Workflows API

The Workflows API gives you access to the workflows that you have created for your apps

This page is still under construction! More information on the step types is in progress!

Properties

PropertyTypeRequiredReadonlyDescription
idstringnoyesThe workflow ID
created_atstringnoyesTimestamp of the workflow creation.
updated_atstringnoyesTimestamp of the last update to the workflow.
created_bystringnoyesThe name of user who created the workflow.
created_by_idstringnoyesThe id of user who created the workflow.
updated_bystringnoyesThe name of user who last updated the record.
updated_by_idstringnoyesThe id of user who last updated the record.
namestringyesnoThe name of the workflow
descriptionstringnonoThe description of the workflow
object_typestringyesyesIn almost all cases, will be form
object_resource_idstringyesnoThe ID of the form associated with the workflow
activebooleanyesnoWhether or not the workflow is currently processing events (true in this case means the workflow is active)
stepsarray of stepsyesnoThe steps that make up the workflow
event_typestringyesnoOne of 'record_created', 'record_deleted', 'record_updated', or 'record_created_or_updated'

Workflow Steps

PropertyTypeRequiredReadonlyDescription
idstringnoyesThe step ID
namestringnonoThe name of the step
step_typestringyesnoOne of 'filter', 'email', 'sms', 'webhook', 'assign_record', or 'create_issue'
argumentsobjectnonoThe arguments of the workflow step
next_stepsarray of step ID'snonoThe ID of the step that should succeed this step
initialbooleanyesnotrue means that this is the first step in the workflow

Step Types

There are 5 different types of steps that can be defined in the step_type parameter in the workflow step. The arguments structure of the step will be based off of the step_type

The email type

PropertyTypeRequiredReadonlyDescription
tostringyesnoComma-separated string of the emails that the workflow should send an email to
subjectstringyesnoSubject of the email
html_bodystringyesnoThe body of the email in HTML format. In most cases, will be the same value as text_body
text_bodystringyesnoThe body of the email in text format
report_idsarray of stringsnonoArray that includes the ID of the desired report

email type arguments:

{
    "to": "[email protected]",
    "subject": "Subject",
    "html_body": "body",
    "text_body": "body",
    "report_ids": []
}

The filter type

The arguments of a filter type step will only have a single parameter: expression. However, this expression will contain an array of

PropertyTypeRequiredReadonlyDescription
fieldstringyesnoThe field that the expression should test against
valuestringyesnoSubject of the email
operatorstringnonoThe body of the email in HTML format. In most cases, will be the same value as text_body
combinatorstringnonoThe body of the email in text format

Sample response:

{
    "workflow": {
        "id": "9fb801aa-7e7d-4480-bfb0-41de6a585a99",
        "created_at": "2023-03-01T03:22:03Z",
        "updated_at": "2023-03-01T03:22:03Z",
        "created_by": "Vincent Lauffer",
        "created_by_id": "9d64eea9-3d7d-427b-8a12-32458d6b5b2a",
        "updated_by": "Vincent Lauffer",
        "updated_by_id": "9d64eea9-3d7d-427b-8a12-32458d6b5b2a",
        "name": "Sample Workflow",
        "description": null,
        "object_type": "form",
        "object_resource_id": "6e278b5f-4445-429c-9284-0232db215e38",
        "active": true,
        "steps": [
            {
                "name": null,
                "description": null,
                "step_type": "filter",
                "arguments": {
                    "expression": [
                        {
                            "field": "text",
                            "value": "yes",
                            "operator": "text_contain",
                            "combinator": "or"
                        },
                        {
                            "field": "text",
                            "value": "maybe",
                            "operator": "text_contain",
                            "combinator": ""
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "next_steps": [
                    "3c2e722c-7039-4114-9e49-36188b1307ad"
                ],
                "initial": true,
                "id": "afac7bf4-84ae-4cf7-9c9d-e4bce9775946"
            },
            {
                "name": null,
                "description": null,
                "step_type": "email",
                "arguments": {
                    "to": "[email protected]",
                    "subject": "Workflow email",
                    "html_body": "Here is the text field of the new record: {{text}}",
                    "text_body": "Here is the text field of the new record: {{text}}",
                    "report_ids": []
                },
                "next_steps": [],
                "initial": false,
                "id": "3c2e722c-7039-4114-9e49-36188b1307ad"
            }
        ],
        "event_type": "record_created"
    }
}