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Connecting your users' accounts#

In this first step of the partner integration guide, we'll take you through securely gaining access to your users' GoCardless accounts.

You'll end up with an access token, which we'll be able to use later on in this guide to set up mandates and payments on your user's behalf.

OAuth: an introduction#

You must connect your users' accounts via our OAuth 2 flow

To set up mandates and payments for your users, you'll need access to their GoCardless account so you can make API requests on their behalf.

Our OAuth flow allows you to securely obtain an access token for a GoCardless account without having to have your user's password or do any manual setup.

There are four key benefits to getting access to your users' accounts using OAuth:

It's secure

Your users have a secure way to grant you access to their account without needing to send you their login credentials or an access token. They only need to tell us that you may have access through a simple online process.

It's fast

You only need to generate and send your user a link to our OAuth flow. From there, they'll create a GoCardless account or sign in to their existing one, approve your access to their account, and then we'll send them right back to you with an access token.

It's lucrative

Linking to your users' accounts using OAuth makes you eligible to earn a commission for each payment they process through your product, either by adding your own fees on top of GoCardless's or by receiving a share of GoCardless's fees.

It's future-proof

As the GoCardless API gets better and better over time and offers new functionality, you'll be able to stay up-to-date and use all the latest features.

Using the OAuth flow#

01. Creating an App

Before we can get started, you need to create an "app" in the sandbox environment which represents your partner's integration in the GoCardless system. You'll be issued with a client ID and secret, which you'll use to identify yourself when sending users to the OAuth flow and swapping codes for access tokens.

First, sign up for a GoCardless account in our sandbox testing environment and then create an app.

You'll need to provide a name, a description and the URL of your homepage (where users can go to read more about your product or your integration with GoCardless). We won't specify the post-onboarding URL or webhook URL for now.

Once your user has completed the OAuth flow, they will be redirected to your application using the redirect_url parameter you provide. For security reasons, this can't be just any internet URL, so you will need to configure at least one redirect URL here (which must exactly match the parameter). You may wish to add additional redirect URLs, for example when also testing against your local application, but we'll only allow up to 20 redirect URLs in total.

Using the OAuth flow - Creating an app copy

Once you've created an app, you'll see it in the list of your apps in your Dashboard. Click on your newly-created app, and take a note of the Client ID and Client Secret.

02. Generating a link to the OAuth flow

Let's get started by installing an OAuth client library:

composer require adoy/oauth2
pip install oauth2client
echo "gem 'oauth2'" >> Gemfile
bundle install
<-- Add the following to your Maven file -->
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
  <artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
  <version>3.4.1</version>
</dependency>

Now we've installed the library, we can build a link to the OAuth flow. We'll have to pass in a number of parameters, including the client_id and client_secret, as well as a few parameters that will vary by library. These can include:

ParameterDescription
The URL of the GoCardless OAuth flowIn the sandbox, this is https://connect-sandbox.gocardless.com/oauth/authorize. It'll form the base of the URL your client library generates.
A redirect URLThe URL to send your users to once they've agreed to connect their account to GoCardless (as well if they deny authorisation or something goes wrong, in which case we'll pass you details of the error). This must exactly match one of the redirect URLs you specified above.
The URL of the GoCardless access token APIThe URL of the API endpoint will be used to exchange the code for an access token after your user has been redirected back to your redirect URL. In the sandbox environment, this is https://connect-sandbox.gocardless.com/oauth/access_token.
scopeThe level of access you want to your users' GoCardless accounts - this may either be read_write or read_only.
response_typeThe kind of OAuth request you're making - only code is supported.
initial_view (optional)An optional parameter, set to either signup or login to specify which view we should show when your user enters the OAuth flow. By default, they will see the login view if you're requesting read_only access and the signup view if requesting read_write.
state (optional)Any value you pass in here will be included as a query string parameter when we redirect back to your redirect URL. Please note that this value can be tampered with by your user, and so shouldn't be trusted implicitly. We recommend using this parameter for a CSRF Token.
prefill[email] (optional)Your user's email address. We will prefill this on the login or signup forms to make it quicker and easier for them to complete the flow.
prefill[phone_number] (optional)Your user's phone number. We will pref-fill this on the signup forms. Number should be in this E.164 format i.e. it should include the country code and the rest of the number e.g. +447599288282
prefill[given_name] (optional)Your user's given (first) name. We will prefill this on the signup form.
prefill[family_name] (optional)Your user's family (last) name. We will prefill this on the signup form.
prefill[organisation_name] (optional)The name of the user's organisation (e.g. Acme Widget plc, 2nd Upminster Scout Group or Tim Rogers). We will prefill this on the signup form.
prefill[creditor_type] (optional)The organisation's business type. This should be one of: charity, company, individual, partnership, or trust
prefill[country_code] (optional)The country code of the users' organisation in ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code format. We will prefill this on the signup form.
language (optional)The language that the login/signup form should be in, is ISO 639-1 format. If the language specified is supported, we will use it. Otherwise, we will fall back to the most appropriate available language for the user, based on factors like their browser settings and location.
<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

