the subscription. List all subscriptions 
cdp data webhooks subscriptions list
View specified subscription details by subscription ID 
cdp data webhooks subscriptions get <SUBSCRIPTION_ID>
Update subscription update is a full replace — pass every field, including ones you aren’t changing: 
cdp data webhooks subscriptions update <SUBSCRIPTION_ID> \
  description="Updated: Payment link status webhook" \
  'eventTypes:=["payment_link.payment.success","payment_link.payment.failed","payment_link.payment.expired"]' \
  target.url=https://your-new-webhook-url.com \
  target.method=POST \
  'labels:={}' \
  isEnabled:=true
Delete subscription 
cdp data webhooks subscriptions delete <SUBSCRIPTION_ID>

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Webhook signature verification

Verify webhook signatures to ensure that requests are authentic. This protects your application from forged webhooks and potential security threats.

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How it works

When you create a webhook subscription, the response includes a top-level secret. Use this value to verify that incoming webhooks are authentic. Each webhook request includes an X-Hook0-Signature header containing:
  • t field - the timestamp
  • h field - list of headers included in the signature
  • v1 field - the signature

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Implementation

Here’s an example of how to verify webhook signatures:
Node.js
const crypto = require('crypto');

/**
 * Verify webhook signature and timestamp
 * @param {string} payload - Raw request body as string
 * @param {string} signatureHeader - X-Hook0-Signature header value
 * @param {string} secret - Webhook secret from the subscription response
 * @param {Object} headers - HTTP headers from webhook request
 * @param {number} maxAgeMinutes - Max age for webhook (default: 5 minutes)
 * @returns {boolean} true if webhook is authentic and within allowed time window
 */
function verifyWebhookSignature(payload, signatureHeader, secret, headers, maxAgeMinutes = 5) {
    try {
        // Parse signature header: t=timestamp,h=headers,v1=signature
        const elements = signatureHeader.split(',');
        const timestamp = elements.find(e => e.startsWith('t=')).split('=')[1];
        const headerNames = elements.find(e => e.startsWith('h=')).split('=')[1];
        const providedSignature = elements.find(e => e.startsWith('v1=')).split('=')[1];

        // Build header values string
        const headerNameList = headerNames.split(' ');
        const headerValues = headerNameList.map(name => headers[name] || '').join('.');

        // Build signed payload
        const signedPayload = `${timestamp}.${headerNames}.${headerValues}.${payload}`;

        // Compute expected signature
        const expectedSignature = crypto
            .createHmac('sha256', secret)
            .update(signedPayload, 'utf8')
            .digest('hex');

        // Compare signatures securely
        const signaturesMatch = crypto.timingSafeEqual(
            Buffer.from(expectedSignature, 'hex'),
            Buffer.from(providedSignature, 'hex')
        );

        // Verify timestamp to prevent replay attacks
        const webhookTime = parseInt(timestamp) * 1000; // Convert to milliseconds
        const currentTime = Date.now();
        const ageMinutes = (currentTime - webhookTime) / (1000 * 60);

        if (ageMinutes > maxAgeMinutes) {
            console.error(`Webhook timestamp exceeds maximum age: ${ageMinutes.toFixed(1)} minutes > ${maxAgeMinutes} minutes`);
            return false;
        }

        return signaturesMatch;

    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Webhook verification error:', error);
        return false;
    }
}
And in your application:
Node.js
const express = require("express");
const app = express();

// Important: Get raw body for signature verification
app.use(express.raw({ type: "application/json" }));

app.post("/webhook", (req, res) => {
    const payload = req.body.toString(); // Raw string needed for signature
    const signature = req.headers["x-hook0-signature"];
    const secret = process.env.WEBHOOK_SECRET; // Store securely from the subscription response

    if (verifyWebhookSignature(payload, signature, secret, req.headers)) {
        console.log("✅ Authentic webhook");

        // Parse and process the event
        const event = JSON.parse(payload);

        // Handle your payment link event here

        res.status(200).send("OK");
    } else {
        console.log("❌ Invalid webhook - rejected");
        res.status(400).send("Invalid signature");
    }
});

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Next steps

Once your subscription is created, your endpoint will begin receiving webhook events for payment links! 
// Payment link success event
{
  "address": "0x54a6cCC8e3AA5BB34469dA2C4fB016E87B0DaaC9",
  "amount": "100.00",
  "createdAt": "2025-11-13T20:15:49.329Z",
  "currency": "USDC",
  "description": "Payment for order #12345",
  "eventType": "payment_link.payment.success",
  "expiresAt": "2026-12-31T23:59:59Z",
  "failRedirectUrl": "https://example.com/failed",
  "id": "69163c762331ed43dc64a6ef",
  "metadata": {
    "customerId": "cust_abc123",
    "orderId": "12345"
  },
  "network": "base",
  "settlement": {
    "feeAmount": "1.25",
    "netAmount": "98.75",
    "totalAmount": "100.00"
  },
  "status": "COMPLETED",
  "successRedirectUrl": "https://example.com/success",
  "tokenAddress": "0x036CbD53842c5426634e7929541eC2318f3dCF7e",
  "transactionHash": "0x1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef",
  "updatedAt": "2025-11-13T20:16:55.097011545Z",
  "url": "https://payments.coinbase.com/payment-links/pl_01k9zdrbdeezj98vaqaxrfare0"
}

// Payment link failed event
{
  "address": "0x54a6cCC8e3AA5BB34469dA2C4fB016E87B0DaaC9",
  "amount": "100.00",
  "createdAt": "2025-11-13T20:15:49.329Z",
  "currency": "USDC",
  "description": "Payment for order #12345",
  "eventType": "payment_link.payment.failed",
  "expiresAt": "2026-12-31T23:59:59Z",
  "failRedirectUrl": "https://example.com/failed",
  "id": "69163c762331ed43dc64a6ef",
  "metadata": {
    "customerId": "cust_abc123",
    "orderId": "12345"
  },
  "network": "base",
  "settlement": {
    "feeAmount": "1.25",
    "netAmount": "98.75",
    "totalAmount": "100.00"
  },
  "status": "FAILED",
  "successRedirectUrl": "https://example.com/success",
  "tokenAddress": "0x036CbD53842c5426634e7929541eC2318f3dCF7e",
  "updatedAt": "2025-11-13T20:16:55.097011545Z",
  "url": "https://payments.coinbase.com/payment-links/pl_01k9zdrbdeezj98vaqaxrfare0"
}

// Payment link expired event
{
  "address": "0x54a6cCC8e3AA5BB34469dA2C4fB016E87B0DaaC9",
  "amount": "100.00",
  "createdAt": "2025-11-13T20:15:49.329Z",
  "currency": "USDC",
  "description": "Payment for order #12345",
  "eventType": "payment_link.payment.expired",
  "expiresAt": "2026-12-31T23:59:59Z",
  "failRedirectUrl": "https://example.com/failed",
  "id": "69163c762331ed43dc64a6ef",
  "metadata": {
    "customerId": "cust_abc123",
    "orderId": "12345"
  },
  "network": "base",
  "settlement": {
    "feeAmount": "1.25",
    "netAmount": "98.75",
    "totalAmount": "100.00"
  },
  "status": "EXPIRED",
  "successRedirectUrl": "https://example.com/success",
  "tokenAddress": "0x036CbD53842c5426634e7929541eC2318f3dCF7e",
  "updatedAt": "2025-11-13T20:16:55.097011545Z",
  "url": "https://payments.coinbase.com/payment-links/pl_01k9zdrbdeezj98vaqaxrfare0"
}