hono-webhook-verify

Webhook signature verification middleware for Hono. Verify webhooks from any provider with one line.

Works on Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, Node.js, and any platform that supports the Web Crypto API.

Supported Providers

Provider	Signature Header	Algorithm
Stripe	Stripe-Signature	HMAC-SHA256 + timestamp
GitHub	X-Hub-Signature-256	HMAC-SHA256
Slack	X-Slack-Signature	HMAC-SHA256 + timestamp
Shopify	X-Shopify-Hmac-Sha256	HMAC-SHA256 (base64)
Twilio	X-Twilio-Signature	HMAC-SHA1 + URL + params
LINE	X-Line-Signature	HMAC-SHA256 (base64)
Discord	X-Signature-Ed25519	Ed25519
Standard Webhooks	webhook-signature	HMAC-SHA256 (svix-compatible)
Custom	Any	defineProvider()

Installation

npm install hono-webhook-verify
# or
pnpm add hono-webhook-verify
# or
bun add hono-webhook-verify

Quick Start

import { Hono } from "hono";
import { webhookVerify } from "hono-webhook-verify";
import { stripe } from "hono-webhook-verify/providers/stripe";

import type { WebhookVerifyVariables } from "hono-webhook-verify";

const app = new Hono<{ Variables: WebhookVerifyVariables }>();

app.post(
  "/webhooks/stripe",
  webhookVerify({
    provider: stripe({ secret: process.env.STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET! }),
  }),
  (c) => {
    const payload = c.get("webhookPayload");
    const rawBody = c.get("webhookRawBody");
    const provider = c.get("webhookProvider"); // "stripe"
    return c.json({ received: true });
  },
);

export default app;

Providers

Stripe

import { stripe } from "hono-webhook-verify/providers/stripe";

webhookVerify({
  provider: stripe({
    secret: "whsec_...",
    tolerance: 300, // optional: timestamp tolerance in seconds (default: 300)
  }),
});

GitHub

import { github } from "hono-webhook-verify/providers/github";

webhookVerify({
  provider: github({ secret: "your-webhook-secret" }),
});

Slack

import { slack } from "hono-webhook-verify/providers/slack";

webhookVerify({
  provider: slack({
    signingSecret: "your-signing-secret",
    tolerance: 300, // optional: timestamp tolerance in seconds (default: 300)
  }),
});

Shopify

import { shopify } from "hono-webhook-verify/providers/shopify";

webhookVerify({
  provider: shopify({ secret: "your-webhook-secret" }),
});

Twilio

import { twilio } from "hono-webhook-verify/providers/twilio";

webhookVerify({
  provider: twilio({ authToken: "your-auth-token" }),
});

LINE

import { line } from "hono-webhook-verify/providers/line";

webhookVerify({
  provider: line({ channelSecret: "your-channel-secret" }),
});

Discord

import { discord } from "hono-webhook-verify/providers/discord";

webhookVerify({
  provider: discord({ publicKey: "your-ed25519-public-key-hex" }),
});

Standard Webhooks (svix-compatible)

import { standardWebhooks } from "hono-webhook-verify/providers/standard-webhooks";

webhookVerify({
  provider: standardWebhooks({
    secret: "whsec_...", // base64-encoded secret with optional whsec_ prefix
    tolerance: 300, // optional: timestamp tolerance in seconds (default: 300)
  }),
});

Custom Provider

Use defineProvider() with the built-in crypto utilities to create a provider for any webhook source:

import {
  defineProvider,
  webhookVerify,
  hmac,
  fromHex,
  timingSafeEqual,
} from "hono-webhook-verify";

const myProvider = defineProvider<{ secret: string }>((options) => ({
  name: "my-service",
  async verify({ rawBody, headers }) {
    const signature = headers.get("X-My-Signature");
    if (!signature) {
      return { valid: false, reason: "missing-signature" };
    }
    const expected = await hmac("SHA-256", options.secret, rawBody);
    const received = fromHex(signature);
    if (!received || !timingSafeEqual(expected, received)) {
      return { valid: false, reason: "invalid-signature" };
    }
    return { valid: true };
  },
}));

app.post(
  "/webhooks/my-service",
  webhookVerify({ provider: myProvider({ secret: "..." }) }),
  (c) => c.json({ ok: true }),
);

Available crypto utilities: hmac, toHex, fromHex, toBase64, fromBase64, timingSafeEqual.

Context Variables

After successful verification, the middleware sets these variables on the Hono context:

Variable	Type	Description
webhookRawBody	string	The raw request body
webhookPayload	unknown	Parsed JSON payload (or null if not JSON)
webhookProvider	string	Provider name (e.g., "stripe", "github")

For TypeScript, use the WebhookVerifyVariables type:

import type { WebhookVerifyVariables } from "hono-webhook-verify";

const app = new Hono<{ Variables: WebhookVerifyVariables }>();

Error Handling

By default, verification failures return a 401 response in RFC 9457 Problem Details format:

{
  "type": "https://hono-webhook-verify.dev/errors/missing-signature",
  "title": "Missing webhook signature",
  "status": 401,
  "detail": "Required webhook signature header is missing"
}

When hono-problem-details is installed, error responses are generated using its problemDetails().getResponse(). Otherwise, a built-in fallback is used. No configuration needed — detection is automatic.

