Create a workflow
Base URL
https://{kibana_url}
POST
/api/workflows/workflow
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 a new workflow from a YAML definition. The YAML is validated and parsed before the workflow is saved. An optional custom ID can be provided.
Privileges
workflowsManagement:create
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A required header to protect against CSRF attacks
{
}
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
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Base URL
https://{kibana_url}
Examples
Example
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Create workflow request
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Create workflow with id request
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Request
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POST kbn://api/workflows/workflow
{
"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"
}
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curl \
-X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/workflows/workflow" \
-H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
-H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"yaml": "name: Example definition\nenabled: true\ndescription: This is a workflow example\ntriggers:\n - type: manual\ninputs:\n - name: message\n type: string\n default: \"hello world\"\nsteps:\n - name: hello_world_step\n type: console\n with:\n message: \"{{ inputs.message }}\"\n"
}'
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Example request for creating a workflow from a YAML definition
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POST kbn:/api/workflows/workflow
{
"yaml": "name: Example definition\nenabled: true\ndescription: This is a workflow example\ntriggers:\n - type: manual\ninputs:\n - name: message\n type: string\n default: \u0022hello world\u0022\nsteps:\n - name: hello_world_step\n type: console\n with:\n message: \u0022{{ inputs.message }}\u0022\n"
}
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curl \
-X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/workflows/workflow" \
-H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
-H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"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"
}'
Generated from the API spec
Response
Example response returning the created workflow
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{
"createdAt": "2025-11-20T10:30:00.000Z",
"createdBy": "elastic",
"definition": {
"description": "This is a workflow example",
"enabled": true,
"inputs": [
{
"default": "hello world",
"name": "message",
"type": "string"
}
],
"name": "Example definition",
"steps": [
{
"name": "hello_world_step",
"type": "console",
"with": {
"message": "{{ inputs.message }}"
}
}
],
"triggers": [
{
"type": "manual"
}
]
},
"description": "This is a workflow example",
"enabled": true,
"id": "workflow-a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
"lastUpdatedAt": "2025-11-20T10:30:00.000Z",
"lastUpdatedBy": "elastic",
"name": "Example definition",
"valid": true,
"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"
}
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Example request for creating a workflow with a custom ID
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POST kbn:/api/workflows/workflow
{
"id": "workflow-a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
"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"
}
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curl \
-X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/workflows/workflow" \
-H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
-H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"id": "workflow-a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
"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"
}'
Generated from the API spec
Response
Example response returning the created workflow
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{
"createdAt": "2025-11-20T10:30:00.000Z",
"createdBy": "elastic",
"definition": {
"description": "This is a workflow example",
"enabled": true,
"inputs": [
{
"default": "hello world",
"name": "message",
"type": "string"
}
],
"name": "Example definition",
"steps": [
{
"name": "hello_world_step",
"type": "console",
"with": {
"message": "{{ inputs.message }}"
}
}
],
"triggers": [
{
"type": "manual"
}
]
},
"description": "This is a workflow example",
"enabled": true,
"id": "workflow-a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
"lastUpdatedAt": "2025-11-20T10:30:00.000Z",
"lastUpdatedBy": "elastic",
"name": "Example definition",
"valid": true,
"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"
}