// You should store your client ID and secret in environment variables rather than
// committing them with your code
$client = new OAuth2\Client(getenv('GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_ID'), getenv('GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_SECRET'));

$authorizeUrl = $client->getAuthenticationUrl(
// Once you go live, this should be set to https://connect.gocardless.com. You'll also
// need to create a live app and update your client ID and secret.
'https://connect-sandbox.gocardless.com/oauth/authorize',
'https://acme.enterprises/redirect', // Your redirect URL
['scope' => 'read_write',
'initial_view' => 'login',
'prefill' => ['email' => 'tim@gocardless.com',
'given_name' => 'Tim',
'family_name' => 'Rogers',
'organisation_name' => 'Tim\'s Fishing Store']]
);

// You'll now want to direct your user to the URL - you could redirect them or display it
// as a link on the page
header("Location: " . $authorizeUrl);
import os
from oauth2client.client import OAuth2WebServerFlow

# You should store your client ID and secret in environment variables rather than

# committing them with your code

flow = OAuth2WebServerFlow(
client_id=os.environ['GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_ID'],
client_secret=os.environ['GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_SECRET'],
scope="read_write",
redirect_uri="https://acme.enterprises/redirect", # Once you go live, this should be set to https://connect.gocardless.com. You'll # also need to create a live app and update your client ID and secret.
auth_uri="https://connect-sandbox.gocardless.com/oauth/authorize",
token_uri="https://connect-sandbox.gocardless.com/oauth/access_token",
initial_view="signup",
prefill={
"email": "tim@gocardless.com",
"given_name": "Tim",
"family_name": "Rogers",
"organisation_name": "Tim's Fishing Store"
}
)

authorize_url = flow.step1_get_authorize_url()

# You'll now want to direct your user to the URL - you could redirect them or display it

# as a link on the page

flask.redirect(authorize_url, code=302)
require 'oauth2'

# You should store your client ID and secret in environment variables rather than

# committing them with your code

oauth = OAuth2::Client.new(ENV['GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_ID'],
ENV['GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_SECRET'], # Once you go live, this should be set to # https://connect.gocardless.com. You'll also need to create # a live app and update your client ID and secret.
site: 'https://connect-sandbox.gocardless.com',
authorize_url: '/oauth/authorize',
token_url: '/oauth/access_token',
auth_scheme: :request_body)

authorize_url = oauth.auth_code.authorize_url(redirect_uri: 'https://acme.enterprises/redirect',
scope: 'read_only',
initial_view: 'signup',
prefill: {
email: "tim@gocardless.com",
given_name: "Tim",
family_name: "Rogers",
organisation_name: "Tim's Fishing Store"
})

redirect_to authorize_url
// See https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gocardless/gocardless-pro-java-maven-example/master/src/main/java/hello/OAuthController.java

import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;

@RestController
public class OAuthController {

private static final String authoriseRedirectUrl =
"https://connect-sandbox.gocardless.com/oauth/authorize";
private static final String redirectUrl =
"https://bb314345.ngrok.io/redirect";
private static final String clientID =
System.getenv("GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_ID");
private static final String clientSecret =
System.getenv("GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_SECRET");

