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Your First Workflow

This guide walks through building a practical workflow: an HTTP webhook receives a request, checks a value in the payload, and routes the result down two different branches.

What you'll build​

A webhook-triggered workflow that:

  1. Receives an incoming HTTP request
  2. Checks whether a status field equals "active"
  3. Logs different variables depending on the result

Step 1 — Add a Webhook Trigger​

In the Toolbox, drag a Webhook Trigger onto the canvas. Click the node to open its properties and give it a name like Incoming Request. Leave verification disabled for now.

Publish the workflow after this step. The webhook URL is only registered when the workflow is published.

Step 2 — Add an If/Else node​

Drag an If/Else node onto the canvas below the trigger. Connect the Webhook Trigger's output port to the If/Else input port.

Click the If/Else node and configure:

  • Variable: {{ $inputs.body.status }}
  • Operation: Is Equal To
  • Compare Value: active

This evaluates the status field from the webhook payload.

Step 3 — Add branches​

The If/Else node has two output ports: true and false.

  • Drag a Variable node and connect it to the true port. Set key result and value User is active.
  • Drag another Variable node and connect it to the false port. Set key result and value User is inactive.

Step 4 — Save and publish​

Click Save, then Publish. After publishing, open the workflow in view mode and locate the registered webhook URL in the Webhook Trigger node's properties.

Step 5 — Test it​

Send a POST request to your webhook URL:

curl -X POST https://your-instance/webhooks/your-workflow-id \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"status": "active"}'

Check Logs to see the execution. The If/Else node should have routed to the true branch, and the Variable node should show result = User is active in its variables snapshot.

What's next​