Patreon events, straight into Custom Webhook
Every new patron, pledge change, or cancellation — posted to Custom Webhook the moment it happens. No automation-platform subscription just to relay one webhook.
Why not call Patreon's API directly from your own endpoint? You can — but then you own Patreon'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
ZestyGlue
Patreon — Members:Pledge:Create
Jane Fan
$10.00/mo
status: active_patron
A real Patreon event, shown as ZestyGlue formats it for Custom Webhook.
Setup — about two minutes
- Create the connector. In ZestyGlue, start a new Patreon → Custom Webhook connector. You'll get a unique webhook URL right away.
- Point Patreon at it. Go to Creator's Page → Webhooks → Create Webhook, paste in your ZestyGlue webhook URL, and select the triggers you want (e.g. members:pledge:create).
- Copy the secret. Patreon shows a secret for your webhook — paste that into ZestyGlue's connector setup so every event can be verified as genuinely from Patreon.
- 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: Patreon's webhook triggers are granular — enable members:pledge:create for new patrons and members:pledge:delete for cancellations if you want both sides of the patron lifecycle in the same channel.
Events you can forward
members:pledge:create
members:pledge:update
members:pledge:delete
members:create
Questions
Is my Patreon Webhook Secret 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 show the pledge amount, not just that someone joined?
Yes — the notification includes the patron's currently entitled amount when Patreon provides it in the payload.
Can I get notified about cancellations, not just new patrons?
Yes — enable members:pledge:delete as a trigger alongside members:pledge:create.
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 Patreon's side — Patreon 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.