Tutorial
Build a Create Order API
A complete, hands-on walkthrough — from an empty canvas to a working, exportable backend. Same example used throughout the Workflows, Execution and Debugging reference pages — this time built step by step.
Demo placeholderThe finished Create Order workflow
Steps
7 short videosEach step is a self-contained clip with its own configuration and code. Open one to follow along.
10:18
Create a new workflow
Open a blank canvas from your dashboard and name it Create Order.
20:32
Add the API Endpoint node
Drop the entry point that receives the incoming HTTP request.
30:41
Validate the request body
Catch a malformed order before it ever reaches your database.
41:05
Store the order with a SQL node
INSERT the order, with the connection string kept in an .ENV node.
50:24
Respond to the caller
Close the chain with a 201 that returns the new order's id.
60:38
Run it
Execute the workflow end to end and watch each node light up.
70:29
Export it
Generate a ready-to-run project for the framework of your choice.