Prompt
Do I need to accept webhooks from multiple providers in one endpoint?
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Not necessarily. It depends on your architecture and operational needs.
Common options
1) One endpoint per provider
- Example:
/webhooks/stripe,/webhooks/github,/webhooks/shopify - Pros:
- Simpler routing and validation
- Easier to isolate failures
- Cleaner provider-specific logic
- Cons:
- More endpoints to manage
2) One shared endpoint for multiple providers
- Example:
/webhooks/incoming - Pros:
- Fewer public endpoints
- Centralized ingestion/logging
- Cons:
- You must identify the provider from headers/path/body
- More complex validation and parsing
- Harder to keep provider logic clean
Recommendation
If you have only a few providers, use separate endpoints. It’s usually easier and safer.
Use one endpoint only if:
- your platform requires it,
- you want a single gateway layer,
- or you’re normalizing all incoming webhooks before dispatching internally.
Important note
Even if you use one public endpoint, it’s often best to internally route to provider-specific handlers after verifying signature and source.
If you want, I can show a clean design for either:
- one endpoint with provider dispatch, or
- multiple endpoints with shared validation.