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Custom Webhook Action – Secure Credential Management

This guide walks you through the latest improvements to the Custom Webhook action, focusing on enhanced security measures and streamlined credential…

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  1. Overview
  2. Key Improvements
  3. Masked Secret Keys
  4. User-Friendly Credential Management
  5. Why These Updates Matter
  6. Getting Started
  7. Important Notes

This guide walks you through the latest improvements to the Custom Webhook action, focusing on enhanced security measures and streamlined credential management.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview

The Custom Webhook action now supports masked secret keys for Basic auth, Bearer token, and API key authentication methods. This update helps prevent the accidental exposure of sensitive information and provides an easier way to manage and store credentials.

Key Improvements

Masked Secret Keys

  • Secure Storage: All secret keys are securely stored and masked in the interface.

  • Supported Auth Methods: Basic auth, Bearer token, or API key.

  • Reduced Exposure: Keys are never displayed in plain text, minimizing the risk of leaks.

User-Friendly Credential Management

  • Key Management: Select from existing keys or create a new key from a dropdown menu.

  • Restricted Removal: Only agency admins or the creator of the key can delete it.

  • Location-Level Security: Keys are accessible only within the location where they were created.

Why These Updates Matter

  1. Enhanced Security

    • Secret keys are masked to drastically lower the chances of accidental leaks.

    • Keys are identified by name instead of their actual value, reducing risk.

  2. Better Access Control

    • Sensitive credentials are editable only by users that have created and admins at the location level.

Getting Started

Follow these steps to add and configure a new Custom Webhook action in your Automations builder.

  1. Add a Custom Webhook Action

    • In your Automations builder, select Custom Webhook as the action step.

  2. Select Authentication Type

    • Choose one of the following methods: Basic auth, Bearer token, or API key.

  3. Configure Credentials

    • Choose Create New Key.

    • Enter a key name (for identification) and the key value (the actual credential).

    • Once saved, the key will be masked, so it won’t appear in plain text.

  4. Monitor & Manage

    • Use the dropdown menu to select or delete keys as needed.

Important Notes

  • Deletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it.

  • Existing Keys: Once you update to a new key, old key will be automatically removed.

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  1. Deletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it.
  2. Existing Keys: Once you update to a new key, old key will be automatically removed.
Important Notes (image 2 of 5) What this shows Deletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it. What this shows Illustrates the "Important Notes" section of "Custom Webhook Action – Secure Credential Management". This screenshot appears in the "Important Notes" section of "Custom Webhook Action – Secure Credential Management". The text alongside this image reads: Deletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it. Existing Keys: Once you update to a new key, old key will be automatically removed. Image 2 of 5 What this coversDeletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it. Existing Keys: Once you update to a new key, old key will be automatically removed.
Buttons and menus referenced Deletion PermissionsExisting Keys
All 2 steps in this procedure
  1. Deletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it.
  2. Existing Keys: Once you update to a new key, old key will be automatically removed.
Important Notes (image 3 of 5) What this shows Deletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it. What this shows Illustrates the "Important Notes" section of "Custom Webhook Action – Secure Credential Management". This screenshot appears in the "Important Notes" section of "Custom Webhook Action – Secure Credential Management". The text alongside this image reads: Deletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it. Existing Keys: Once you update to a new key, old key will be automatically removed. Image 3 of 5 What this coversDeletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it. Existing Keys: Once you update to a new key, old key will be automatically removed.
Buttons and menus referenced Deletion PermissionsExisting Keys
All 2 steps in this procedure
  1. Deletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it.
  2. Existing Keys: Once you update to a new key, old key will be automatically removed.
Important Notes (image 4 of 5) What this shows Deletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it. What this shows Illustrates the "Important Notes" section of "Custom Webhook Action – Secure Credential Management". This screenshot appears in the "Important Notes" section of "Custom Webhook Action – Secure Credential Management". The text alongside this image reads: Deletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it. Existing Keys: Once you update to a new key, old key will be automatically removed. Image 4 of 5 What this coversDeletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it. Existing Keys: Once you update to a new key, old key will be automatically removed.
Buttons and menus referenced Deletion PermissionsExisting Keys
All 2 steps in this procedure
  1. Deletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it.
  2. Existing Keys: Once you update to a new key, old key will be automatically removed.
Important Notes (image 5 of 5) What this shows Deletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it. What this shows Illustrates the "Important Notes" section of "Custom Webhook Action – Secure Credential Management". This screenshot appears in the "Important Notes" section of "Custom Webhook Action – Secure Credential Management". The text alongside this image reads: Deletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it. Existing Keys: Once you update to a new key, old key will be automatically removed. Image 5 of 5 What this coversDeletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it. Existing Keys: Once you update to a new key, old key will be automatically removed.
Buttons and menus referenced Deletion PermissionsExisting Keys
All 2 steps in this procedure
  1. Deletion Permissions: Only agency admins or the key’s creator can delete it.
  2. Existing Keys: Once you update to a new key, old key will be automatically removed.

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