How to call workflow from api flow and get output

Hope someone can offer some experience here and It may not be possible . From an api flow can a workflow be called and then return via an output variable to the flow. I know that a workflow can be started using ionapi and api /v1/workflow/start. however can I pass the json body parameters in an api call ? Also is it possible to get the output back from any caled workflow using output variables of the workflow. The use case is to call an api flows , call a workflow, get some output and call another api. etc. Similar to what is possible within workflow / document flow. Thanks.

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unknown

Hi Gurmaj
when you call an API to start a workflow the only return value you get is the workflow ID

gsingh

Hi Giampaolo, Thanks . i was looking for a way to initiate a document flow or workflow from an api flow. and get some response to call another api. Is that possible somehow ? thanks. Gurmaj

Danil Klemeshov

Hi Gurmaj,

You can call this another API from a workflow.

Kevin Heiman

You can start workflows via several methods, one of which is API.

Document flows are started based on an event such as a message arriving / being pulled, not started via API.

You could create a trigger BOD for either of these scenarios.

Workflows are loosely coupled so the methods to provide feedback are asynchronous to the flow. You would have to use the Output on the workflow option, or have the workflow call some API that triggers the next flow (not the same flow) unless you want to loop in your workflow, but that woudl be questionable.

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