The SDK provides a constructEvent method that verifies the webhook signature and returns a typed event object. This ensures the payload has not been tampered with and was sent by UQPAY.
Prerequisites
Set the webhookSecret when you create the client:
const client = new UQPayClient({
clientId: 'your-client-id',
apiKey: 'your-api-key',
webhookSecret: 'whsec_...',
})
Verify and handle events
Use a raw body parser for your webhook route. Do not use express.json() — the signature verification requires the original request body as a string or Buffer.
import express from 'express'
const app = express()
app.post('/webhooks', express.raw({ type: 'application/json' }), (req, res) => {
let event
try {
event = client.webhooks.constructEvent(req.body, req.headers)
} catch (err) {
return res.status(400).send(`Webhook error: ${err.message}`)
}
switch (event.event_name) {
case 'card.create.succeeded':
// handle the event
break
}
res.json({ received: true })
})
The req.body passed to constructEvent must be the original request body string or Buffer, not a parsed JSON object.