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Step

A Step is the runtime processing of a Widget, starting when that Widget is entered. Variables get set at the end of a Step.

If you're prompting a user for a text input, when they receive the inbound SMS prompt, they are actively in a Step until they exit the Widget (send a response or timeout). If the prompt is intended to set a variable, this happens at the end.

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Step Properties

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Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties
sidSID<FT>

Optional

Not PII

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

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

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the Account that created the ExecutionStep resource.

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

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the Flow.

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

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the Step's Execution resource.

Pattern: ^FN[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34
parentStepSidSID<FT>

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the parent Step.

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

Optional

Not PII

The event that caused the Flow to transition to the Step.

contextobject

Optional

PII MTL: 30 days

The current state of the Flow's Execution. As a flow executes, we save its state in this context. We save data that your widgets can access as variables in configuration fields or in text areas as variable substitution.

transitionedFromstring

Optional

Not PII

The Widget that preceded the Widget for the Step.

transitionedTostring

Optional

Not PII

The Widget that will follow the Widget for the Step.

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 related resources.

Fetch a step resource

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GET https://studio.twilio.com/v2/Flows/{FlowSid}/Executions/{ExecutionSid}/Steps/{Sid}

Path parameters

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Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription
flowSidSID<FW>
required
Not PII

The SID of the Flow with the Step to fetch.

Pattern: ^FW[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34
executionSidSID<FN>
required
Not PII

The SID of the Execution resource with the Step to fetch.

Pattern: ^FN[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34
sidSID<FT>
required
Not PII

The SID of the ExecutionStep resource to fetch.

Pattern: ^FT[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34
Fetch Execution StepLink to code sample: Fetch Execution Step
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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 fetchExecutionStep() {

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  const step = await client.studio.v2

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    .flows("FWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")

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    .executions("FNXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")

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    .steps("FTXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")

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    .fetch();

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  console.log(step.sid);

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}

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fetchExecutionStep();

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": "FTXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",

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  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "flow_sid": "FWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",

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  "execution_sid": "FNXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",

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  "name": "incomingRequest",

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  "context": {},

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  "parent_step_sid": "FTaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "transitioned_from": "Trigger",

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  "transitioned_to": "Ended",

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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/v2/Flows/FWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Executions/FNaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Steps/FTaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "links": {

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    "step_context": "https://studio.twilio.com/v2/Flows/FWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Executions/FNaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Steps/FTaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Context"

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  }

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}

Read a list of step resources

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GET https://studio.twilio.com/v2/Flows/{FlowSid}/Executions/{ExecutionSid}/Steps

Step resources are listed in reverse chronological order (most recent is first).

Path parameters

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Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription
flowSidSID<FW>
required
Not PII

The SID of the Flow with the Steps to read.

Pattern: ^FW[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34
executionSidSID<FN>
required
Not PII

The SID of the Execution with the Steps to read.

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

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 Execution StepLink to code sample: Read Execution Step
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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 listExecutionStep() {

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  const steps = await client.studio.v2

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    .flows("FWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")

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    .executions("FNXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX")

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    .steps.list({ limit: 20 });

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  steps.forEach((s) => console.log(s.sid));

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}

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listExecutionStep();

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/v2/Flows/FWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Executions/FNaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Steps?PageSize=50&Page=0",

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    "page": 0,

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    "first_page_url": "https://studio.twilio.com/v2/Flows/FWaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Executions/FNaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Steps?PageSize=50&Page=0",

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    "page_size": 50,

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    "key": "steps"

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  },

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  "steps": []

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}

Data retention and delivery

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For information on data retention in Studio, please reference the Studio User Guide. Keep in mind the following:

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Warning

Step logs are best-effort delivery. This means that the network does not guarantee that this data will be delivered.