How VendorGate Works - Validate Vendor Files Automatically

From source connection to validated delivery, see how VendorGate pulls, validates, decides on, and routes every external data feed before it reaches your systems.

1

Connect your source

Tell VendorGate where to pull data from. The platform supports file-based sources, APIs, and databases with the same normalized record stream underneath.

  • SFTP, FTP, or S3 with file stability detection
  • REST APIs with cursor, page, or offset pagination
  • PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL, and SQLite queries
2

Build your contract

Define what valid data looks like. The contract is separate from operational configuration, so validation rules stay clean and reusable.

  • Source format: delimiter, encoding, header handling
  • Schema: types, required fields, constraints
  • Rules: stateless and stateful validation
  • Statistics and anomaly thresholds
3

Test before publishing

A contract cannot be published without at least one successful test run. Test against a live source or upload a sample file.

  • Live source tests pull real data without delivering anywhere
  • Sample upload tests let you validate known-good and known-bad files
  • Expected outcome assertions for confident promotion
4

Create a pipeline

Link your published contract to a source, schedule, delivery destinations, and alert recipients. One pipeline per data feed.

  • Cron, polling, or event-driven schedules
  • Separate delivery paths for pass, review, and fail
  • Encrypted credentials referenced by name
5

Run validation

The Go-powered execution engine streams records through the contract. Memory usage stays constant regardless of file size.

  • Streaming first: no full file loaded into memory
  • Multi-core parallel rule execution
  • Performance targets: 1 GB file in under 35 seconds
6

Get a decision

The decision engine evaluates findings and anomalies against your policies and produces one of three outcomes.

  • PASS: file is delivered to the production destination
  • REVIEW: file is held for manual approval
  • FAIL: file is quarantined and alerts fire

Source agnostic. Contract driven.

After normalization, the execution engine does not care whether data came from a CSV, API, or database. The same contract language validates every source.

External Source

SFTP / API / S3 / DB

Source Adapter

Normalize to records

Execution Engine

Validate against contract

Artifacts

Findings / measurements

Decision Engine

PASS / REVIEW / FAIL

Action Engine

Deliver / alert / quarantine

Ready to set up your first gate?

Start free with one pipeline and see how VendorGate protects your downstream systems.