API

Learn more about the details of some of the most used APIs: prediction, vector-upsert

Refer to API Reference for full list of public APIs

Prediction

Create a new prediction

post

Create a new prediction

Authorizations

Path parameters

idstringRequired

Chatflow ID

Body

application/jsonmultipart/form-data

questionstringOptional

The question being asked

overrideConfigobjectOptional

The configuration to override the default prediction settings (optional)

historyobject[]Optional

The history messages to be prepended (optional)

uploadsobject[]Optional

Responses

application/json

objectOptional

post

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /prediction/{id} HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Authorization: Bearer JWT
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 278

{
  "question": "text",
  "overrideConfig": {},
  "history": [
    {
      "role": "apiMessage",
      "content": "Hello, how can I help you?"
    }
  ],
  "uploads": [
    {
      "type": "file",
      "name": "image.png",
      "data": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABgAAAAYCAYAAADgdz34AAABjElEQVRIS+2Vv0oDQRDG",
      "mime": "image/png"
    }
  ]
}

application/jsonmultipart/form-data

{
  "text": "text",
  "json": {},
  "question": "text",
  "chatId": "text",
  "chatMessageId": "text",
  "sessionId": "text",
  "memoryType": "text",
  "sourceDocuments": [
    {
      "pageContent": "This is the content of the page.",
      "metadata": {
        "author": "John Doe",
        "date": "2024-08-24"
      }
    }
  ],
  "usedTools": [
    {
      "tool": "Name of the tool",
      "toolInput": {
        "input": "search query"
      },
      "toolOutput": "text"
    }
  ],
  "fileAnnotations": [
    {
      "filePath": "path/to/file",
      "fileName": "file.txt"
    }
  ]
}

Using Python/TS Library

Flowise provides 2 libraries:

• Python: pip install flowise
• Typescript: npm install flowise-sdk

Python SDK

from flowise import Flowise, PredictionData

def test_non_streaming():
    client = Flowise()

    # Test non-streaming prediction
    completion = client.create_prediction(
        PredictionData(
            chatflowId="<chatflow-id>",
            question="What is the capital of France?",
            streaming=False
        )
    )

    # Process and print the response
    for response in completion:
        print("Non-streaming response:", response)

def test_streaming():
    client = Flowise()

    # Test streaming prediction
    completion = client.create_prediction(
        PredictionData(
            chatflowId="<chatflow-id>",
            question="Tell me a joke!",
            streaming=True
        )
    )

    # Process and print each streamed chunk
    print("Streaming response:")
    for chunk in completion:
        print(chunk)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Run non-streaming test
    test_non_streaming()

    # Run streaming test
    test_streaming()

Typescript SDK

import { FlowiseClient } from 'flowise-sdk'

async function test_streaming() {
  const client = new FlowiseClient({ baseUrl: 'http://localhost:3000' });

  try {
    // For streaming prediction
    const prediction = await client.createPrediction({
      chatflowId: 'fe1145fa-1b2b-45b7-b2ba-bcc5aaeb5ffd',
      question: 'What is the revenue of Apple?',
      streaming: true,
    });

    for await (const chunk of prediction) {
        console.log(chunk);
    }
    
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error);
  }
}

async function test_non_streaming() {
    const client = new FlowiseClient({ baseUrl: 'http://localhost:3000' });
  
    try {
      // For streaming prediction
      const prediction = await client.createPrediction({
        chatflowId: 'fe1145fa-1b2b-45b7-b2ba-bcc5aaeb5ffd',
        question: 'What is the revenue of Apple?',
      });
  
      console.log(prediction);
      
    } catch (error) {
      console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

// Run non-streaming test
test_non_streaming()

// Run streaming test
test_streaming()

Override Config

Override existing input configuration of the chatflow with overrideConfig property.

Due to security reason, override config is disabled by default. User has to enable this by going into Chatflow Configuration -> Security tab. Then select the property that can be overriden.

Python API

import requests
API_URL = "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/prediction/<chatflowId>"

def query(payload):
    response = requests.post(API_URL, json=payload)
    return response.json()
    
output = query({
    "question": "Hey, how are you?",
    "overrideConfig": {
        "sessionId": "123",
        "returnSourceDocuments": true
    }
})

Javascript API

async function query(data) {
    const response = await fetch(
        "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/prediction/<chatflowId>",
        {
            method: "POST",
            headers: {
                "Content-Type": "application/json"
            },
            body: JSON.stringify(data)
        }
    );
    const result = await response.json();
    return result;
}

query({
    "question": "Hey, how are you?",
    "overrideConfig": {
        "sessionId": "123",
        "returnSourceDocuments": true
    }
}).then((response) => {
    console.log(response);
});

History

You can prepend history messages to give some context to LLM. For example, if you want the LLM to remember user's name:

Python API

import requests
API_URL = "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/prediction/<chatflowId>"

def query(payload):
    response = requests.post(API_URL, json=payload)
    return response.json()
    
output = query({
    "question": "Hey, how are you?",
    "history": [
        {
            "role": "apiMessage",
            "content": "Hello how can I help?"
        },
        {
            "role": "userMessage",
            "content": "Hi my name is Brian"
        },
        {
            "role": "apiMessage",
            "content": "Hi Brian, how can I help?"
        },
    ]
})

