Get familiar with the Postman Flows editor and canvas

Postman Flows has a visual interface that supports building API-driven applications without writing code. This guide offers a high-level overview of the Postman Flows interface and its key elements.

The Postman Flows user interface

• Flows Home button - Opens the Postman Flows home page, where you can create new flows, search your existing flows, access learning resources, and more.

• Start block - Appears in every new flow and triggers connected blocks to run. The Start block can also receive data from scenarios and flow modules.

• HTTP Request block - One of the many types of blocks that can be used in a flow.

• Group - Enables organization, documentation, and building of flows. Groups can be duplicated. For more information on organizing a flow, see Organize flows with color, annotations, and groups.

• Clone this flow - Creates a copy of a flow.

• Right sidebar - Provides access to Flows features including snapshots, scenarios, and slides.

• Minimap - Assists with navigation of larger flows.

• Add annotation - Adds a text annotation.

• Run - Runs the flow.

• Toolbar - Contains the Redo/Undo, Zoom, and Fit view buttons.

• Text annotation - Adds text to the canvas to document a flow for other users or explain complex tasks being performed.

• Console - All API activity produces entries here. Look here first when you want to debug flows or ensure that your flow is running with the expected information. To learn more, see Troubleshoot Postman Flows.

• Webhook - Create a flow that runs either whenever a specified event happens, or automatically on a schedule. More information on webhooks and automatic runs can be found in Publish a flow to the Postman cloud.

  Webhooks in Postman Flows will be deprecated and replaced with a new capability in Spring of 2025. Webhooks in Flows will remain available with Free, Basic, and Professional plans until Spring of 2025. Webhooks in Flows aren't available with Enterprise plans.