Flotiq workflows

Note

Flotiq workflows can be customized in enterprise version only. Reach out to us to discuss possible implementation.

Workflows are a powerful feature that helps teams collaborate and produce quality content. Flotiq implements workflows for all content types defined in the system, however the default workflow supports only a single state - saved. Every content object in the system carries a workflow_state field under the internal section, see last line of the snippet below:

{
    "id": "snipcart-584874",
    "name": "Gunpowder Temple Of Heaven",
    "image": [
        {
            "type": "internal",
            "dataUrl": "/api/v1/content/_media/_media-5e17192889e87"
        }
    ],
    "price": 22,
    "internal": {
        "createdAt": "2020-01-08T13:29:28+00:00",
        "deletedAt": "",
        "updatedAt": "2020-01-09T12:30:38+00:00",
        "contentType": "snipcart",
        "workflow_state": "saved"
    }
}

Custom workflows

Custom workflows can be defined in Flotiq, for example a simple editorial workflow that introduces the following states:

  • draft
  • review
  • public
  • archive

with the following possible transitions

can be used to help teams curate content, manage publication and archiving of content.

Hint

Transitions are named using the following rule: _fromState_toState

Changing the workflow of a Content Type Definition

Workflows are defined at the Content Type Definition level, in order to change the workflow of a Content Type Definition from the default one - execute a PUT update on the /api/v1/internal/contenttype/:label endpoint and provide the additional attribute pointing to the workflow identifier:

{
    "id": "d954df66-3623-11a4-ba9a-ca80993425cb",
    "name": "post",
    "label": "Blog posts",
    "internal": false,
    "workflowId":"publishing",

 //   ...

}

Transitioning objects in the workflow

Every content object created in the system will automatically be assigned the first state of the workflow, in the example above - draft. In order to transition the object to a different state use a simple PUT request to /api/v1/workflow/:content_type/:object_id endpoint with the following body:

{
    "action":"_draft_review"
}

Verifying possible transitions of an object

If you'd like to verify what are the possible transitions of an object, given its current state - you can issue a GET request to /api/v1/workflow/:content_type/:object_id, the response will contain the current state of the object as well as possible transitions from that state:

{
    "state": "public",
    "enabled_transitions": [
        {
            "name": "_public_archive",
            "froms": [
                "public"
            ],
            "tos": [
                "archive"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Published content

The public state is a special state name, which teams can use in their workflows for an easy way to query for approved content. All Flotiq endpoints support a x-visibility header, which - if set to public - will force the endpoints to limit their work to content that is in the public state.


Last update: December 5, 2023

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