Ko-fi events, straight into Custom Webhook
Every tip, membership, or shop order — posted to Custom Webhook the moment it happens. No automation-platform subscription just to relay one webhook.
Why not call Ko-fi's API directly from your own endpoint? You can — but then you own Ko-fi's signature verification, retry handling, and payload quirks yourself. ZestyGlue verifies the signature, normalizes the event into a clean JSON body, and POSTs it to your URL — you only write the part that's actually yours.
What it looks like
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Ko-fi — Donation
5.00 USD
from A Generous Fan
“Love your work!”
A real Ko-fi event, shown as ZestyGlue formats it for Custom Webhook.
Setup — about two minutes
- Create the connector. In ZestyGlue, start a new Ko-fi → Custom Webhook connector. You'll get a unique webhook URL right away.
- Point Ko-fi at it. Go to Settings → API/Webhooks, and paste in your ZestyGlue webhook URL.
- Copy the Verification Token. Ko-fi shows a Verification Token right next to the webhook URL field — paste that into ZestyGlue's connector setup so every event can be confirmed as genuinely from Ko-fi.
- Point it at your endpoint. Paste the URL of your own server, script, or automation tool's webhook receiver — no signup, no app to install.
Tip: Ko-fi sends the same webhook shape for one-time donations, memberships, commissions, and shop orders — the type field tells them apart, and ZestyGlue labels each one so your channel doesn't just say “Donation” for everything.
Events you can forward
Donation
Subscription
Commission
Shop Order
Questions
Is my Ko-fi Verification Token safe with ZestyGlue?
It's encrypted at rest with Fernet symmetric encryption before it ever touches disk, it's never logged, and it's never displayed again in the dashboard after you enter it — only a masked placeholder is shown.
Does this distinguish between one-time tips and memberships?
Yes — Ko-fi's type field (Donation, Subscription, Commission, Shop Order) is read automatically and shown in the notification title.
Can supporter messages contain emoji or special characters?
Yes, Ko-fi messages are passed through as-is (truncated to 150 characters) and render normally in every destination.
Do I need to write my own server to receive this?
Yes — this destination expects your own endpoint (or a tool like a serverless function, a script, or another automation platform's webhook trigger) to receive the POST. If you don't have one yet, pick one of ZestyGlue's built-in destinations instead.
What happens if my ZestyGlue subscription lapses?
Events are silently dropped rather than causing errors on Ko-fi's side — Ko-fi never sees a failure response, so it won't retry aggressively or flag your webhook as broken. Your dashboard will simply stop showing new events until you resubscribe.