@GetMapping("/")
public ResponseEntity<String> index() {
String oauthUrl = UriComponentsBuilder
.fromUriString(authoriseRedirectUrl)
.queryParam("client_id", clientID)
.queryParam("redirect_uri", redirectUrl)
.queryParam("scope", "read_write")
.queryParam("response_type", "code")
.queryParam("initial_view", "signup")
.queryParam("prefill[email]", "tim@gocardless.com")
.queryParam("prefill[given_name]", "Tim")
.queryParam("prefill[family_name]", "Rogers")
.queryParam("prefill[organisation_name]", "Tim's Fishing Store")
.queryParam("prefill[country_code]", "GB")
.toUriString();
HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
headers.add("Location", oauthUrl);
return new ResponseEntity<String>(oauthUrl, headers, HttpStatus.FOUND);
}
}
// This is example code and must be inserted into your application structure

private readonly string authoriseRedirectUrl = "https://connect-sandbox.gocardless.com/oauth/authorize";
private readonly string redirectUrl = "https://acme.enterprises/redirect";
private readonly string clientID = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_ID");
private readonly string clientSecret = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_SECRET");

public static void redirect()
{
var uriBuilder = new UriBuilder(authoriseRedirectUrl);

uriBuilder.Query = "?client_id=" + clientID;
uriBuilder.Query += "&redirect_uri=" + redirectUrl;
uriBuilder.Query += "&scope=read_write";
uriBuilder.Query += "&response_type=code";
uriBuilder.Query += "&prefill[email]=tim@gocardless.com";
uriBuilder.Query += "&prefill[given_name]=Tim";
uriBuilder.Query += "&prefill[family_name]=Rogers";
uriBuilder.Query += "&prefill[organisation_name]=Fishing%20Store";
uriBuilder.Query += "&prefill[country_code]=GB";

Response.Redirect(uriBuilder.ToString());
}

With these parameters set correctly, the resulting URL will have the following format:

https://connect-sandbox.gocardless.com/oauth/authorize?client_id=myid&initial_view=signup&prefill%5Bemail%5D=tim%40gocardless.com&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Facme.enterprises%2Fredirect&response_type=code&scope=read_only

Run this code to generate a link to the OAuth flow. Head over to the link you've just generated in an Incognito window, and you'll see our OAuth flow.

Create-an-account-Connect-your-GoCardless-Account

03. Getting an access token

Once your user has either signed up or logged in and then approved your app's access to their account, they'll be sent to your app's redirect URI with a temporary code which you'll see in the query parameters, as well as any state you provided.

You should use the OAuth client library we set up earlier to fetch an access token using the code. This is a permanent access token that allows you to use the API on behalf of your merchant at any time.

<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$client = new OAuth2\Client(getenv('GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_ID'),
getenv('GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_SECRET'));

// You'll need to use exactly the same redirect URI as in the last step
$response = $client->getAccessToken(
'https://connect-sandbox.gocardless.com/oauth/access_token',
'authorization_code',
['code' => $_GET['code'], 'redirect_uri' => 'https://acme.enterprises/redirect']
);

$payload = ['gocardless_access_token' => $response['result']['access_token'],
'gocardless_organisation_id' => $response['result']['organisation_id']];

$currentUser->update($payload);
import os
from requests_oauthlib import OAuth2Session
from oauthlib.oauth2 import WebApplicationClient

# Configuration

client_id = os.environ['GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_ID']
client_secret = os.environ['GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_SECRET']
redirect_uri = "https://acme.enterprises/redirect"

# Authorization endpoint and token endpoint for GoCardless (sandbox in this case)

auth_base_url = "https://connect-sandbox.gocardless.com/oauth/authorize"
token_url = "https://connect-sandbox.gocardless.com/oauth/access_token"
scope = ["read_write"]

# Create OAuth2 client

oauth_client = OAuth2Session(client_id=client_id, redirect_uri=redirect_uri, scope=scope)

# Step 1: Redirect user to GoCardless for authorization

authorization_url, state = oauth_client.authorization_url(auth_base_url)
print(f"Visit this URL to authorize the app: {authorization_url}")

