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Import Workflow

Create a workflow from a portable export object, bare state, or JSON string. A workspace folder tree over 10,000 folders is a 413.

POST/api/v2/workflows/import

Authorization

apiKey
X-API-Key<token>

Your Sim API key, personal or workspace-scoped. Generate one under Settings, then API Keys. Operations that reject workspace keys say so in their own description.

In: header

Request Body

application/json

Portable workflow data and destination metadata for an import.

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://www.sim.ai/api/v2/workflows/import" \  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "workspaceId": "string",    "workflow": "string"  }'
{
  "data": {
    "id": "3b1f7c92-8d4e-4a6b-9c0d-5e2f8a714b36",
    "name": "Customer support triage",
    "description": "Routes incoming support requests to the right team.",
    "workspaceId": "a91c4b2e-6d3f-4e8a-b5c7-0d9e2f1a8c64",
    "folderPath": "/Operations",
    "createdAt": "2026-05-01T09:00:00.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-08-09T18:04:11.000Z"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "BAD_REQUEST",
    "message": "Invalid request"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "API key required"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "FORBIDDEN",
    "message": "Insufficient workspace permissions",
    "details": {
      "code": "INSUFFICIENT_WORKSPACE_ROLE"
    }
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Not found"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "CONFLICT",
    "message": "Webhook path already in use"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE",
    "message": "Request body is too large"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "LOCKED",
    "message": "Workflow is locked"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "RATE_LIMITED",
    "message": "API rate limit exceeded",
    "details": {
      "retryAfter": "2026-01-01T00:00:30.000Z"
    }
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
    "message": "Internal server error"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE",
    "message": "Service temporarily unavailable"
  }
}
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