We send a JWT with each request. This JWT is signed by your individual secret
signing key and sent in the Upstash-Signature HTTP header.You can use this signature to verify the request is coming from QStash.
You need to keep your signing keys in a secure location.
Otherwise some malicious actor could use them to send requests to your API as if they were coming from QStash.
QStash SDKs provide a Receiver type that simplifies signature verification.
import { Receiver } from "@upstash/qstash";const receiver = new Receiver({ currentSigningKey: "YOUR_CURRENT_SIGNING_KEY", nextSigningKey: "YOUR_NEXT_SIGNING_KEY",});// ... in your request handlerconst signature = req.headers["Upstash-Signature"];const body = req.body;const isValid = await receiver.verify({ body, signature, url: "YOUR-SITE-URL",});
from qstash import Receiverreceiver = Receiver( current_signing_key="YOUR_CURRENT_SIGNING_KEY", next_signing_key="YOUR_NEXT_SIGNING_KEY",)# ... in your request handlersignature, body = req.headers["Upstash-Signature"], req.bodyreceiver.verify( body=body, signature=signature, url="YOUR-SITE-URL",)
Depending on the environment, the body might be parsed into an object by the HTTP handler if it is JSON.
Ensure you use the raw body string as is. For example, converting the parsed object back to a string (e.g., JSON.stringify(object)) may cause inconsistencies and result in verification failure.
If you don’t want to use the SDKs, you can implement your own verifier either by using an open-source library or by manually processing the JWT.The exact implementation depends on the language of your choice and the library if you use one.
Instead here are the steps you need to follow:
Split the JWT into its header, payload and signature
Verify the signature
Decode the payload and verify the claims
iss: The issuer must beUpstash.
sub: The subject must the url of your API.
exp: Verify the token has not expired yet.
nbf: Verify the token is already valid.
body: Hash the raw request body using SHA-256 and compare it with the
body claim.
You can also reference the implementation in our
Typescript SDK.After you have verified the signature and the claims, you can be sure the
request came from Upstash and process it accordingly.