# Testing transfers webhooks

**URL:** <https://discuss.dwolla.com/t/testing-transfers-webhooks/5634>\
**Category:** API Support\
**Created:** [April 2, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.dwolla.com/t/testing-transfers-webhooks/5634 "2020-04-02T16:36:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 8, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.dwolla.com/t/testing-transfers-webhooks/5634/6 "2020-04-08T13:25:20Z")

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> [@Michal\_K](#):
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> So my question is can I rely on `customer_bank_transfer_created` webhook (very convenient) or rather log in to receiving bank account and see if the money from a transfer is there (not very convenient).

@Michal_K, There are two sides to every bank-to-bank transaction (ACH debit and credit). Im assuming that this event is being triggered when the source ACH debit is marked as `processed` in Dwolla? If so, that should kick off a secondary transaction to withdraw funds from the recipient’s balance (held in Dwolla) to their bank account. The `customer_bank_transfer_created` event should be followed by a `customer_bank_transfer_completed` event wherein that completion should be an indication that funds are in the receiving bank account.

What I would likely recommend is utilizing the `funded-transfer` and/or `funding-transfer` links returned on a Transfer resource to indicate what action your app needs to take, and to identify if the funds have reached their destination. Described in [this forum thread](https://discuss.dwolla.com/t/bank-transfer-vs-transfer-webhook/5526/4). You could then do the following:

- Store the transfer ID returned from the API when creating the transfer as well as a status (your own payment status).
- When a transfer related event is triggered, follow the resource URL to do a GET /transfers/{id} to retrieve the status as well as determine if the transfer has created a a subsequent transfer (as indicated by the presence of the `funded-transfer` link). If `funded-transfer` link exists, follow that URL by making a GET /transfers/{id}. If there is no `funded-transfer` link and the status is `processed` then the lifecycle of the transaction is complete.

> [@Michal\_K](#):
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> Also is there a way to trigger `customer_bank_transfer_failed` on the sandbox env?

You should be able to test this for use case by setting the receiving Verified Customer’s attached funding source name to `R03`. Once that’s done, initiate a transfer and click the “Process bank transfers” button multiple times in the Sandbox Dashboard.

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