CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Stripe 13.6.1

CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Stripe library

Provides extension methods and resource definitions for an Aspire AppHost to configure the Stripe CLI for local webhook forwarding and testing.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

The Stripe CLI must be installed on your machine. You can install it by following the official Stripe CLI installation guide.

Install the package

In your AppHost project, install the package using the following command:

dotnet add package CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Stripe

Example usage

Then, in the Program.cs file of your AppHost project, add the Stripe CLI and configure it to forward webhooks to your API:

var builder = DistributedApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

var stripeApiKey = builder.AddParameter("stripe-api-key", "sk_test_default", secret: true); // Override for real keys

var externalEndpoint = builder.AddExternalService("webhook-endpoint", "http://localhost:5082");
var stripe = builder.AddStripe("stripe", stripeApiKey)
    .WithListen(externalEndpoint, webhookPath: "/payments/stripe-webhook");

var api = builder.AddProject<Projects.API>("api")
    .WithReference(stripe);

builder.Build().Run();

This will:

1. Start the Stripe CLI listening for webhook events
2. Forward all webhook events to http://localhost:5082/payments/stripe-webhook
3. Provide the Stripe API key to the container via the STRIPE_API_KEY environment variable
4. Make the webhook signing secret available to the API project via the STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET environment variable

Forwarding to an Aspire endpoint

You can also construct URLs dynamically using Aspire endpoint references:

var builder = DistributedApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

var api = builder.AddProject<Projects.API>("api")
    .WithHttpEndpoint(port: 5082, name: "http");

var stripeApiKey = builder.AddParameter("stripe-api-key", "sk_test_default", secret: true);

var stripe = builder.AddStripe("stripe", stripeApiKey)
    .WithListen(api, webhookPath: "/payments/stripe-webhook",
                events: ["payment_intent.created", "charge.succeeded"]);

api.WithReference(stripe);

builder.Build().Run();

Note: When constructing URLs with paths, you need to use ReferenceExpression.Create to combine the endpoint URL with your webhook path.

Using a custom environment variable for the webhook secret

By default, the webhook signing secret is exposed as STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET. You can customize this:

var api = builder.AddProject<Projects.API>("api")
    .WithReference(stripe, webhookSigningSecretEnvVarName: "STRIPE_SECRET");

Configuring API key

AddStripe requires an IResourceBuilder<ParameterResource> that supplies your Stripe API key. The value is exposed to the container as the STRIPE_API_KEY environment variable. You can optionally reuse the same parameter to add the --api-key command-line argument:

var apiKey = builder.AddParameter("stripe-api-key", "sk_test_default", secret: true);

var webhookEndpoint = builder.AddExternalService("webhook-endpoint", "http://localhost:5082");
var stripe = builder.AddStripe("stripe", apiKey)
    .WithListen(webhookEndpoint, webhookPath: "/webhooks")
    .WithApiKey(apiKey); // optional: forwards the key to the CLI via --api-key

Filtering events

You can filter which webhook events the Stripe CLI listens for:

var stripeApiKey = builder.AddParameter("stripe-api-key", "sk_test_default", secret: true);
var webhookEndpoint = builder.AddExternalService("webhook-endpoint", "http://localhost:5082");
var stripe = builder.AddStripe("stripe", stripeApiKey)
    .WithListen(webhookEndpoint, webhookPath: "/webhooks",
                events: ["payment_intent.created", "charge.succeeded"]);

How it works

The Stripe CLI integration:

• Runs stripe listen --forward-to <url> to listen for webhook events from Stripe's test environment
• Forwards those events to your local application endpoint
• Exposes the webhook signing secret so your application can verify webhook authenticity
• Provides a development-friendly way to test webhook integrations without deploying to production

Additional Information

For more information about the Stripe CLI:

• Stripe CLI Documentation
• Testing webhooks locally

https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspire/community-toolkit/hosting-stripe

Feedback & contributing

https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Aspire