### Authenticate

When you're setting up your first workflow with Stripe, you will need to connect Stripe with MESA. Click on the **Connect with Stripe** button.

Screenshot of a MESA workflow Stripe authentication step. Spotlight the Connect with Stripe button.

Afterwards, you will be brought back to your current workflow and you are all set! MESA is now connected with your Stripe account.

### Configuration

#### Configure Stripe Triggers

When using any of Stripe's [triggers](https://docs.getmesa.com/workflow-builder/triggers) (e.g. **Customer Updated**, **Customer Subscription Updated**), you will need to select the necessary variables

Screenshot of a MESA Stripe trigger configuration, select the necessary variables. Spotlight the variable selection.

Follow these instructions to set up your webhook in the Stripe Dashboard.

1. In a new tab on your browser, visit the Stripe Dashboard: [https://dashboard.stripe.com/](https://dashboard.stripe.com/)

2. Sign into your account.

3. On the right hand side of the top navigation, click on **Developers**.

4. Click on **Webhooks** under the **Developers** heading.

Screenshot of the Stripe Dashboard top navigation, click Developers then Webhooks. Spotlight the Webhooks option under Developers.

5. Click on the **Add an endpoint** button.

Screenshot of the Stripe Dashboard Webhooks page. Spotlight the Add an endpoint button.

6. Go back to the tab with your MESA workflow open. Locate your workflow's Stripe trigger and click on the Stripe trigger.

7. Click on **configure**.

8. Then, click on the Copy icon next to the **Webhook URL** field.

9. Go back to the tab with the Stripe dashboard open. In the **Endpoint URL** field, paste the copied value.

10. You can leave the **Description** field blank and leave the option **Events on your account** selected, under **Listen to**.

Screenshot of the Stripe Add an endpoint page, paste the copied value into the Endpoint URL field with Events on your account selected. Spotlight the Endpoint URL field.

11. Next, click on the **Select Events** button under **Select events to listen to**.

12. Select the event that is related to your trigger. For example, if your MESA workflow's trigger is **Customer Updated**, then you would select **Customer > customer.updated**

Please do not select more than one event for your webhook.

13. Once you have selected your single event for the webhook, click on **Add events**.

14. Finally, click on the **Add endpoint** button. You are all set for that specific MESA workflow with the Stripe trigger. You will want to do this for every workflow that contains a Stripe trigger.

### Technical Notes

While our Stripe integration has extensive possibilities to achieve your workflow goals, there are a few important things to be aware of.

- Our integration **does not** allow you to use Stripe as a third-party payment provider in Shopify.