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Overview

Use the commerce WebSocket stream for realtime commerce.order.* updates and linked commerce invoice/payment context. It emits the same event types as the commerce webhooks, but with replay and REST backfill for resilience. Commerce invoices expire after ~30 minutes; include invoice.* if you want to capture invoice.updated with status=expired.

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Authentication in the SDK

The SDK connects via query params, so use a short-lived ws_token minted server-side. WebSocket headers (for direct x-commerce-api-key auth) are supported by the raw endpoint but are not wired into the SDK today.

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Request

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Mint a ws_token

const token = await pepay.ws.token.mint({ scope: 'commerce', ttlSeconds: 60 });

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Connect to commerce events

const stream = pepay.ws.connectCommerceEvents({
  token: String(token?.data?.token),
  format: 'event_v1',
  types: 'commerce.order.*'
});

stream.on('event', (event) => {
  console.log('event', event.id, event.type);
});

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Filters you can pass

  • types: Comma-separated event types (supports wildcards, e.g. commerce.order.*).
  • order_id: Scope to a single order.
  • invoice_id: Scope to a linked invoice.
  • customer_id: Scope to a merchant customer.
  • wallet_address: Scope to a payer wallet.
  • wallet_network: Scope to a network (e.g. solana, bsc).
  • format: event_v1 (recommended).

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Relationship to webhooks

  • Webhooks and WebSockets deliver the same commerce.order.* event types.
  • WebSockets include replay + REST backfill, so they are more resilient for realtime UX.
  • Webhooks remain best for server-to-server side effects and audit trails.

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Recovery and delivery

connectCommerceEvents returns a PepayEventStream that:
  1. Replays from since=<last_event_id> on reconnect.
  2. Backfills missed events via REST (/api/v1/events).
  3. Buffers WS frames during backfill and emits in order.
Delivery is at-least-once; dedupe by event.id.

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Devnet simulator

Devnet order simulation (commerce.devnet.simulateOrder) emits the same commerce.order.updated events on this stream. See Orders for the simulation flow. Next: Commerce API keys