How to Capture and Inspect Webhooks with a Free API

How to Capture and Inspect Webhooks with a Free API If you've ever built a Stripe integration, a GitHub Action, or a Shopify app, you know the pain of testing webhooks during development. You set up an endpoint, trigger an event, and then... where did the data go? In this tutorial, I'll show you how to use the Webhook Receiver API to capture, inspect, and retrieve webhook payloads — all without setting up any infrastructure. The Problem During development, you need to: Receive webhooks from external services (Stripe, GitHub, etc.) See what data they're sending Verify headers, signatures, and payload structure Most developers use console.log and pray. There's a better way. Quick Start (2 minutes) Step 1: Create an Endpoint curl -X POST https://hookray.com/api/endpoints Response: { "endpoint" : { "slug" : "a1b2c3d4" , "expires_at" : "2026-03-21T00:00:00Z" , "request_count" : 0 , "max_requests" : 100 } } Your webhook URL is now: https://hookray.com/api/hook/a1b2c3d4 Step 2: Send a Webhook