Documentation / Essential
Receive messages by webhook
You register an HTTPS endpoint (panel → Webhooks, or POST /webhook-endpoints) and Connect POSTs you a versioned envelope for every event. ⚠ Your endpoint must accept POST with a JSON body (n8n/Make/Zapier default their trigger to GET — switch it to POST). The envelope is not Meta's raw payload: if Meta changes their shape, your integration does not break. Signature headers: X-Connect-Signature-256, X-Connect-Timestamp, X-Connect-Delivery-Id (stable across retries → deduplicate on it), X-Connect-Event.
The envelope we POST to your endpoint
{
"id": "evt_7f3a1b2c9d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c",
"type": "message.received",
"version": "1",
"createdAt": "2026-08-06T00:31:22.461Z",
"connection": {
"id": "conn_4eede070e5a84d1590bdce2ea1d837bc",
"phoneNumber": "+5493510000000",
"externalId": "farmacia-lopez"
},
"sequence": 12345,
"data": {
"message": {
"id": "wamid.HBgL…",
"from": "5493511234567",
"type": "text",
"text": {
"body": "hola"
}
},
"contacts": [
{
"wa_id": "5493511234567",
"profile": {
"name": "Ana"
}
}
]
}
}Headers
| Header | What it is |
|---|---|
X-Connect-Event | The event type (e.g. message.received) — branch on this. |
X-Connect-Delivery-Id | Stable across retries → deduplicate on it. |
X-Connect-Timestamp | Unix seconds; part of the HMAC. Reject deliveries older than ~5 min. |
X-Connect-Signature-256 | sha256=HMAC(secret, timestamp + '.' + rawBody). Verify before trusting the body. |
X-Connect-Token | Optional static header (if you enabled one) — your tool's native Header Auth checks it. |
connection is ALWAYS an object, but its fields are null for account-wide events (usage.threshold_reached) and for webhook.test.
How to AUTHENTICATE the delivery (static header vs signature): see the 'Authenticate the webhook' module. Using n8n? The importable workflow is under Integrations.