🎣 Capture and clean inbound web form leads with an authenticated webhook
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Description
Quick overview
This workflow receives inbound web form submissions via an n8n webhook, validates requests using a shared secret header, and cleans and standardizes lead fields (name, email, message, timestamps) so you can reliably pass a structured record into your CRM.
How it works
- Receives a POST request from your web form via an n8n webhook endpoint.
- Validates the request by checking the
x-perly-keyheader against thePERLY_WEBHOOK_SECRETvariable and rejects unauthorized traffic. - Normalizes the lead payload by trimming values, lowercasing the email, splitting the full name into first/last name, validating the email format, and adding a received timestamp.
- Hands off the cleaned lead record to a placeholder step where you connect your CRM or storage destination.
Setup
- Set
PERLY_WEBHOOK_SECRETas an environment variable (self-hosted) or as an n8n Variable (n8n Cloud). - Copy the webhook URL from the Webhook trigger and configure your form to POST to it with the header
x-perly-key: <your secret>. - Replace the placeholder “Connect your CRM here” step with your desired integration (for example HubSpot, Pipedrive, Airtable, or Google Sheets) and map the cleaned fields.
Requirements
- n8n (Cloud or self-hosted). No external service, API key or AI credits needed.
Customization
- All cleaning rules live in a single Code node, so you can add fields, change the normalisation or plug in your own validation without touching the rest of the flow.
🔗 Nodes Used
Google Sheets, Webhook
📥 Import
Download workflow.json and import into n8n:
Workflow menu → Import from File