Why use Hookfire with PayPal?

Get notified on your phone the moment a PayPal webhook fires. No more checking dashboards.

Choose exactly which PayPal events trigger notifications. Filter out the noise.

Control who on your team gets notified and how — push notifications, record only, or both.

Copy a webhook URL, paste it in PayPal, and you're done. No code required.

Supported events

Event	Sample notification
Payment denied `PAYMENT.CAPTURE.DENIED` ❌ Payment denied Payment of $0.29 was denied	❌ Payment denied Payment of $0.29 was denied
Subscription payment failed `BILLING.SUBSCRIPTION.PAYMENT.FAILED` ❌ Subscription payment failed Payment failed for subscription	❌ Subscription payment failed Payment failed for subscription
Payment refunded `PAYMENT.CAPTURE.REFUNDED` 🔄 Payment refunded Payment of $0.15 was refunded	🔄 Payment refunded Payment of $0.15 was refunded
Subscription created `BILLING.SUBSCRIPTION.CREATED` 🎉 New subscription Subscription I-test123 created for plan P-pro-monthly	🎉 New subscription Subscription I-test123 created for plan P-pro-monthly
Checkout approved `CHECKOUT.ORDER.APPROVED` ✅ Checkout approved Checkout order order_test123 approved by buyer	✅ Checkout approved Checkout order order_test123 approved by buyer
Payment captured `PAYMENT.CAPTURE.COMPLETED` 💰 Payment captured Payment of $0.49 captured	💰 Payment captured Payment of $0.49 captured
Subscription cancelled `BILLING.SUBSCRIPTION.CANCELLED` ⚠️ Subscription cancelled Subscription I-test123 has been cancelled	⚠️ Subscription cancelled Subscription I-test123 has been cancelled

How to connect PayPal

Connecting PayPal to Hookfire

Step 1: Create an Integration

Go to the PayPal Developer Dashboard.
Navigate to Apps & Credentials and select your app.
Scroll down to Webhooks and click Add Webhook.
Paste your Hookfire webhook URL.
Select the event types you want to receive (e.g. Payment capture completed, Billing subscription created).
Click Save.

After creating the webhook, PayPal displays a Webhook ID.
Copy this ID.
Go back to your Hookfire integration page and paste it into the Signing Secret field.

Note: PayPal uses certificate-based signature verification. The Webhook ID is used to verify the authenticity of incoming events.

On your Hookfire integration page, toggle on the events you want to receive push notifications for.

Use PayPal’s Simulate event button in the webhook settings, or make a test transaction in sandbox mode.

Event	Description
`PAYMENT.CAPTURE.COMPLETED`	A payment was captured
`PAYMENT.CAPTURE.DENIED`	A payment capture was denied
`PAYMENT.CAPTURE.REFUNDED`	A payment was refunded
`CHECKOUT.ORDER.APPROVED`	A checkout order was approved
`BILLING.SUBSCRIPTION.CREATED`	A new subscription was created
`BILLING.SUBSCRIPTION.CANCELLED`	A subscription was cancelled
`BILLING.SUBSCRIPTION.PAYMENT.FAILED`	A subscription payment failed