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POST
/
flows
Create Flow
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.example.com/flows/ \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "tags": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "labels": {
    "key": "value1",
    "key2": 42
  }
}
'
{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "created": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "name": "<string>",
  "tags": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "labels": {
    "key": "value1",
    "key2": 42
  }
}

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Headers

​
x-prefect-api-version
string

Body

application/json

Data used by the Prefect REST API to create a flow.

​
name
string
required

The name of the flow

Pattern: ^[^/%&><]+$
Example:

"my-flow"

​
tags
string[]

A list of flow tags

Example:
["tag-1", "tag-2"]
​
labels
Labels · object

A dictionary of key-value labels. Values can be strings, numbers, or booleans.

Example:
{ "key": "value1", "key2": 42 }

Response

Successful Response

An ORM representation of flow data.

​
id
string<uuid>
required
​
created
string<date-time> | null
required
​
updated
string<date-time> | null
required
​
name
string
required

The name of the flow

Pattern: ^[^/%&><]+$
Example:

"my-flow"

​
tags
string[]

A list of flow tags

Example:
["tag-1", "tag-2"]
​
labels
Labels · object

A dictionary of key-value labels. Values can be strings, numbers, or booleans.

Example:
{ "key": "value1", "key2": 42 }