ingestlayer/recipes

Monitor failed logins in Webhook

Catch the login failures that look like an attack — repeated misses from one address — with geo and network context attached before they reach you.

01source

sourcesdk.eventTypeScript SDK
matchlogin.failed

02pipeline · 3 steps

  • 01CTLfilter.matchattempt ≥ 5 only
  • 02ENRenrich.entityip → geo · asn · known-bad
  • 03MUTredact.piimask email before posting

03destinations · 1

  • towebhook.outWebhook
    urlhttps://api.acme.com/hooks

the event

You emit login.failed with this shape. The TypeScript SDK keeps the call type-safe, and the event is stored whole — so every field below is available to the pipeline by name.

  • emailstring
  • ipstring
  • reasonstringbad-password | locked | mfa
  • attemptnumberconsecutive misses

emit it

From your code with the TypeScript SDK — or any language over the REST endpoint and signed webhook ingress.

emit login.failed
import { ingest } from "@ingestlayer/sdk";

await ingest("login.failed", {
  email:   creds.email,
  ip:      req.ip,
  reason:  result.reason,
  attempt: result.consecutive,
});

route it to Webhook

POST the processed event as JSON to any HTTPS endpoint you control.

  1. 01

    set the URL

    Any HTTPS endpoint. The processed event is delivered as a JSON body on POST.

  2. 02

    choose auth

    None, a bearer token, or HMAC signing. Signed requests carry an X-Ingestlayer-Signature header you verify with your shared secret.

  3. 03

    confirm receipt

    Return a 2xx within the timeout. Non-2xx responses trigger retries with exponential backoff before the delivery dead-letters.

in webhookdelivered
POST /hooks HTTP/1.1
Host: api.acme.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-Ingestlayer-Signature: t=1717000000,v1=9f86d08…

{
  "type": "user.signed_up",
  "payload": { "email": "ada@acme.com", "plan": "pro" }
}

notes

questions

How do I avoid alerting on typos?
Filter on the attempt count so a single fat-fingered password stays quiet and only sustained failures escalate.
Where does the geo come from?
enrich.entity resolves the IP to geo, ASN, and a known-bad flag in flight, so the alert carries the context to act on.
Is it safe to post emails to a channel?
redact.pii masks the email for the chat destination while the full record still lands in your audit table.
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