I have built a email form using the Work Flow environment that produces great emails from a data file that I will be building from my operating code.
I now would like to activate the email code in the Work Flow environment to run from an instruction in my operating code.
How would I do that?
Mike
Summary
A workflow was built in Retool Workflows that generates emails from a data file, and there's a need to activate/run that workflow on demand from an external application ('operating code').
AI Response
To invoke a workflow from external code, add a webhook trigger to the workflow, then send a POST request to the workflow's endpoint URL. Authenticate the request by passing the workflow's API key in the 'X-Workflow-Api-Key' header (a ready-to-use cURL example is provided in the trigger panel), and include any needed data as a JSON payload with 'Content-Type: application/json'. Values from the payload can be referenced inside the workflow via 'startTrigger.data', so the data driving the emails can be passed in at call time.
Sources
Trigger workflows with webhooks | Retool Docs
Official guide showing how to trigger a workflow from external code via its webhook endpoint, including the required X-Workflow-Api-Key header and a sample cURL request.
Solved community topic covering how to call a workflow's endpoint/alias from an external project, mirroring the goal of invoking it from your own code.
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