/start-flow
http://appflow.{region}.amazonaws.com/start-flowActivates an existing flow. For on-demand flows, this operation runs the flow immediately. For schedule and event-triggered flows, this operation activates the flow.
Body Params
The specified name of the flow. Spaces are not allowed. Use underscores (_) or hyphens (-) only.
<p>The <code>clientToken</code> parameter is an idempotency token. It ensures that your <code>StartFlow</code> request completes only once. You choose the value to pass. For example, if you don't receive a response from your request, you can safely retry the request with the same <code>clientToken</code> parameter value.</p> <p>If you omit a <code>clientToken</code> value, the Amazon Web Services SDK that you are using inserts a value for you. This way, the SDK can safely retry requests multiple times after a network error. You must provide your own value for other use cases.</p> <p>If you specify input parameters that differ from your first request, an error occurs for flows that run on a schedule or based on an event. However, the error doesn't occur for flows that run on demand. You set the conditions that initiate your flow for the <code>triggerConfig</code> parameter.</p> <p>If you use a different value for <code>clientToken</code>, Amazon AppFlow considers it a new call to <code>StartFlow</code>. The token is active for 8 hours.</p>
Responses
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"id": "abc123",
"created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": {
"code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
"message": "Invalid request parameters"
}
}1curl --request POST \2 --url 'http://appflow.{region}.amazonaws.com/start-flow' \3 --header 'accept: application/json' \4 --header 'content-type: application/json'1{2 "success": true,3 "data": {4 "id": "abc123",5 "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"6 }7}