Initialising a process flow & sending data via the Patchworks API

Introduction

This section walks through the steps required to pass data from your own system into a Patchworks process flow, via the Patchworks API.

Assumptions

To complete these steps it's assumed that you have:

• Registered for a Patchworks account and have a username and password to access your Patchworks dashboard

• Built at least one process flow that you want to update via the Patchworks API

What you need to do

The required steps are detailed in the following stages:

Stage #	Action	Tool
1	Prepare your data	Your preferred text editor
2	Map your payload data	Patchworks dashboard (process flows)
3	Obtain the process flow ID & version for API requests	Patchworks dashboard (process flows)
4	Obtain a token for Patchworks API authentication	Postman
5	Initialise a process flow and send data via the Patchworks API	Postman

In this guide we're using Postman for API calls - you can use your preferred tool for these steps.