Quick start

Create your first gateway and route a message in five minutes.

Last updated October 1, 2026

From zero to a working gateway in five minutes.

The five steps

Create an account at portarus.com.
Create a gateway — give it a name, pick your source channel (WhatsApp, Telegram, custom…), destination platform (n8n, Make, custom…), and enter the target URL where your agent listens.
Copy the Gateway URL shown after creation. Format: gateway.portarus.com/g/{slug}.
Replace the webhook URL in your message source with the Gateway URL. That's the only change.
Done. Your agent receives filtered messages with a _portarus envelope attached to every payload.

Post-creation screen showing the Gateway URL and the secret, displayed once — The post-creation screen — the secret is shown once, so copy it immediately.

Test it with curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.portarus.com/g/{your-slug} \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-Gateway-Secret: {your-secret}" \
  -d '{"user_id": "user123", "message": "Hello"}'

The gateway responds 202 Accepted immediately. Your agent receives the filtered payload asynchronously.

Next: read How it works to understand what happens between the 202 and delivery.