Test a workflow
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.
Execute a workflow in test mode without requiring it to be saved or enabled. Provide either a workflow ID to test a saved workflow, a YAML definition to test an unsaved draft, or both to test a modified version of an existing workflow.
Privileges
workflowsManagement:execute
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A required header to protect against CSRF attacks
{
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inputs
map string to object required
Key-value inputs for the test execution.
workflowId
string
ID of an existing workflow to test.
workflowYaml
string
YAML definition to test.
200
Indicates a successful response
application/json
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Base URL
https://{kibana_url}
Examples
Example
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Test workflow by id request
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Test workflow by yaml request
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POST kbn://api/workflows/test
{
"workflowId": "workflow-a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
"inputs": { "message": "test message" }
}
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curl \
-X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/workflows/test" \
-H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
-H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"workflowId": "workflow-a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
"inputs": { "message": "test message" }
}'
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Example request to test a saved workflow by its ID
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POST kbn:/api/workflows/test
{
"inputs": {
"message": "test message"
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"workflowId": "workflow-a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890"
}
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curl \
-X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/workflows/test" \
-H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
-H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"inputs": {
"message": "test message"
},
"workflowId": "workflow-a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890"
}'
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Response
Example response returning the test execution ID
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{
"workflowExecutionId": "test-exec-a1b2c3d4-e5f6"
}
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Example request to test an unsaved workflow YAML draft
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POST kbn:/api/workflows/test
{
"inputs": {
"message": "test message"
},
"workflowYaml": "name: Example definition\nenabled: true\ndescription: This is a workflow example\ntriggers:\n - type: manual\ninputs:\n - name: message\n type: string\n default: \u0022hello world\u0022\nsteps:\n - name: hello_world_step\n type: console\n with:\n message: \u0022{{ inputs.message }}\u0022\n"
}
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curl \
-X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/workflows/test" \
-H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
-H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"inputs": {
"message": "test message"
},
"workflowYaml": "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"
}'
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Response
Example response returning the test execution ID
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{
"workflowExecutionId": "test-exec-a1b2c3d4-e5f6"
}