PayloadPipe
PayloadPipe
Transform, secure, and route webhooks with AI-powered ease for developers.
Solo developers and small teams building SaaS products or integrations frequently encounter a critical challenge: managing webhooks from third-party services. These webhooks often arrive with inconsistent payloads, lack the specific authentication headers required by their internal systems, or need to be routed to multiple different services, each expecting a unique data format. Manually writing custom serverless functions or API gateways for each integration is incredibly time-consuming, leading to hours or even days wasted per integration, increased technical debt, and fragile systems. Existing enterprise iPaaS solutions are overly complex and expensive, while basic proxy services lack transformation capabilities. This forces developers to build and maintain bespoke logic for every single webhook, diverting precious development resources from core product features and increasing operational overhead.
PayloadPipe offers a lightweight, AI-powered webhook transformation and routing service designed specifically for developers. Users can define an incoming webhook endpoint which receives payloads from any third-party service. Through a simple UI or by providing example JSON, they can use AI to suggest and apply powerful transformation rules (e.g., flatten nested JSON, rename fields, add/remove data, inject custom headers, sign requests) to normalize the payload. The transformed data can then be routed to one or more internal or external destinations, each with its own specific transformation and security settings. PayloadPipe handles retries, rate limiting, and provides detailed logging and monitoring, eliminating the need for custom code and ensuring reliable, secure, and perfectly formatted webhook delivery, all within minutes instead of days.
Tech Stack
System Architecture
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CREATE TABLE users (
id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
email TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL,
password_hash TEXT NOT NULL,
stripe_customer_id TEXT UNIQUE,
created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
);
CREATE TABLE workspaces (
id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
owner_id UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES users(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
name TEXT NOT NULL,
created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
);
CREATE INDEX idx_workspaces_owner_id ON workspaces(owner_id);
CREATE TABLE webhook_endpoints (
id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
workspace_id UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES workspaces(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
name TEXT NOT NULL,
incoming_path TEXT UNIQUE NOT NULL, -- Unique UUID path for the incoming webhook
description TEXT,
created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
);
CREATE INDEX idx_webhook_endpoints_workspace_id ON webhook_endpoints(workspace_id);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_webhook_endpoints_incoming_path ON webhook_endpoints(incoming_path);
CREATE TABLE transformation_templates (
id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
workspace_id UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES workspaces(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
name TEXT NOT NULL,
description TEXT,
template_json JSONB NOT NULL, -- JSONB for reusable transformation logic snippets
created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
);
CREATE INDEX idx_transformation_templates_workspace_id ON transformation_templates(workspace_id);
CREATE TABLE pipes (
id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
endpoint_id UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES webhook_endpoints(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
name TEXT NOT NULL,
incoming_schema_sample JSONB, -- Sample payload for AI suggestions
transformation_steps JSONB NOT NULL, -- Array of transformation steps (e.g., [{'type': 'rename', 'from': 'old', 'to': 'new'}])
created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
);
CREATE INDEX idx_pipes_endpoint_id ON pipes(endpoint_id);
CREATE TABLE destinations (
id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
pipe_id UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES pipes(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
name TEXT NOT NULL,
url TEXT NOT NULL,
method TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'POST', -- e.g., POST, PUT
headers JSONB DEFAULT '{}'::jsonb, -- Additional headers for outgoing request
transformation_steps JSONB DEFAULT '[]'::jsonb, -- Additional transformations specific to this destination
retry_config JSONB DEFAULT '{ "max_retries": 3, "delay_ms": 1000 }'::jsonb,
is_active BOOLEAN DEFAULT TRUE,
created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW(),
updated_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
);
CREATE INDEX idx_destinations_pipe_id ON destinations(pipe_id);
CREATE TABLE webhook_logs (
id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
pipe_id UUID NOT NULL REFERENCES pipes(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
incoming_payload JSONB NOT NULL,
transformed_payload JSONB,
destination_response JSONB,
status TEXT NOT NULL, -- e.g., 'received', 'transformed', 'delivered', 'failed'
error_message TEXT,
http_status_code INTEGER,
attempt_count INTEGER DEFAULT 1,
created_at TIMESTAMPTZ DEFAULT NOW()
);
CREATE INDEX idx_webhook_logs_pipe_id_created_at ON webhook_logs(pipe_id, created_at DESC);API Endpoints
/api/auth/signupRegister a new user./api/auth/loginAuthenticate an existing user./api/auth/sessionRetrieve current user session./api/workspacesCreate a new workspace./api/workspacesGet all workspaces for the authenticated user./api/webhook-endpointsCreate a new incoming webhook endpoint./api/webhook-endpointsList all webhook endpoints for the current workspace./api/webhook-endpoints/[id]Get details of a specific webhook endpoint./api/webhook-endpoints/[id]/pipesCreate a new transformation pipe for a given endpoint./api/webhook-endpoints/[id]/pipesList all pipes for a given endpoint./api/pipes/[id]Update transformation steps for a pipe./api/pipes/[id]/destinationsAdd a new destination to a pipe./api/pipes/[id]/destinationsList all destinations for a pipe./api/pipes/[id]/transform-aiSuggest transformation steps using AI based on sample input/output./api/incoming-webhook/[uuid]The public endpoint to receive incoming webhooks for a specific pipe. (Handled by Next.js API route)./api/webhook-logsRetrieve recent webhook logs for the current workspace/pipe./api/stripe/checkout-sessionCreate a Stripe checkout session for subscription.Start Building with AI
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