NGROK-EDI

Secure tunneling of a local service to public internet.

Definition

ngrok offers HTTP, TCP, TLS tunnels, free tier with random subdomain, paid plans with custom domain and persistence. Inspector for request replay. Used by Stripe webhooks, GitHub Apps dev, AS2 partner testing. Proprietary license, client open-source.

Origin

Created 2013 by Alan Shreve.

Example in context

A dev exposes localhost:8080 AS2 receiver via ngrok to test EDI partner integration.

Related terms

• WireMock — companion duo.