# After the user authorizes the app, they will be redirected to your redirect_uri with a code parameter.

# You will retrieve the code parameter in your web app after redirection.

# For example, assuming you're in a web framework like Flask:

# code = request.args.get('code')

# Step 2: Exchange the authorization code for an access token

# Replace 'code' with the authorization code obtained from the redirect

code = 'authorization_code_from_redirect'
token = oauth_client.fetch_token(
token_url=token_url,
code=code,
client_id=client_id,
client_secret=client_secret,
include_client_id=True # Ensure the client_id is included in the request body
)

# Step 3: Store the access token and organization ID

access_token = token.get('access_token')
organisation_id = token.get('organisation_id')

# Now, you can store these tokens for later use:

current_user.update(
gocardless_access_token=access_token,
gocardless_organisation_id=organisation_id
)
require 'oauth2'

# You should store your client ID and secret in environment variables rather than

# committing them with your code

oauth = OAuth2::Client.new(ENV['GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_ID'],
ENV['GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_SECRET'], # Once you go live, this should be set to # https://connect.gocardless.com. You'll also need to create # a live app and update your client ID and secret.
site: 'https://connect-sandbox.gocardless.com',
authorize_url: '/oauth/authorize',
token_url: '/oauth/access_token',
auth_scheme: :request_body)

access_token = oauth.auth_code.get_token(
params[:code],

# You'll need to use exactly the same access token as you did in the last step

redirect_uri: 'https://acme.enterprises/redirect'
)

# You should store the user's access token - you'll need it to make API requests on their

# behalf in future. If you want to handle webhooks for your users, you should also store

# their organisation ID which will allow you to identify webhooks belonging to them.

current_user.update!(gocardless_access_token: access_token.token,
gocardless_organisation_id: access_token['organisation_id'])
// See https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gocardless/gocardless-pro-java-maven-example/master/src/main/java/hello/OAuthController.java

import okhttp3.FormBody;
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.RequestBody;
import okhttp3.Response;

import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

import java.io.IOException;

@RestController
public class OAuthController {
private static final String accessTokenUrl =
"https://connect-sandbox.gocardless.com/oauth/access_token";
private static final String redirectUri =
"https://bb314345.ngrok.io/redirect";
private static final String clientID =
System.getenv("GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_ID");
private static final String clientSecret =
System.getenv("GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_SECRET");

private static final OkHttpClient client =
new OkHttpClient();

private String getAccessToken(String oauthCode) throws IOException {
RequestBody body = new FormBody.Builder()
.add("client_id", clientID)
.add("client_secret", clientSecret)
.add("redirect_uri", redirectUri)
.add("grant_type", "authorization_code")
.add("code", oauthCode)
.build();

    Request request = new Request.Builder()
      .url(accessTokenUrl)
      .post(body)
      .build();
    try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
        return response.body().string();
    }

}

@GetMapping("/redirect")
public String loggedIn(@RequestParam("code") String oauthCode) throws IOException {
String accessToken = getAccessToken(oauthCode);
System.out.println("Save the access token " +
accessToken + " to your database.");
return "Greetings!";
}
}
// This is example code and must be inserted into your application structure

private readonly string accessTokenUrl = "https://connect-sandbox.gocardless.com/oauth/access_token";
private readonly string redirectUrl = "https://acme.enterprises/redirect";
private readonly string clientID = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_ID");
private readonly string clientSecret = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("GOCARDLESS_CLIENT_SECRET");

public Task<string> RedirectHandler(request Request) {
var oauthCode = request.Query["code"].ToString();

using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient()) {
using (MultipartFormDataContent data = new MultipartFormDataContent())
{
data.Add(new StringContent(clientID), "client_id");
data.Add(new StringContent(clientSecret), "client_secret");
data.Add(new StringContent(redirectUrl), "redirect_uri");
data.Add(new StringContent("authorization_code"), "grant_type");
data.Add(new StringContent(redirectUrl), "redirect_uri");
data.Add(new StringContent(oauthCode), "code");

    var response = await client.PostAsync(accessTokenUrl, data);
    var accessToken = response.Content

    return accessToken;
  }

}
}

Whether you are developing a mobile, web, or desktop application, it is important not to pass the client secret to your user's device as it could be used to impersonate your app. The process of exchanging a code for an access token should be done on your server so your client secret can be kept private.

