SendGrid incoming mail webhook - how do I secure my endpoint

Question

I\'m currently using SendGrid\'s Inbound Parse Webhook to feed emails to my application. I\'ve been able to get it working by pointing the URL to an endpoint which my applic

Answer 1

There are two ways which you may secure your endpoint. SendGrid's webhooks support basic auth (e.g. https://user:pass@example.com/endpoint). You can also implement a unique key, that you check before acting upon the request (e.g. https://example.com/endpoint?key=123).

The simple answer, however, is anything that you add to the URL can act as unique authentication for SendGrid.