Poll SFTP servers and POST every new file to your API
DocEvent connects to your SFTP server over SSH on a schedule, collects new files, and POSTs each one to your HTTP or HTTPS endpoint. Turn any SFTP drop zone into an API feed — with retries, filtering and a full audit trail.
From
SFTP Pull
To
HTTP Webhook
Receive endpoints
Amazon S3
HTTP Upload
Email
FTP Pull
SFTP Pull
Filerouterlocal filesystem
Agentlocal filesystem
DocEvent
routes · retries · logs
Send endpoints
FTP / FTPS
SFTP
Webhook
Email
Filerouterlocal filesystem
Agentlocal filesystem
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How SFTP Pull to HTTP Webhook routing works
SFTP Pull
DocEvent connects to your SFTP server on a schedule and collects new files.
DocEvent Channel
HTTP Webhook
Files are POSTed to any HTTP/HTTPS endpoint you configure as a webhook.
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File arrives via SFTP Pull
Scheduled outbound polling of any SFTP server over SSH — nothing to install on it. Host-key verification, filename pattern filtering, completed-file detection, then each collected file is deleted or moved to a processed folder.
2
Channel routes it
DocEvent's channel server matches the incoming file to your configured route, queues it for delivery, and ensures no file is ever lost — even during downstream outages.
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Delivered to HTTP Webhook
Multipart POST with configurable headers. Automatic retry on failure. Supports TLS.
Common use cases
Real workflows that teams automate with a SFTP Pull → HTTP Webhook channel.
- Ingest bank or insurer SFTP drops straight into your processing pipeline
- Replace scripted SFTP polling with a managed, monitored schedule
- Feed modern APIs from partners who only deliver over SFTP
- Collect regulated-industry files from SFTP portals into cloud workflows
The two ends don't have to be the same company — invite a customer or trading partner into the channel and they run the SFTP Pull or HTTP Webhook side under their own account, with their own credentials. Learn how shared channels work.
Technical details
Source:
SFTP Pull
Scheduled outbound polling of any SFTP server over SSH — nothing to install on it. Host-key verification, filename pattern filtering, completed-file detection, then each collected file is deleted or moved to a processed folder.
DocEvent connects to your SFTP server on a schedule and collects new files.Destination:
HTTP Webhook
Multipart POST with configurable headers. Automatic retry on failure. Supports TLS.
Files are POSTed to any HTTP/HTTPS endpoint you configure as a webhook.Automatic retries with exponential back-off
Full end-to-end audit log for every file
Zero-code setup via the DocEvent UI
Reliable delivery even during downstream outages
Related channel integrations
Other destinations from SFTP Pull