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PHP script for Plaid webhooks

I've set up an account to try out and one of the most interesting part of their API is the webhooks. However, I haven't found a reference to how to 'catch' the webhooks using a PHP script. I imagine that it is something like:

<?php
//pseudo-ish code
$webhook = $_POST['webhook'];
$json = json_decode($webhook, true);

// code to save webhook data

Anyone have any ideas? Here is the link to their API

Per a comment, I tried:

<?php
$result = var_export($_POST, true);
$file = fopen("screenshots/test.txt","w");
echo fwrite($file, "testing:".$result);
fclose($file);
?>

and all that results is a file with the word "testing:array()" in it indicating that $_POST is empty.

Solution

  • The API sends the payload as a JSON encoded string in the body of the request.

    $data = json_decode(trim(file_get_contents('php://input'), '"\''), true);