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Directus / @directus/sdk / rest / createFlow

Function: createFlow() ​

createFlow<Schema, TQuery>(item, query?): RestCommand<IfAny<Schema, Record<string, any>, { [K in string | number | symbol]: Merge<MappedFunctionFields<Schema, UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, { accountability: (...) | (...); color: (...) | (...); date_created: (...) | (...); description: (...) | (...); icon: (...) | (...); id: string; name: string; operation: (...) | (...) | (...); options: (...) | (...); status: string; trigger: (...) | (...); user_created: (...) | (...) | (...) }, "directus_flows" extends keyof (...) ? (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...) : { accountability: ...; color: ...; date_created: ...; description: ...; icon: ...; id: ...; name: ...; operation: ...; options: ...; status: ...; trigger: ...; user_created: ... }>>> extends FF ? MapFlatFields<UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, { accountability: (...) | (...); color: (...) | (...); date_created: (...) | (...); description: (...) | (...); icon: (...) | (...); id: string; name: string; operation: (...) | (...) | (...); options: (...) | (...); status: string; trigger: (...) | (...); user_created: (...) | (...) | (...) }, "directus_flows" extends keyof (...) ? (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...) : { accountability: ...; color: ...; date_created: ...; description: ...; icon: ...; id: ...; name: ...; operation: ...; options: ...; status: ...; trigger: ...; user_created: ... }>>, FieldsWildcard<UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, { accountability: ...; color: ...; date_created: ...; description: ...; icon: ...; id: ...; name: ...; operation: ...; options: ...; status: ...; trigger: ...; user_created: ... }, (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)>>, Exclude<UnpackList<Mutable<(...)>>, PickRelationalFields<(...)> extends never ? never : AllKeys<(...)>>>, FF extends Record<string, string> ? FF<FF> : Record<string, string>> : never, PickRelationalFields<UnpackList<Mutable<TQuery["fields"]>>> extends never ? never : { [Field in string | number | symbol]: Field extends keyof UnpackList<IfAny<(...), (...), (...)>> ? Extract<(...)[(...)], ItemType<(...)>> extends RelatedCollection ? IsNullable<(...)[(...)], (...) | (...), (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)> : never : never }>[K] }>, Schema>

Defined in: rest/commands/create/flows.ts:40

Create a new flow.

Type Parameters ​

• Schema

• TQuery extends Query<Schema, DirectusFlow<Schema>>

Parameters ​

item ​

Partial<DirectusFlow<Schema>>

The flow to create

query? ​

TQuery

Optional return data query

Returns ​

RestCommand<IfAny<Schema, Record<string, any>, { [K in string | number | symbol]: Merge<MappedFunctionFields<Schema, UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, { accountability: (...) | (...); color: (...) | (...); date_created: (...) | (...); description: (...) | (...); icon: (...) | (...); id: string; name: string; operation: (...) | (...) | (...); options: (...) | (...); status: string; trigger: (...) | (...); user_created: (...) | (...) | (...) }, "directus_flows" extends keyof (...) ? (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...) : { accountability: ...; color: ...; date_created: ...; description: ...; icon: ...; id: ...; name: ...; operation: ...; options: ...; status: ...; trigger: ...; user_created: ... }>>> extends FF ? MapFlatFields<UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, { accountability: (...) | (...); color: (...) | (...); date_created: (...) | (...); description: (...) | (...); icon: (...) | (...); id: string; name: string; operation: (...) | (...) | (...); options: (...) | (...); status: string; trigger: (...) | (...); user_created: (...) | (...) | (...) }, "directus_flows" extends keyof (...) ? (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...) : { accountability: ...; color: ...; date_created: ...; description: ...; icon: ...; id: ...; name: ...; operation: ...; options: ...; status: ...; trigger: ...; user_created: ... }>>, FieldsWildcard<UnpackList<IfAny<Schema, { accountability: ...; color: ...; date_created: ...; description: ...; icon: ...; id: ...; name: ...; operation: ...; options: ...; status: ...; trigger: ...; user_created: ... }, (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)>>, Exclude<UnpackList<Mutable<(...)>>, PickRelationalFields<(...)> extends never ? never : AllKeys<(...)>>>, FF extends Record<string, string> ? FF<FF> : Record<string, string>> : never, PickRelationalFields<UnpackList<Mutable<TQuery["fields"]>>> extends never ? never : { [Field in string | number | symbol]: Field extends keyof UnpackList<IfAny<(...), (...), (...)>> ? Extract<(...)[(...)], ItemType<(...)>> extends RelatedCollection ? IsNullable<(...)[(...)], (...) | (...), (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)> : never : never }>[K] }>, Schema>

Returns the flow object for the created flow.