Laravel Cashier checkout() returns object instead of Stripe checkout page

$checkout = $request->user()->stripe()->checkout->sessions->create([ 'customer_email' => $request->user()->email, 'line_items' => [[ 'price' => 'SUBSCRIPTION_ID', 'quantity' => 1, ]], 'mode' => 'subscription', 'success_url' => route('thankyou'), 'cancel_url' => route('home') ]);

//return $checkout; //checkout session response.

return redirect()->to( $checkout->url )->send();

@dev_2108 Check your webhook is actually processing events properly.

If you’ve already added your webhook URL to your Stripe Dashboard, then you should be able to inspect delivery attempts and their status (i.e. 200, 404, etc). If you haven’t added your webhook URL to your Stripe Dashboard, then that’s the first step.

@martinbean yes, I have a route that handles Stripe's webhooks

Route::post('/stripe/webhook', [StripeWebhookController::class, 'handleWebhook']);

here is my controller method that handles web hooks. I receive data from Stripe, it reaches me in the application, and I can process it.

public function handleWebhook(Request $request)
    {
        Stripe::setApiKey(config('services.stripe.secret'));
        $endPointSecret = config('services.stripe.webhook_secret');
        $payload = @file_get_contents('php://input');
        $sig_header = $_SERVER['HTTP_STRIPE_SIGNATURE'];
        $event = null;

        try {
            $event = Webhook::constructEvent(
                $payload, $sig_header, $endPointSecret
            );
        } catch(\UnexpectedValueException $e) {
            // Invalid payload
            logger('Logger Invalid payload');
            http_response_code(400);
            exit();
        } catch(\Stripe\Exception\SignatureVerificationException $e) {
            // Invalid signature
            logger('Logger Invalid signature');
            http_response_code(400);
            exit();
        }

        switch ($event->type) {
            case 'invoice.payment_succeeded':
                /*
                
                */
            case 'customer.subscription.trial_will_end':
            /*
            
            */
            case 'invoice.payment_failed':
            /*
           
           */
            case 'customer.subscription.created':
            /*
            
            */

            default:
                break;
        }

        http_response_code(200);
    }

this code saves the subscription only on the stripe dashboard, but does not save it in the database.. help me please

public function subscriptionCheckout(Request $request)
    {
        $user = auth()->user();
        return $user
            ->newSubscription('default', 'price_1N8z5gIXJCCFYtSmyBwtqii5')
            ->checkout([
                'success_url' => route('dashboard'),
                'cancel_url' => route('home'),
            ]);
    }

@dev_2108 Why are you doing that? Cashier already registers a webhook handler, that will create subscriptions off the back of checkout webhooks, and will automatically check webhook signatures.

Also, can you please create your own thread with your question, instead of piggy-backing someone else’s from 11 months ago?

@martinbean Ok, thanks

@dev_2108 did you register webhooks?

php artisan cashier:webhook

and exclude stripe routes from middleware App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken

protected $except = [
    'stripe/*',
];

@sAnsic no, but when I look at all the route php artisan route:list

stripe/webhook ......................................................................................................... cashier.webhook › Laravel\Cashier › WebhookController@handleWebhook

I have such a route, in the list