You'll want to store this access token in your database for use in the future to make requests to the GoCardless API on your user's behalf. Make sure you keep it safe and secure, as it gives full access to your user's account.

We'd also strongly advise storing your user's GoCardless organisation ID. Later on, we'll set up webhooks to keep your integration up to date as things happen to your users' mandates and payments. You'll need to use the organisation ID included in these webhooks to work out which of your users a particular event relates to.

If the redirect URL isn't the page where you ultimately want your user to arrive, you can redirect them from here to the right place, either before or after exchanging the code for an access token.

Once you've stored your merchant's access token, we'd suggest presenting your customers with any relevant configuration options for the integration (e.g. setting how failed payments should be handled).

We'd also recommend providing in-product tips or links to support materials and letting customers know that they'll need to verify their account in order to receive payouts (they'll also receive emails from us reminding them to do this).

04. Handling Disconnections

As a partner, you may be disconnected from a merchant for two reasons:

  1. The merchant can revoke your access
  2. The merchant's GoCardless account can be closed.

If you need to clean up any data on your side, we will send you a special, final webhook when this happens. Since the shared access token will have been revoked, you will be unable to make any further API calls to GoCardless, so we suggest you reach out to the user directly if you think this has happened in error.

This webhook is designed to look similar to other webhooks, i.e. it is wrapped in the events key. However, there is no associated event, so the event id is null. It also means you cannot immediately run a GET for the organisation details (as recommended for other webhook types), as the shared access token has been revoked.

You can identify this event as it has resource_type organisations and action disconnected.

As an example, we'll write a handler for this 'special' webhook:

<?php
function process_organisation_event($event)
{
  switch ($event->action) {
      case "disconnected":
          print("Organisation " . $event->links->organisation . " has been disconnected!\n");
          MarkOrganisationAsDisconnected($event->links->organisation);
          break;
      default:
          print("Don't know how to process an organisation " . $event->action . " event\n");
          break;
  }
}

$webhook_endpoint_secret = getenv("GOCARDLESS_WEBHOOK_ENDPOINT_SECRET");
$request_body = file_get_contents('php://input');

$headers = getallheaders();
$signature_header = $headers["Webhook-Signature"];

try {
$events = \GoCardlessPro\Webhook::parse($request_body,
$signature_header,
$webhook_endpoint_secret);

  foreach ($events as $event) {
      print("Processing event " . $event->id . "\n");

      switch ($event->resource_type) {
          case "organisations":
              process_organisation_event($event);
              break;
          default:
              print("Don't know how to process an event with resource_type " . $event->resource_type . "\n");
              break;
      }
  }

  header("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");

} catch(\GoCardlessPro\Core\Exception\InvalidSignatureException $e) {
header("HTTP/1.1 498 Invalid Token");
}
# Here, we're using a Django view, but essentially the same code will work in

# other Python web frameworks (e.g. Flask) with minimal changes

import os
import logging

from django.views.generic import View
from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
from django.http import HttpResponse

from gocardless_pro import webhooks, Client
from gocardless_pro.errors import InvalidSignatureError

from myinvoicingapp.models import GoCardlessEvent

# Handle the incoming Webhook and perform an action with the Webhook data.

class Webhook(View):
logger = logging.getLogger(**name**)

  @method_decorator(csrf_exempt)
  def dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs):
      return super(Webhook, self).dispatch(*args, **kwargs)

  def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
      try:
          for event in self._get_events(request):
              self.process(event)
          return HttpResponse(204)
      except InvalidSignatureError:
          return HttpResponse(498)

  def process(self, event):
      self.logger.info("Processing event {}\n".format(event.id))

      if event.resource_type == 'organisations':
          return self.process_organisation_event(event)
      # ... Handle other resource types
      else:
          self.logger.info("Don't know how to process an event with \
              resource_type {}\n".format(event.resource_type))

