Operations

Manage flow operations

Operations are the building blocks within flows.

List Operations

GET /operations

Example:

curl "https://your-directus-instance.com/operations" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

Get Operation

GET /operations/:id

Create Operation

POST /operations

Request Body:

{
  "name": "Send Email",
  "key": "send_email",
  "type": "mail",
  "position_x": 10,
  "position_y": 10,
  "options": {
    "to": "[e-mail]",
    "subject": "Welcome",
    "body": "Hello {{$trigger.name}}!"
  },
  "flow": "flow-uuid"
}

Update Operation

PATCH /operations/:id

Delete Operation

DELETE /operations/:id

Operation Types

• Condition - Conditional logic
• Exec - Execute Node.js code
• Item Create - Create items
• Item Read - Read items
• Item Update - Update items
• Item Delete - Delete items
• Log - Log messages
• Mail - Send emails
• Notification - Send notifications
• Request - HTTP requests
• Sleep - Delay execution
• Transform - Transform data
• Trigger - Trigger another flow

Operation Properties

id · string

Operation UUID

name · string

Operation name

key · string

Unique key for referencing

type · string

Operation type

flow · string

Parent flow UUID

options · object

Operation-specific configuration

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