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6/26/2026

How to Test Shopify Webhooks Locally
Short summary
Three approaches to testing Shopify webhooks locally: manual curl testing for rapid iteration on handler logic, ngrok tunneling for real Shopify HMAC signatures, and webhook relay services like Anonymily for stable endpoints with payload inspection and replay. Choose based on your development phase.
- •Manual curl testing enables rapid iteration without real Shopify signatures
- •ngrok tunneling provides real HMAC validation but unstable URLs
- •Webhook relay services offer stable endpoints with persistence and replay capabilities
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