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Flow

Flows are individual workflows that you create. They can handle one or more use cases.

Flow Properties

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Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties
sidSID<FW>

Optional

Not PII

The unique string that we created to identify the Flow resource.

Pattern: ^FW[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34
accountSidSID<AC>

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the Account that created the Flow resource.

Pattern: ^AC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34
friendlyNamestring

Optional

Not PII

The string that you assigned to describe the Flow.

statusenum<string>

Optional

Not PII

The status of the Flow. Can be: draft or published.

Possible values:
draftpublished
versioninteger

Optional

Not PII

The latest version number of the Flow's definition.

Default: 0
dateCreatedstring<date-time>

Optional

Not PII

The date and time in GMT when the resource was created specified in ISO 8601(link takes you to an external page) format.

dateUpdatedstring<date-time>

Optional

Not PII

The date and time in GMT when the resource was last updated specified in ISO 8601(link takes you to an external page) format.

urlstring<uri>

Optional

Not PII

The absolute URL of the resource.

linksobject<uri-map>

Optional

Not PII

The URLs of the Flow's nested resources.

Fetch a single flow

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GET https://studio.twilio.com/v1/Flows/{Sid}

Path parameters

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Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription
sidSID<FW>
required
Not PII

The SID of the Flow resource to fetch.

Pattern: ^FW[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34
Fetch FlowLink to code sample: Fetch Flow
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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install

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const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";

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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console

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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure

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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;

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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;

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const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);

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async function fetchFlow() {

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  const flow = await client.studio.v1

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    .flows("FWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")

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    .fetch();

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  console.log(flow.sid);

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}

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fetchFlow();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.
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{

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  "sid": "FWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",

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  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "friendly_name": "Test Flow",

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  "status": "published",

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  "version": 1,

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  "date_created": "2017-11-06T12:00:00Z",

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  "date_updated": null,

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  "url": "https://studio.twilio.com/v1/Flows/FWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "links": {

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    "engagements": "https://studio.twilio.com/v1/Flows/FWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Engagements",

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    "executions": "https://studio.twilio.com/v1/Flows/FWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Executions"

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  }

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}

Read a list of flows

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GET https://studio.twilio.com/v1/Flows

Query parameters

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Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription
pageSizeinteger<int64>

Optional

Not PII

How many resources to return in each list page. The default is 50, and the maximum is 1000.

Minimum: 1Maximum: 1000
pageinteger

Optional

Not PII

The page index. This value is simply for client state.

Minimum: 0
pageTokenstring

Optional

Not PII

The page token. This is provided by the API.

Read FlowLink to code sample: Read Flow
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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install

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const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";

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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console

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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure

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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;

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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;

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const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);

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async function listFlow() {

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  const flows = await client.studio.v1.flows.list({ limit: 20 });

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  flows.forEach((f) => console.log(f.sid));

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}

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listFlow();

Response

Note: This shows the raw API response from Twilio. Responses from SDKs (Java, Python, etc.) may look a little different.
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{

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  "meta": {

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    "previous_page_url": null,

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    "next_page_url": null,

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    "url": "https://studio.twilio.com/v1/Flows?PageSize=50&Page=0",

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    "page": 0,

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    "first_page_url": "https://studio.twilio.com/v1/Flows?PageSize=50&Page=0",

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    "page_size": 50,

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    "key": "flows"

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  },

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  "flows": []

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}

Delete a flow

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DELETE https://studio.twilio.com/v1/Flows/{Sid}

Path parameters

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Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription
sidSID<FW>
required
Not PII

The SID of the Flow resource to delete.

Pattern: ^FW[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34
Delete FlowLink to code sample: Delete Flow
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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install

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const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";

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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console

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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure

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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;

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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;

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const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);

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async function deleteFlow() {

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  await client.studio.v1.flows("FWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX").remove();

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}

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deleteFlow();