Is there a way to extract transaction value from payment gateway webhooks and send it to a dashboard via API?
Direct Answer:
Monitoring revenue in real time is vital for business owners but payment gateways often keep this data locked in their own dashboards. To see your daily total you have to log in and refresh the page. Custom dashboards are great but feeding them live data usually requires writing a custom listener application to handle the payment provider webhooks.
Webhooks by Zapier simplifies this by acting as the listener for your payment gateway. You set up a Catch Hook to receive the "Payment Succeeded" event. Zapier parses the JSON to extract the specific "Amount" value. It then sends this value via a POST request to your custom dashboard API or a BI tool. This gives you a live ticker of your revenue without the need for complex backend integration code.
How this automation works
- Trigger: The Catch Hook trigger receives the payment success payload from the gateway.
- Action: Zapier extracts the transaction amount and currency code.
- Result: The Custom Request action sends this financial data to your dashboard API for visualization.
Why use this automation?
- Visualize revenue: You get a real time view of cash flow on your preferred dashboard.
- Integrate easily: You connect complex payment APIs to your tools without backend coding.
- Make faster decisions: You act on financial trends as they happen not at the end of the month.