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Flow Validate

The Flow Validate endpoint will validate a Flow definition without creating a new Flow. It accepts the same parameters as the Create Flow method and returns {"valid":true} in the response payload if no errors were found; otherwise, if the definition fails validation, the endpoint returns an error response.

FlowValidate properties

Resource Properties in REST API format
valid
boolean Not PII

Boolean if the flow definition is valid.

Validate Flow

post
https://studio.twilio.com/v2/Flows/Validate
Parameters
Parameters in REST API format
friendly_name
Required
post string Not PII

The string that you assigned to describe the Flow.

status
Required
post ienum:status Not PII

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

definition
Required
post object Not PII

JSON representation of flow definition.

commit_message
Optional
post string Not PII

Description of change made in the revision.

Example 1
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        Validate Flow

        Troubleshoot using error details

        An error response will be returned if the given Flow definition fails validation. Use the details object in the error response to find all errors present within the definition. Each error contains a message along with the path of where the issue took place.

        For example, the initial_state parameter for this Flow definition has been changed to an invalid value:

        client.studio.v2.flowValidate
                        .update({
                           friendlyName: 'Test Flow',
                           status: 'published',
                           definition: {
                             description: 'A New Flow',
                             flags: {
                               allow_concurrent_calls: true
                             },
                             initial_state: 'test', // changed from Trigger -> test for demonstration
                             states: [
                               {
                                 name: 'Trigger',
                                 properties: {
                                   offset: {
                                     x: 0,
                                     y: 0
                                   }
                                 },
                                 transitions: [
                                 ],
                                 type: 'trigger'
                               }
                             ]
                           }
                         })
                        .then(flow_validate => console.log(flow_validate))
                        .catch(e => console.log(e.details));

        If an error response is delivered, the details will be logged to console. After the API request is made, the console logs this information:

        {
          errors: [
            {
              message: 'must match a widget name',
              property_path: '#/initial_state'
            }
          ],
          warnings: []
        }

        The message indicates that the name must be a valid Widget name. This property is located at #/initial_state, which was where the invalid value was inputted for this example.

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