Use the onError callback for custom error responses:

// Logging
webhookVerify({
  provider: stripe({ secret: process.env.STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET! }),
  onError: (error, c) => {
    console.error("Webhook verification failed:", error.title, error.detail);
    return c.json({ error: "Invalid webhook" }, 401);
  },
});

// Custom error response with logging
webhookVerify({
  provider: stripe({ secret: process.env.STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET! }),
  onError: (error, c) => {
    console.error("Webhook verification failed:", error.detail);
    return c.json({ error: error.title }, error.status as 400 | 401);
  },
});

Provider Auto-Detection

Use detectProvider() to identify the webhook source from request headers:

import { detectProvider } from "hono-webhook-verify";

const provider = detectProvider(request.headers);
// => "stripe" | "github" | "slack" | "shopify" | "twilio" | "line" | "discord" | "standard-webhooks" | null

Multi-Provider Endpoint

Handle multiple webhook providers on a single endpoint:

import { Hono } from "hono";
import { detectProvider, webhookVerify } from "hono-webhook-verify";
import type { WebhookVerifyVariables } from "hono-webhook-verify";
import { github } from "hono-webhook-verify/providers/github";
import { stripe } from "hono-webhook-verify/providers/stripe";

const providers = {
  stripe: stripe({ secret: process.env.STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET! }),
  github: github({ secret: process.env.GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET! }),
};

const app = new Hono<{ Variables: WebhookVerifyVariables }>();

app.post("/webhooks", async (c, next) => {
  const name = detectProvider(c.req.raw.headers);
  const provider = name ? providers[name as keyof typeof providers] : undefined;
  if (!provider) {
    return c.json({ error: "Unknown webhook provider" }, 400);
  }
  return webhookVerify({ provider })(c, next);
}, (c) => {
  const provider = c.get("webhookProvider");
  const payload = c.get("webhookPayload");
  console.log(`Received ${provider} webhook`);
  return c.json({ received: true });
});

Runtime Examples

Cloudflare Workers

import { Hono } from "hono";
import { webhookVerify } from "hono-webhook-verify";
import type { WebhookVerifyVariables } from "hono-webhook-verify";
import { stripe } from "hono-webhook-verify/providers/stripe";

type Bindings = { STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET: string };

const app = new Hono<{ Bindings: Bindings; Variables: WebhookVerifyVariables }>();

app.post("/webhooks/stripe", (c, next) => {
  const middleware = webhookVerify({
    provider: stripe({ secret: c.env.STRIPE_WEBHOOK_SECRET }),
  });
  return middleware(c, next);
}, (c) => {
  return c.json({ received: true });
});

export default app;

Deno

import { Hono } from "npm:hono";
import { webhookVerify } from "npm:hono-webhook-verify";
import { github } from "npm:hono-webhook-verify/providers/github";

const app = new Hono();

app.post("/webhooks/github",
  webhookVerify({
    provider: github({ secret: Deno.env.get("GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET")! }),
  }),
  (c) => c.json({ received: true }),
);

Deno.serve(app.fetch);

Bun

import { Hono } from "hono";
import { webhookVerify } from "hono-webhook-verify";
import { github } from "hono-webhook-verify/providers/github";

const app = new Hono();

app.post("/webhooks/github",
  webhookVerify({
    provider: github({ secret: Bun.env.GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET! }),
  }),
  (c) => c.json({ received: true }),
);

export default app;

Troubleshooting

Signature verification fails

• Check the secret format: Stripe uses whsec_... prefix. Standard Webhooks secrets are base64-encoded (with optional whsec_ prefix). Discord requires a hex-encoded Ed25519 public key.
• Don't read the body before the middleware: webhookVerify reads c.req.text() internally. If another middleware consumes the body first, verification will fail because the raw body won't match the signature.
• Environment variables: Ensure your secret is loaded correctly. An extra newline or whitespace in .env can cause mismatches.

Timestamp expired

• Clock skew: Ensure your server's clock is synchronized (NTP). Providers like Stripe, Slack, and Standard Webhooks include timestamps and reject if the difference exceeds the tolerance (default: 300 seconds).
• Increase tolerance: If your processing pipeline has high latency, increase the tolerance option:

  stripe({ secret: "whsec_...", tolerance: 600 }) // 10 minutes

Empty secret error

All providers validate that the secret is non-empty at construction time. If you see "<provider>: secret must not be empty", check that your environment variable is set and not undefined.

Twilio verification fails in production

Twilio signs the full request URL including the protocol and host. Behind a reverse proxy, c.req.url may report http:// instead of https://. Ensure your proxy sets the correct X-Forwarded-Proto header and your app reconstructs the correct URL.

Security

• All signature comparisons use constant-time comparison (crypto.subtle.timingSafeEqual when available, XOR fallback otherwise)
• Signatures are decoded to raw bytes before comparison to prevent timing leaks from string operations
• Timestamp-based providers (Stripe, Slack, Standard Webhooks) reject expired signatures to prevent replay attacks
• Discord uses Ed25519 asymmetric verification via crypto.subtle.verify

License

MIT