# Webhook authentication

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/webhook-authentication/5007>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [August 22, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/webhook-authentication/5007 "2016-08-22T17:04:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![dbush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dbush](https://forum.mautic.org/u/dbush)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/webhook-authentication/5007/1 "2016-08-22T17:04:57Z")

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Hi,  
  
  
  
Is there any way to make a webhook event make an authenticated POST? It just seems a little insecure otherwise.  
  
  
  
Thanks,  
  
Dom.

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**Author:** ![dbush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dbush](https://forum.mautic.org/u/dbush)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/webhook-authentication/5007/2 "2016-08-22T17:04:57Z")

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Hi,

Is there any way to make a webhook event make an authenticated POST? It just seems a little insecure otherwise.

Thanks,  
Dom.

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**Author:** ![escopecz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/escopecz/32/370_2.png) [@escopecz](https://forum.mautic.org/u/escopecz)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/webhook-authentication/5007/3 "2016-08-23T13:55:30Z")

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Mautic 2.1.1 will allow to add query parameters to the webhook URL, so you can secure it that way.

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**Author:** ![dbush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dbush](https://forum.mautic.org/u/dbush)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/webhook-authentication/5007/4 "2016-08-24T08:12:18Z")

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Thank you for the reply. Any idea when that will be released?

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**Author:** ![escopecz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/escopecz/32/370_2.png) [@escopecz](https://forum.mautic.org/u/escopecz)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/webhook-authentication/5007/5 "2016-08-24T08:17:22Z")

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Should be today when we manage to merge last PRs. You can see the progress at [https://github.com/mautic/mautic/milestone/19](https://github.com/mautic/mautic/milestone/19)

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**Author:** ![dbush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dbush](https://forum.mautic.org/u/dbush)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/webhook-authentication/5007/6 "2016-08-24T17:05:50Z")

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Thanks for the reply. I will take a look.