diff --git a/.env.dist b/.env.dist
index 88e6197..6a5e075 100644
--- a/.env.dist
+++ b/.env.dist
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ FAIRPOST_OAUTH_HOSTNAME=localhost
 FAIRPOST_OAUTH_PORT=8000
 
 # rest api server settings
-FAIRPOST_SERVER_HOSTNAME=localhost
+FAIRPOST_SERVER_BIND=localhost
 FAIRPOST_SERVER_PORT=8000
 FAIRPOST_SERVER_CORS=*
 FAIRPOST_SESSION_SECURE=true
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index c5df98b..cde4c70 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import "./bootstrap.ts";
 
 import Fairpost from "./services/Fairpost.ts";
-import { JSONReplacer } from "./utilities.ts";
+import { JSONReplacer, parsePayload } from "./utilities.ts";
 import { PlatformId } from "./platforms/index.ts";
 import { SourceStage, PostStatus } from "./types/index.ts";
 import Operator from "./models/Operator.ts";
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ if (POST) {
   [SOURCE, PLATFORM] = POST.split(":") as [string, PlatformId];
 }
 
+// payload
+const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+if (!process.stdin.isTTY) {
+  for await (const chunk of process.stdin) {
+    chunks.push(Buffer.isBuffer(chunk) ? chunk : Buffer.from(chunk));
+  }
+}
+const PAYLOAD = chunks.length
+  ? await parsePayload(Buffer.concat(chunks))
+  : undefined;
+
 // utilities
 function getOption(key: string): boolean | string | null {
   if (process.argv.includes(`--${key}`)) return true;
@@ -64,6 +75,7 @@ async function main() {
       date: DATE ? new Date(DATE) : undefined,
       status: STATUS,
       stage: STAGE,
+      payload: PAYLOAD,
     });
 
     console.info(JSON.stringify(output, JSONReplacer, "\t"));
diff --git a/src/services/Server.ts b/src/services/Server.ts
index eee4801..ffdc95d 100644
--- a/src/services/Server.ts
+++ b/src/services/Server.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { createServer, IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from "http";
 
 import Fairpost from "./Fairpost.ts";
 import AuthService from "./AuthService.ts";
-import { JSONReplacer } from "../utilities.ts";
+import { JSONReplacer, parsePayload } from "../utilities.ts";
 import { PlatformId } from "../platforms/index.ts";
 import { SourceStage, PostStatus } from "../types/index.ts";
 import Operator from "../models/Operator.ts";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import User from "../models/User.ts";
 export default class Server {
   public static async serve(): Promise<string> {
     process.env.FAIRPOST_UI = "api";
-    const host = process.env.FAIRPOST_SERVER_HOSTNAME;
+    const host = process.env.FAIRPOST_SERVER_BIND;
     const port = Number(process.env.FAIRPOST_SERVER_PORT);
     return await new Promise((resolve) => {
       const server = createServer((req, res) => {
@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ export default class Server {
     const stage =
       (parsed.searchParams.get("stage") as SourceStage) || undefined;
 
+    // read payload from PUT or POST
+    let payload = undefined as undefined | Buffer | string | object;
+    if (request.method === "POST" || request.method === "PUT") {
+      const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+      for await (const chunk of request) {
+        chunks.push(chunk as Buffer);
+      }
+      const buffer = Buffer.concat(chunks);
+      payload = await parsePayload(buffer, request.headers["content-type"]);
+    }
+
     const args = {
       password: password,
       dryrun: dryrun || undefined,
@@ -108,6 +119,7 @@ export default class Server {
       date: date ? new Date(date) : undefined,
       status: status,
       stage: stage,
+      payload: payload,
     };
 
     let code = 0;
diff --git a/src/types/CommandArguments.ts b/src/types/CommandArguments.ts
index 7ea7a34..5a0d85a 100644
--- a/src/types/CommandArguments.ts
+++ b/src/types/CommandArguments.ts
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ export default interface CommandArguments {
   date?: Date;
   status?: PostStatus;
   stage?: SourceStage;
+  payload?: Buffer | string | object;
 }
diff --git a/src/utilities.ts b/src/utilities.ts
index 8ae9663..88837bf 100644
--- a/src/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/utilities.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,48 @@ export function isSimilarArray(a: any, b: any) {
   return a.length === b.length && a.every((el: any) => b.includes(el));
 }
 
+export async function parsePayload(
+  buffer: Buffer,
+  type?: string,
+): Promise<Buffer | string | object> {
+  const str = buffer.toString("utf8");
+
+  const contentType = type?.split(";")[0].trim().toLowerCase();
+  if (contentType === "application/json") {
+    try {
+      return JSON.parse(str);
+    } catch {
+      return buffer; // invalid JSON, keep raw
+    }
+  }
+  if (contentType && contentType.startsWith("text/")) {
+    return str;
+  }
+
+  // Heuristic fallback: Try JSON first
+  try {
+    const trimmed = str.trim();
+    if (
+      (trimmed.startsWith("{") && trimmed.endsWith("}")) ||
+      (trimmed.startsWith("[") && trimmed.endsWith("]"))
+    ) {
+      return JSON.parse(trimmed);
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // Ignore, not valid JSON
+  }
+
+  // Check for binary (NUL bytes or lots of control chars)
+  const isBinary = buffer.some((b) => b === 0 || b < 7 || (b > 13 && b < 32));
+
+  if (!isBinary) {
+    return str;
+  }
+
+  // Otherwise, return raw binary
+  return buffer;
+}
+
 export class ApiResponseError extends Error {
   response: Response;
   // eslint-disable-next-line  @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any