  def process_organisation_event(self, event):
      if event.action == 'disconnected':
          self.logger.info(
              "Organisation {} has been disconnected\n".
              format(event.links.organisation)
          )
      else:
          self.logger.info("Don't know how to process an event with \
              resource_type {}\n".format(event.resource_type))

  def _get_events(self, request):
      secret = os.environ['GC_WEBHOOK_SECRET']
      signature = request.META["HTTP_WEBHOOK_SIGNATURE"]
      body = request.body.strip()
      return webhooks.parse(body, secret, signature)
require 'gocardless_pro'

class OrganisationEventProcessor
def self.process(event, response)
case event.action
when 'disconnected'
response.stream.write("Organisation #{event.links.organisation} has been disconnected\n")

    DisconnectOrganisation.enqueue(event['links']['organisation'])

  else
    response.stream.write(
      "Don't know how to process a organisation #{event.action} event\n"
      )
  end

end
end

def create

# We recommend storing your webhook endpoint secret in an environment variable

# for security

webhook_endpoint_secret = ENV['GOCARDLESS_WEBHOOK_ENDPOINT_SECRET']

# In a Rack app (e.g. Sinatra), access the POST body with

# `request.body.tap(&:rewind).read`

request_body = request.raw_post

# In a Rack app (e.g. Sinatra), the header is available as

# `request.env['HTTP_WEBHOOK_SIGNATURE']`

signature_header = request.headers['Webhook-Signature']

begin
events = GoCardlessPro::Webhook.parse(request_body: request_body,
signature_header: signature_header,
webhook_endpoint_secret: webhook_endpoint_secret)

  events.each do |event|
    # We're using Rails's streaming functionality here to write directly to the
    # response rather than using views, as one would usually.
    response.stream.write("Processing event #{event.id}\n")

    case event.resource_type
    when 'organisations'
      OrganisationEventProcessor.process(event, response)
    else
      response.stream.write(
        "Don't know how to process an event with resource_type #{event.resource_type}\n"
        )
    end
  end

  response.stream.close
  render status: 200

rescue GoCardlessPro::Webhook::InvalidSignatureError
render status: 498
end
end
package hello;

// Use the POM file at
// https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gocardless/gocardless-pro-java-maven-example/master/pom.xml

import com.gocardless.errors.InvalidSignatureException;
import com.gocardless.resources.Event;
import com.gocardless.Webhook;
import java.util.List;
import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestHeader;
import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;

@RestController
public class HelloController {
private String processDisconnections(Event event) {
switch (event.getAction()) {
case "disconnected":
// here, you probably want to mark the organisation as disconnected
// and stop sending any requests on their behalf
return "Organisation " + event.getLinks().getOrganisation() +
" has been cancelled.\n";
default:
return "Do not know how to process an event with action " +
event.getAction() + ".\n";
}
}

  private String processEvent(Event event) {
      switch (event.getResourceType()) {
          case ORGANISATIONS:
              return processDisconnections(event);
          default:
              return "Don't know how to process an event of resource_type " +
                  event.getResourceType().toString() + ".\n";
      }
  }

  @PostMapping("/")
  public ResponseEntity<String> handlePost(
          @RequestHeader("Webhook-Signature") String signatureHeader,
          @RequestBody String requestBody) {
      String webhookEndpointSecret = System.getenv("GOCARDLESS_WEBHOOK_ENDPOINT_SECRET");

      try {
          List<Event> events = Webhook.parse(requestBody, signatureHeader, webhookEndpointSecret);

          String responseBody = "";

          for (Event event : events) {
              responseBody += processEvent(event);
          }

          return new ResponseEntity<String>(responseBody, HttpStatus.OK);
      } catch(InvalidSignatureException e) {
          return new ResponseEntity<String>("Incorrect Signature", HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
      }
  }

}
POST https://example.com/webhooks HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
{
"events": [
{
"id": null,
"created_at": "2018-08-03T12:00:00.000Z",
"action": "disconnected",
"resource_type": "organisations",
"links": {
"organisation": "OR123"
},
"details": {
"cause": "app_disconnected",
"origin": "gocardless",
"description": "Your app has been has disconnected from this organisation"
},
"metadata": {}
}
]
}

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