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Step Context

The Step Context resource returns the full execution context for a single Step of a Flow Execution, including the variables and data available to the Widget when that Step ran.

Context Properties

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Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescriptionChild properties
accountSidSID<AC>

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the Account that created the ExecutionStepContext resource.

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

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.

executionSidSID<FN>

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the context's Execution resource.

Pattern: ^FN[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
stepSidSID<FT>

Optional

Not PII

The SID of the Step that the context is associated with.

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

Optional

Not PII

The absolute URL of the resource.

Fetch a single step context

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

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
stepSidSID<FT>
required
Not PII

The SID of the Step to fetch.

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

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  const stepContext = 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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    .stepContext()

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    .fetch();

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  console.log(stepContext.accountSid);

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}

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fetchExecutionStepContext();

Response

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{

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  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",

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  "context": {

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    "foo": "bar"

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  },

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  "flow_sid": "FWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",

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  "execution_sid": "FNXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",

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  "step_sid": "FTXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",

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

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}