Automation Note Signed Webhook Hmac Guard

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  "id": "AutomationNoteWebhookHmacGuard01",
  "name": "AUTOMATION NOTE Signed Webhook HMAC Guard",
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        "content": "## Verify a signed webhook before business logic\n\n### Who this is for\nAutomation teams receiving server-to-server webhooks from a provider that signs the exact request body with HMAC-SHA256.\n\n### Contract used by this template\n- Header: `X-Automation-Signature: sha256=<hex digest; comparison is case-insensitive>`\n- Signature input: the exact raw request body bytes\n- Body fields: `event_id`, signed Unix timestamp `sent_at`, and `payload`\n- Freshness: no more than 300 seconds old or 60 seconds in the future\n\n### Set up\n1. Keep the workflow inactive after import.\n2. Create an n8n Crypto credential with the shared HMAC secret.\n3. Assign it to **Compute Body HMAC**.\n4. Match the provider's exact header, canonical string, digest encoding, and timestamp rules.\n5. Add business nodes only after the true output of **Is Request Authentic and Fresh**.\n\n### Boundaries\nThe timestamp limits replay time but does not stop duplicate delivery inside the five-minute window. Add persistent event-ID deduplication for strict once-only handling. Apply rate and body-size limits before n8n. Generic `401` responses avoid exposing which check failed. The public workflow contains no credential or real data.",
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      "name": "Template Guide"
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      "parameters": {
        "httpMethod": "POST",
        "path": "signed-webhook-hmac-guard",
        "authentication": "none",
        "responseMode": "responseNode",
        "options": {
          "rawBody": true
        }
      },
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.webhook",
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      "position": [
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      "id": "a676a3b6-9f00-4b8f-8331-f355e509939f",
      "name": "Receive Signed Webhook"
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        "action": "hmac",
        "binaryData": true,
        "binaryPropertyName": "data",
        "type": "SHA256",
        "dataPropertyName": "expected_signature",
        "encoding": "hex"
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      "name": "Compute Body HMAC"
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        "jsCode": "const input = $input.first().json;\nconst headers = input.headers ?? {};\nconst received = typeof headers['x-automation-signature'] === 'string'\n  ? headers['x-automation-signature'].trim().toLowerCase()\n  : '';\nconst digest = typeof input.expected_signature === 'string'\n  ? input.expected_signature.toLowerCase()\n  : '';\nconst expected = `sha256=${digest}`;\nconst signatureFormatValid = /^sha256=[a-f0-9]{64}$/.test(received) && /^sha256=[a-f0-9]{64}$/.test(expected);\nlet signatureMismatch = 1;\nif (signatureFormatValid) {\n  signatureMismatch = 0;\n  for (let index = 0; index < expected.length; index += 1) {\n    signatureMismatch |= expected.charCodeAt(index) ^ received.charCodeAt(index);\n  }\n}\nconst body = input.body ?? {};\nconst sentAt = body.sent_at;\nconst now = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);\nconst timestampValid = Number.isInteger(sentAt) && sentAt >= now - 300 && sentAt <= now + 60;\nconst eventId = typeof body.event_id === 'string' ? body.event_id : '';\nconst eventIdValid = /^evt_[A-Za-z0-9-]{8,64}$/.test(eventId);\nconst contentType = typeof headers['content-type'] === 'string' ? headers['content-type'].toLowerCase() : '';\nconst contentTypeValid = contentType.startsWith('application/json');\nconst signatureValid = signatureFormatValid && signatureMismatch === 0;\nreturn [{ json: {\n  accepted: signatureValid && timestampValid && eventIdValid && contentTypeValid,\n  event_id: eventIdValid ? eventId : null,\n  authenticated: signatureValid,\n  fresh: timestampValid,\n  age_seconds: Number.isInteger(sentAt) ? now - sentAt : null,\n  replay_window_seconds: 300\n} }];"
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      "name": "Validate Signature and Timestamp"
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              "value1": "={{ $json.accepted }}",
              "operation": "equal",
              "value2": true
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      "name": "Is Request Authentic and Fresh"
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          }
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}

About this workflow

AUTOMATION NOTE Signed Webhook HMAC Guard. Uses crypto. Webhook trigger; 7 nodes.

Source: https://github.com/rains-hori/n8n-automation-recipes/blob/main/workflows/webhook-hmac-guard/workflow.json — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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