From webhook to workflow. Without the spaghetti.
A small, reusable starting point for receiving events and keeping your workflows easy to follow.
One responsibility per step
Receive an event, validate its shape, transform the fields, then write to the destination. Keeping these concerns separate makes it easier to inspect a run and change one part without disturbing everything else.
Try the starter workflow
The downloadable JSON is an inactive two-node n8n workflow: a POST webhook followed by an explicit JSON acknowledgement. Import it into your own n8n workspace, open the webhook node and listen for a test event. It has no credentials or downstream services.
Add your guardrails
The starter webhook is unauthenticated. Configure header or JWT authentication before exposing a production endpoint. Validate incoming data, add duplicate detection using a persistent store, and set limits appropriate to your deployment.
Test before publishing
Use the test URL while the workflow is listening. Send a small JSON event and verify the acknowledgement. Set up your validation and destination nodes before activating a production version.
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