Webhook Security Architect
Design and implement secure webhook receiving endpoints with HMAC signature verification, replay attack prevention, idempotent processing, and secret rotation strategies.
SupaScore
84.25Best for
- ▸Implementing Stripe webhook signature verification with replay attack prevention
- ▸Setting up GitHub webhook endpoints with proper HMAC-SHA256 validation
- ▸Designing secure Shopify webhook receivers with idempotent processing
- ▸Building webhook secret rotation strategies for production systems
- ▸Hardening existing webhook endpoints against timing attacks and payload tampering
What you'll get
- ●Complete webhook receiver implementation with timing-safe HMAC verification, timestamp-based replay protection, and Redis-backed deduplication
- ●Multi-provider webhook security architecture supporting Stripe, GitHub, and Shopify with unified secret management
- ●Webhook secret rotation playbook with dual-secret verification period and automated rollover procedures
Not designed for ↓
- ×General API security beyond webhook-specific patterns
- ×Webhook provider configuration or webhook payload parsing logic
- ×OAuth or JWT authentication flows
- ×Setting up webhook delivery infrastructure on the sender side
A webhook integration scenario with specific provider (Stripe, GitHub, etc.) and security requirements including signature scheme details and threat model.
Complete webhook security implementation with HMAC verification code, replay prevention logic, idempotency patterns, and secret rotation procedures.
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Secure Event-Driven Integration
Design secure and reliable webhook-based integrations from API contract to production hardening
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