# Flow routes: create, get, list

URL: /code/api/flow/records · Id: `page:code/api/flow/records`

> The Flow Verbs create, get, list as api.sb routes, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Flow](/business/nouns/flow), one group of [Flow routes](/code/api/flow).

### Flow.create
Creates a Flow. [Verb page](/business/nouns/flow/create?interface=api).

```text
POST /{namespace}/flows
```

Body, as JSON: the inputs. Emits `Flow.created`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `persona` | [Persona](/business/nouns/persona) | Yes | The Persona it guides; its Role decides which Verbs each step offers. |
| `offer` | [Offer](/business/nouns/offer) | Yes | The Offer whose activation Event ends the Flow; time to value reads from first step to that Event. |
| `steps` | list of [Dashboard](/business/nouns/dashboard) | Yes | The Dashboards in order, first run first, each ending in the Verb that opens the next. |
| `app` | [App](/business/nouns/app) | No | The Flows an App runs on first sign-in, one per Persona and Offer, each ending at the activation Event. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `flow` | [Flow](/business/nouns/flow) | Yes | The Flow. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/leaseline.app/flows \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"persona":"persona_YdpO6wSexq","offer":"offer_2hzYe1ERo0","steps":["dashboard_QL9I0ALqO4"]}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "flow": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/flows/flow_uuJzIzjvrp",
    "$type": "Flow",
    "persona": "persona_YdpO6wSexq",
    "offer": "offer_2hzYe1ERo0",
    "steps": [
      "dashboard_QL9I0ALqO4"
    ]
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG",
    "operation": "Flow.create",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG"
  }
}
```

### Flow.get
Returns one Flow by id. [Verb page](/business/nouns/flow/get?interface=api).

```text
GET /{namespace}/flows/{id}
```

Path: `id`. Query: the other inputs. Reads only: it emits no Event.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Flow. |
| `at` | `string` | No | A time or Version name: the record as it stood then. Unset: as it stands now. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `flow` | [Flow](/business/nouns/flow) | Yes | The Flow. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
curl https://api.sb/leaseline.app/flows/flow_uuJzIzjvrp \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "$type": "Flow",
  "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/flows/flow_uuJzIzjvrp",
  "flow": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/flows/flow_uuJzIzjvrp",
    "$type": "Flow",
    "persona": "persona_YdpO6wSexq",
    "offer": "offer_2hzYe1ERo0",
    "steps": [
      "dashboard_QL9I0ALqO4"
    ]
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/flows/flow_uuJzIzjvrp",
    "up": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/flows"
  }
}
```

### Flow.list
Returns Flows, newest first, one page at a time. [Verb page](/business/nouns/flow/list?interface=api).

```text
GET /{namespace}/flows
```

Query: the inputs. Reads only: it emits no Event.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `limit` | `integer` | No | At most this many records, up to 100. The default is 20. |
| `after` | `string` | No | The cursor from the previous page. |
| `where` | `string` | No | A filter over the properties, such as `paidAt = null and total.amount > 500`. |
| `sort` | `string` | No | Properties to sort by, comma-separated; a leading minus sorts descending. |
| `total` | `boolean` | No | True adds the match count as `meta.total`, exact up to 10,000 matches and estimated above. |
| `facets` | `string` | No | Properties to count by value, comma-separated, returned as `meta.facets`. |
| `fields` | `string` | No | Properties to return on each record, comma-separated; `$id` and `$type` always return. |
| `include` | `string` | No | Related records to embed in place of their URLs, comma-separated. |
| `depth` | `integer` | No | How many levels of related records to embed. The default is 1. |
| `q` | `string` | No | Words to match across the text properties, ranked by relevance. |
| `match` | `string` | No | Ranks the search by `words`, or `meaning`; words is the default. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `flows` | list of [Flow](/business/nouns/flow) | Yes | One page of Flows. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
curl "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/flows?limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "$type": "Flow",
  "flows": [
    {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/flows/flow_uuJzIzjvrp",
      "$type": "Flow",
      "persona": "persona_YdpO6wSexq",
      "offer": "offer_2hzYe1ERo0",
      "steps": [
        "dashboard_QL9I0ALqO4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "limit": 20,
    "after": "flow_uuJzIzjvrp"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/flows?limit=20",
    "next": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/flows?after=flow_uuJzIzjvrp"
  }
}
```