Javascript API

async function query(data) {
    const response = await fetch(
        "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/prediction/<chatflowId>",
        {
            method: "POST",
            headers: {
                "Content-Type": "application/json"
            },
            body: JSON.stringify(data)
        }
    );
    const result = await response.json();
    return result;
}

query({
    "question": "Hey, how are you?",
    "history": [
        {
            "role": "apiMessage",
            "content": "Hello how can I help?"
        },
        {
            "role": "userMessage",
            "content": "Hi my name is Brian"
        },
        {
            "role": "apiMessage",
            "content": "Hi Brian, how can I help?"
        },
    ]
}).then((response) => {
    console.log(response);
});

Persists Memory

You can pass a sessionId to persists the state of the conversation, so the every subsequent API calls will have context about previous conversation. Otherwise, a new session will be generated each time.

Python API

import requests
API_URL = "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/prediction/<chatflowId>"

def query(payload):
    response = requests.post(API_URL, json=payload)
    return response.json()
    
output = query({
    "question": "Hey, how are you?",
    "overrideConfig": {
        "sessionId": "123"
    } 
})

Javascript API

async function query(data) {
    const response = await fetch(
        "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/prediction/<chatflowId>",
        {
            method: "POST",
            headers: {
                "Content-Type": "application/json"
            },
            body: JSON.stringify(data)
        }
    );
    const result = await response.json();
    return result;
}

query({
    "question": "Hey, how are you?",
    "overrideConfig": {
        "sessionId": "123"
    }
}).then((response) => {
    console.log(response);
});

Variables

Pass variables in the API to be used by the nodes in the flow. See more: Variables

Python API

import requests
API_URL = "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/prediction/<chatflowId>"

def query(payload):
    response = requests.post(API_URL, json=payload)
    return response.json()
    
output = query({
    "question": "Hey, how are you?",
    "overrideConfig": {
        "vars": {
            "foo": "bar"
        }
    }
})

Javascript API

async function query(data) {
    const response = await fetch(
        "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/prediction/<chatflowId>",
        {
            method: "POST",
            headers: {
                "Content-Type": "application/json"
            },
            body: JSON.stringify(data)
        }
    );
    const result = await response.json();
    return result;
}

query({
    "question": "Hey, how are you?",
    "overrideConfig": {
        "vars": {
            "foo": "bar"
        }
    }
}).then((response) => {
    console.log(response);
});

Image Uploads

When Allow Image Upload is enabled, images can be uploaded from chat interface.

Python API

import requests
API_URL = "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/prediction/<chatflowId>"

def query(payload):
    response = requests.post(API_URL, json=payload)
    return response.json()
    
output = query({
    "question": "Can you describe the image?",
    "uploads": [
        {
            "data": 'data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgdM2uN0', # base64 string or url
            "type": 'file', # file | url
            "name": 'Flowise.png',
            "mime": 'image/png'
        }
    ]
})

Javascript API

async function query(data) {
    const response = await fetch(
        "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/prediction/<chatflowId>",
        {
            method: "POST",
            headers: {
                "Content-Type": "application/json"
            },
            body: JSON.stringify(data)
        }
    );
    const result = await response.json();
    return result;
}

query({
    "question": "Can you describe the image?",
    "uploads": [
        {
            "data": 'data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgdM2uN0', //base64 string or url
            "type": 'file', //file | url
            "name": 'Flowise.png',
            "mime": 'image/png'
        }
    ]
}).then((response) => {
    console.log(response);
});

Speech to Text

When Speech to Text is enabled, users can speak directly into microphone and speech will be transcribed into text.

Python API

import requests
API_URL = "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/prediction/<chatflowId>"

def query(payload):
    response = requests.post(API_URL, json=payload)
    return response.json()
    
output = query({
    "uploads": [
        {
            "data": 'data:audio/webm;codecs=opus;base64,GkXf', #base64 string
            "type": 'audio',
            "name": 'audio.wav',
            "mime": 'audio/webm'
        }
    ]
})

Javascript API

async function query(data) {
    const response = await fetch(
        "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/prediction/<chatflowId>",
        {
            method: "POST",
            headers: {
                "Content-Type": "application/json"
            },
            body: JSON.stringify(data)
        }
    );
    const result = await response.json();
    return result;
}

query({
    "uploads": [
        {
            "data": 'data:audio/webm;codecs=opus;base64,GkXf', //base64 string
            "type": 'audio',
            "name": 'audio.wav',
            "mime": 'audio/webm'
        }
    ]
}).then((response) => {
    console.log(response);
});

Vector Upsert API

Upsert vector embeddings

post

Upsert vector embeddings of documents in a chatflow

Authorizations

Path parameters

idstringRequired

Chatflow ID

Body

application/jsonmultipart/form-data

stopNodeIdstringOptional

In cases when you have multiple vector store nodes, you can specify the node ID to store the vectors

