Bulk create workflows
Base URL
https://{kibana_url}
Auth
Stack
9.4+
The Elastic Stack includes Elastic's core products such as Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, and Beats.
Availability
Generally available since 9.4
This functionality is generally available and ready for production usage.
Unless stated otherwise on the page, this functionality is available when your Elastic Stack is deployed on Elastic Cloud Hosted, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes, and self-managed environments.
This documentation corresponds to the latest patch available for each minor version. If you're not using the latest patch, check the release notes for changes.
Create multiple workflows in a single request. Optionally overwrite existing workflows.
Privileges
workflowsManagement:create
and
workflowsManagement:update
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overwrite
boolean · default: false
Whether to overwrite existing workflows.
dryRun
boolean · default: false
When true, performs a preflight conflict check only. Returns the subset of the supplied workflow IDs that already exist (including soft-deleted tombstones and cross-space documents) without writing anything. The response body is { existingIds: string[] } instead of the normal { created, failed } shape.
A required header to protect against CSRF attacks
{
}
workflows
object [] · max items: 500 required
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Hide 2 properties
id
string · min length: 3 · max length: 255 · pattern: ^[a-z0-9]([a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?$
yaml
string · max length: 1048576 required
200
Indicates a successful response
application/json
Thank you for your feedback.
Base URL
https://{kibana_url}
Examples
Example
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Bulk create workflows request
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Request
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POST kbn://api/workflows?overwrite=false
{
"workflows": [
{ "yaml": "name: Example definition\nenabled: true\ndescription: This is a workflow example\ntriggers:\n - type: manual\ninputs:\n - name: message\n type: string\n default: \"hello world\"\nsteps:\n - name: hello_world_step\n type: console\n with:\n message: \"{{ inputs.message }}\"\n" },
{ "id": "workflow-b2c3d4e5-f6a7-8901-bcde-f12345678901", "yaml": "name: Second workflow\nenabled: false\ndescription: Another workflow\ntriggers:\n - type: manual\nsteps:\n - name: log_step\n type: console\n with:\n message: \"Hello from second workflow\"\n" }
]
}
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curl \
-X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/workflows?overwrite=false" \
-H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
-H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"workflows": [
{ "yaml": "name: Example definition\nenabled: true\ndescription: This is a workflow example\ntriggers:\n - type: manual\ninputs:\n - name: message\n type: string\n default: \"hello world\"\nsteps:\n - name: hello_world_step\n type: console\n with:\n message: \"{{ inputs.message }}\"\n" },
{ "id": "workflow-b2c3d4e5-f6a7-8901-bcde-f12345678901", "yaml": "name: Second workflow\nenabled: false\ndescription: Another workflow\ntriggers:\n - type: manual\nsteps:\n - name: log_step\n type: console\n with:\n message: \"Hello from second workflow\"\n" }
]
}'
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Example request for creating multiple workflows at once
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POST kbn:/api/workflows
{
"workflows": [
{
"yaml": "name: Example definition\nenabled: true\ndescription: This is a workflow example\ntriggers:\n - type: manual\ninputs:\n - name: message\n type: string\n default: \u0022hello world\u0022\nsteps:\n - name: hello_world_step\n type: console\n with:\n message: \u0022{{ inputs.message }}\u0022\n"
},
{
"id": "workflow-b2c3d4e5-f6a7-8901-bcde-f12345678901",
"yaml": "name: Second workflow\nenabled: false\ndescription: Another workflow\ntriggers:\n - type: manual\nsteps:\n - name: log_step\n type: console\n with:\n message: \u0022Hello from second workflow\u0022\n"
}
]
}
Generated from the API spec
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curl \
-X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/workflows" \
-H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
-H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"workflows": [
{
"yaml": "name: Example definition\nenabled: true\ndescription: This is a workflow example\ntriggers:\n - type: manual\ninputs:\n - name: message\n type: string\n default: \u0022hello world\u0022\nsteps:\n - name: hello_world_step\n type: console\n with:\n message: \u0022{{ inputs.message }}\u0022\n"
},
{
"id": "workflow-b2c3d4e5-f6a7-8901-bcde-f12345678901",
"yaml": "name: Second workflow\nenabled: false\ndescription: Another workflow\ntriggers:\n - type: manual\nsteps:\n - name: log_step\n type: console\n with:\n message: \u0022Hello from second workflow\u0022\n"
}
]
}'
Generated from the API spec
Response
Example response after creating multiple workflows
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{
"created": [
{
"id": "workflow-a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
"name": "Example definition"
},
{
"id": "workflow-b2c3d4e5-f6a7-8901-bcde-f12345678901",
"name": "Second workflow"
}
],
"failures": [],
"total": 2
}