diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6e18ce2..42bdc88 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ function main(req, res) {
 }
 ```
 
-```
-curl -g -i -X PUT 'http://localhost:8100/functions/pipeline?steps[0]=namespace/function0&steps[1]=namespace/function1' \
-    -H 'content-type: application/json'
-    -d '{"x": 1}'
+``` bash
+$ curl -g -i -X PUT 'http://localhost:8100/functions/pipeline' \      
+    -H 'content-type: application/json' \
+    -d '{"steps": [{"namespace":"namespace", "id":"function0"}, {"namespace":"namespace", "id": "function1"}], "payload":{"x":1}}'
 ```
 
 Considering the curl above, the pipeline result would be like this:
diff --git a/lib/domain/schemas.js b/lib/domain/schemas.js
index 220a797..08b1f04 100644
--- a/lib/domain/schemas.js
+++ b/lib/domain/schemas.js
@@ -173,6 +173,40 @@ const functionItem = {
   links: functionsItemLinks.concat(functionLinks),
 };
 
+const functionPipeline = {
+  $schema: 'http://json-schema.org/draft-04/hyper-schema#',
+  type: 'object',
+  title: 'Pipeline',
+  properties: {
+    steps: {
+      type: 'array',
+      title: 'Steps',
+      readOnly: true,
+      items: {
+        type: 'object',
+        properties: {
+          namespace: {
+            type: 'string',
+            title: 'Namespace',
+            readOnly: true,
+          },
+          id: {
+            type: 'string',
+            title: 'ID',
+            readOnly: true,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    payload: {
+      type: 'object',
+      title: 'Payload',
+      readOnly: true,
+    },
+  },
+  required: ['steps'],
+};
+
 const functionEnv = {
   $schema: 'http://json-schema.org/draft-04/hyper-schema#',
   type: 'string',
@@ -202,4 +236,5 @@ exports.root = root;
 exports['functions/item'] = functionItem;
 exports['functions/env'] = functionEnv;
 exports['functions/list'] = functions;
+exports['functions/pipeline'] = functionPipeline;
 exports['namespaces/item'] = namespaceItem;
diff --git a/lib/http/routers/FunctionsRouter.js b/lib/http/routers/FunctionsRouter.js
index b15281e..420aef7 100644
--- a/lib/http/routers/FunctionsRouter.js
+++ b/lib/http/routers/FunctionsRouter.js
@@ -291,26 +291,26 @@ router.all('/:namespace/:id/run', bodyParser.json({ limit: bodyParserLimit }), a
 router.put('/pipeline', bodyParser.json({ limit: bodyParserLimit }), async (req, res, next) => {
   const memoryStorage = req.app.get('memoryStorage');
   const sandbox = req.app.get('sandbox');
+  const validationResult = new Validator().validate(req.body, schemas['functions/pipeline']);
 
-  let { steps } = req.query;
+  if (!validationResult.valid) {
+    const error = 'Invalid pipeline configuration';
+    const details = validationResult.errors.map(e => e.toString());
+
+    res.status(400).json({ error, details });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const steps = req.body.steps;
+  req.body = req.body.payload;
 
   const span = req.span.tracer().startSpan('run pipeline', {
     childOf: req.span,
     tags: {
-      'function.steps': Array.isArray(steps) ? steps.join(', ') : '',
+      'function.steps': Array.isArray(steps) ? JSON.stringify(steps) : '',
     },
   });
 
-  if (!steps) {
-    const err = new Error('Pass step by querystring is required');
-    reportError(span, err);
-    res.status(400).json({ error: err.message });
-    return;
-  }
-  steps = steps.map((step) => {
-    const [namespace, id] = step.split('/', 2);
-    return { namespace, id };
-  });
 
   const metric = new Metric('pipeline-run');
 
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ router.put('/pipeline', bodyParser.json({ limit: bodyParserLimit }), async (req,
     res.json(result.body);
   } catch (err) {
     reportError(span, err);
-    RecordOtelError(err)
+    RecordOtelError(err);
     const status = err.statusCode || 500;
     metric.observePipelineRun(status);
     res.status(status).json({ error: err.message });
diff --git a/test/unit/http/routers/FunctionsRouter.test.js b/test/unit/http/routers/FunctionsRouter.test.js
index a7b4335..ca05604 100644
--- a/test/unit/http/routers/FunctionsRouter.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/http/routers/FunctionsRouter.test.js
@@ -313,7 +313,8 @@ describe('PUT /functions/pipeline', () => {
       request(routes)
         .put('/functions/pipeline')
         .expect(400, {
-          error: 'Pass step by querystring is required',
+          error: 'Invalid pipeline configuration',
+          details: ['instance requires property "steps"'],
         }, done);
     });
   });
@@ -321,7 +322,13 @@ describe('PUT /functions/pipeline', () => {
   describe('when step does not exists', () => {
     it('should return a not found request', (done) => {
       request(routes)
-        .put('/functions/pipeline?steps[0]=backstage/not-found')
+        .put('/functions/pipeline')
+        .send({ steps: [
+          {
+            namespace: 'backstage',
+            id: 'not-found',
+          },
+        ] })
         .expect(404, {
           error: 'Code \'backstage/not-found\' is not found',
         }, done);
@@ -331,8 +338,22 @@ describe('PUT /functions/pipeline', () => {
   describe('when step use two steps', () => {
     it('should return a result', (done) => {
       request(routes)
-        .put('/functions/pipeline?steps[0]=backstage/step1&steps[1]=backstage/step2')
-        .send({ x: 1 })
+        .put('/functions/pipeline')
+        .send({
+          steps: [
+            {
+              namespace: 'backstage',
+              id: 'step1',
+            },
+            {
+              namespace: 'backstage',
+              id: 'step2',
+            },
+          ],
+          payload: {
+            x: 1,
+          },
+        })
         .expect(200, { x: 200 }, done);
     });
   });