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Getting Started

Create a workflow to Validate Webhook Auth with the HTTP / Webhook API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

  1. Configure the Validate Webhook Auth action
    1. Connect your HTTP / Webhook account
    2. Configure Authorization Value to Authenticate
    3. Configure Return Error to Webhook Caller
    4. Select a Authorization Type
  2. Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
  3. Deploy the workflow
  4. Send a test event to validate your setup
  5. Turn on the trigger

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Details

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Validate Webhook Auth on HTTP / Webhook
Description:Require authorization for incoming HTTP webhook requests. Make sure to configure the HTTP trigger to "Return a custom response from your workflow".
Version:0.0.3
Key:http-validate-webhook-auth

Code

import http from "../../http.app.mjs";

export default {
  name: "Validate Webhook Auth",
  version: "0.0.3",
  key: "http-validate-webhook-auth",
  description: "Require authorization for incoming HTTP webhook requests. Make sure to configure the HTTP trigger to \"Return a custom response from your workflow\".",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    http,
    authInput: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Authorization Value to Authenticate",
      description: "Select the location of the authorization value to check. For example, if you're looking for a Bearer token on the inbound webhook request, set this to `{{steps.trigger.event.body.headers.authorization}}`.",
      default: "{{steps.trigger.event.headers.authorization}}",
    },
    customResponse: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Return Error to Webhook Caller",
      description: "If `True`, returns a `401: Invalid credentials` error in the case of invalid authorization. **Make sure to configure the HTTP trigger to \"Return a custom response from your workflow\"**. If `False`, does not return a custom response in the case of invalid auth.",
      default: true,
    },
    authType: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Authorization Type",
      description: "Select the Authorization Type for the incoming webhook.",
      reloadProps: true,
      options: [
        {
          label: "Basic Auth",
          value: "basic",
        },
        {
          label: "Bearer Auth",
          value: "bearer",
        },
        {
          label: "Key-Based Auth",
          value: "key",
        },
      ],
    },
  },
  async additionalProps() {
    const props = {};
    switch (this.authType) {
    case "basic":
      props.basicAuthUsername = {
        type: "string",
        label: "Username",
        description: "Enter your username or reference an environment variable. For example, `{{process.env.username}}`.",
      };
      props.basicAuthPassword = {
        type: "string",
        label: "Password",
        description: "Enter your password or reference an environment variable. For example, `{{process.env.password}}`.",
        secret: true,
      };
      break;
    case "bearer":
      props.bearer = {
        type: "string",
        label: "Bearer Token",
        description: "Enter your Bearer Token  or reference an environment variable. For example, `{{process.env.token}}`. **Make sure to include any prepended values**, like `Bearer` for example.",
      };
      break;
    case "key":
      props.key = {
        type: "string",
        label: "API Key",
        description: "Enter your API Key or reference an environment variable. For example, `{{process.env.api_key}}`.",
        secret: true,
      };
      break;
    default:
    }
    return props;
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const authType = this.authType;
    const authInput = this.authInput;
    let basicString = "";
    if (authType === "basic") {
      const un = this.basicAuthUsername;
      const pw = this.basicAuthPassword;
      const str = `${un}:${pw}`;
      const buff = Buffer.from(str, "utf-8");
      basicString = `Basic ${buff.toString("base64")}`;
    }
    const authValue = this.bearer ?? this.key ?? basicString;
    if (authInput !== authValue) {
      if (this.customResponse) {
        await $.respond({
          status: 401,
          headers: {},
          body: "Invalid credentials",
        });
      }
      return $.flow.exit("Invalid credentials");
    }
    $.export("$summary", "HTTP request successfully authenticated");
  },
};

Configuration

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.
LabelPropTypeDescription
HTTP / WebhookhttpappThis component uses the HTTP / Webhook app.
Authorization Value to AuthenticateauthInputstring

Select the location of the authorization value to check. For example, if you're looking for a Bearer token on the inbound webhook request, set this to {{steps.trigger.event.body.headers.authorization}}.

Return Error to Webhook CallercustomResponseboolean

If True, returns a 401: Invalid credentials error in the case of invalid authorization. Make sure to configure the HTTP trigger to "Return a custom response from your workflow". If False, does not return a custom response in the case of invalid auth.

Authorization TypeauthTypestringSelect a value from the drop down menu:{ "label": "Basic Auth", "value": "basic" }{ "label": "Bearer Auth", "value": "bearer" }{ "label": "Key-Based Auth", "value": "key" }

Authentication

The HTTP / Webhook API does not require authentication.

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