Example: node_1

overrideConfigobjectOptional

The configuration to override the default vector upsert settings (optional)

Responses

application/json

objectOptional

post

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /vector/upsert/{id} HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Authorization: Bearer JWT
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 43

{
  "stopNodeId": "node_1",
  "overrideConfig": {}
}

application/jsonmultipart/form-data

{
  "numAdded": 1,
  "numDeleted": 1,
  "numUpdated": 1,
  "numSkipped": 1,
  "addedDocs": [
    {
      "pageContent": "This is the content of the page.",
      "metadata": {
        "author": "John Doe",
        "date": "2024-08-24"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Document Loaders with File Upload

Some document loaders in Flowise allow user to upload files:

• CSV File
• Docx File
• Json File
• Json Lines File
• PDF File
• Text File
• Unstructured File

If the flow contains Document Loaders with Upload File functionality, the API looks slightly different. Instead of passing body as JSON, form data is being used. This allows you to send files to the API.

Make sure the sent file type is compatible with the expected file type from document loader. For example, if a PDF File Loader is being used, you should only send .pdf files.

To avoid having separate loaders for different file types, we recommend to use File Loader

Python API

import requests

API_URL = "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/vector/upsert/<chatflowId>"

# use form data to upload files
form_data = {
    "files": ('state_of_the_union.txt', open('state_of_the_union.txt', 'rb'))
}

body_data = {
    "returnSourceDocuments": True
}

def query(form_data):
    response = requests.post(API_URL, files=form_data, data=body_data)
    print(response)
    return response.json()

output = query(form_data)
print(output)

Javascript API

// use FormData to upload files
let formData = new FormData();
formData.append("files", input.files[0]);
formData.append("returnSourceDocuments", true);

async function query(formData) {
    const response = await fetch(
        "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/vector/upsert/<chatflowId>",
        {
            method: "POST",
            body: formData
        }
    );
    const result = await response.json();
    return result;
}

query(formData).then((response) => {
    console.log(response);
});

Document Loaders without Upload

For other Document Loaders nodes without Upload File functionality, the API body is in JSON format similar to Prediction API.

Python API

import requests

API_URL = "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/vector/upsert/<chatflowId>"

def query(payload):
    response = requests.post(API_URL, json=payload)
    print(response)
    return response.json()

output = query({
    "overrideConfig": { # optional
        "returnSourceDocuments": true
    }
})
print(output)

Javascript API

async function query(data) {
    const response = await fetch(
        "http://localhost:3000/api/v1/vector/upsert/<chatflowId>",
        {
            method: "POST",
            headers: {
                "Content-Type": "application/json"
            },
            body: JSON.stringify(data)
        }
    );
    const result = await response.json();
    return result;
}

query({
    "overrideConfig": { // optional
        "returnSourceDocuments": true
    }
}).then((response) => {
    console.log(response);
});

Document Upsert/Refresh API

Refer to Document Stores section for more information about how to use the API.

Upsert new document to document store

post

Upsert new document to document store

Authorizations

Path parameters

idstring · uuidRequired

Document store ID

Body

application/jsonmultipart/form-data

docIdstring · uuidOptional

Document ID within the store. If provided, existing configuration from the document will be used for the new document

loaderobjectOptional

splitterobjectOptional

embeddingobjectOptional

vectorStoreobjectOptional

recordManagerobjectOptional

Responses

application/json

objectOptional

post

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /document-store/upsert/{id} HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Authorization: Bearer JWT
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 311

{
  "docId": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
  "loader": {
    "name": "plainText",
    "config": {}
  },
  "splitter": {
    "name": "recursiveCharacterTextSplitter",
    "config": {}
  },
  "embedding": {
    "name": "openAIEmbeddings",
    "config": {}
  },
  "vectorStore": {
    "name": "faiss",
    "config": {}
  },
  "recordManager": {
    "name": "postgresRecordManager",
    "config": {}
  }
}

application/jsonmultipart/form-data

{
  "numAdded": 1,
  "numDeleted": 1,
  "numUpdated": 1,
  "numSkipped": 1,
  "addedDocs": [
    {
      "pageContent": "This is the content of the page.",
      "metadata": {
        "author": "John Doe",
        "date": "2024-08-24"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Re-process and upsert all documents in document store

post

Re-process and upsert all existing documents in document store

Authorizations

Path parameters

idstring · uuidRequired

Document store ID

Body

itemsobject[]Optional

Responses

application/json

post

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

POST /document-store/refresh/{id} HTTP/1.1
Host: 
Authorization: Bearer JWT
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 323

{
  "items": [
    {
      "docId": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
      "loader": {
        "name": "plainText",
        "config": {}
      },
      "splitter": {
        "name": "recursiveCharacterTextSplitter",
        "config": {}
      },
      "embedding": {
        "name": "openAIEmbeddings",
        "config": {}
      },
      "vectorStore": {
        "name": "faiss",
        "config": {}
      },
      "recordManager": {
        "name": "postgresRecordManager",
        "config": {}
      }
    }
  ]
}

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