workflows

API endpoint base: https://pirca.arvadosapi.com/arvados/v1/workflows

Object type: 7fd4e

Example UUID: zzzzz-7fd4e-0123456789abcde

Resource

Stores a Common Workflow Language (CWL) computational workflow that can be searched for, browsed and executed (submitted to Crunch) from the workbench.

Each Workflow offers the following optional attributes, in addition to the Common resource fields:

Attribute	Type	Description	Example
name	string	If not specified, will be set to any “name” from the “definition” attribute.
description	string	If not specified, will be set to any “description” from the “definition” attribute.
definition	string	A “Common Workflow Language” document.	Visit Common Workflow Language for details.

Methods

See Common resource methods for more information about create, delete, get, list, and update.

Required arguments are displayed in green.

Supports federated create, delete, get, list, and update.

create

Create a new Workflow.

Arguments:

Argument	Type	Description	Location	Example
workflow	object	Workflow resource	request body

delete

Delete an existing Workflow.

Arguments:

Argument	Type	Description	Location	Example
uuid	string	The UUID of the Workflow in question.	path

get

Get a Workflow’s metadata by UUID.

Arguments:

Argument	Type	Description	Location	Example
uuid	string	The UUID of the Workflow in question.	path

list

List workflows.

See common resource list method.

update

Update attributes of an existing Workflow.

Arguments:

Argument	Type	Description	Location	Example
uuid	string	The UUID of the Workflow in question.	path
workflow	object		query

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