Hello, UiPath community!
We’re pleased to announce that UiPath API Workflows are now generally available to all our customers. With a new way to build and run API automations on the UiPath Platform, we are taking a major step in enabling APIs as the backbone of agentic automation and unlocking complex system-to-system integration scenarios.
And the good news doesn’t stop there: for the next 30 days, until December 20, you will be able to use API Workflows free of charge. Our goal is for you to be able to test API Workflows in real-world scenarios and build something cool from day 1. Eager to get started? Read more about API Workflows below, or head over to UiPath Studio to start building.
What is an API Workflow?
An API Workflow on the UiPath Platform is a composite service, purpose-built for API integration use cases – perfect for building deterministic logic to manage and safeguard interactions with critical business systems and data. Designed for system-to-system communication, API Workflows allow for transformation, validation, and orchestration of API payloads using a dedicated design-time and runtime experience.
Watch a demo to see API Workflows in action:
Key technical capabilities of API Workflows
- Visual designer made for system-to-system orchestration: API Workflows come with a visual designer built specifically for system-to-system automation.
- Connect to everything: Start with prebuilt UiPath connectors or build your own using Connector Builder. You can also call any REST API directly with OpenAPI specs or HTTP activities. Define your own inputs, outputs, and variables to fit the systems you’re integrating.
- Built-in JavaScript support: Write and run JavaScript directly inside your workflow for data transformation, calculations, or edge cases. No need to manage separate scripts or external tools – everything happens in one place.
- Deterministic, multi-step workflows: Design predictable, multi-step workflows that hide complexity and expose clean, reusable logic. They’re versionable, composable, and easy to trigger or maintain.
- Fast, scalable, and serverless: API Workflows run on a lightweight, serverless engine that scales automatically. They execute in milliseconds, handle thousands of concurrent runs, and don’t require bots, schedulers, or infrastructure management.
- Built for real-time and high-throughput scenarios: API Workflows can be triggered by business events, apps, or agents and respond instantly – ideal for real-time automation or high-volume data flows.
- Deeply integrated, fully connected: Because API Workflows are part of the broader UiPath Platform, you can build automations that bridge UIs and APIs, humans and systems, reactive and proactive. Your projects share common assets, resources, and governance, so logic stays consistent and manageable wherever it runs.
- AI-assisted building experience: With UiPath Autopilot, you can use AI to generate expressions, build and edit workflows – so you spend less time trying to figure things out, and more on solving real problems.
What are some use cases for API workflows?
API Workflows are ideal if you want to:
- Keep data consistent across systems: ensure data synchronization across applications, reducing manual reconciliation and data inconsistencies. For example:
- Sync customer profiles between Salesforce, Zendesk, and internal CRM tools.
- Align financial records between billing systems and ERPs like NetSuite or SAP.
- Automate multi-step processes: build integrations that span multiple systems and require complex logic. For example:
- Capture leads from marketing tools, create CRM entries, and notify via Slack.
- Fulfill e-commerce orders by verifying inventory and confirming payments.
- Automate employee onboarding across HR, IT, and communication tools.
- Compose and expose services as APIs: abstract complex data logic and workflows behind a clean, reusable endpoint. For example:
- Combine customer data from CRM, transaction systems, and support platforms.
- Aggregate inventory, license status, and promotions into a unified API.
- Create secure, filtered views of sensitive HRIS data for downstream use.
When you pair API Workflows with other UiPath capabilities such as Maestro and Agents, they unlock even more sophisticated orchestration and agentic patterns to make your automations smarter, faster, and more connected than ever.
We’ve actually put together a few real-world examples for you to get a head start in this article here: Getting started with API Workflows: three use cases to unlock | Community blog
Ready to start building your first API workflow? Head over to Studio Web and click Create New → API Workflow. It’s as easy as that.
To learn more about API Workflows, check out the documentation page here: Studio Web - About API workflows
If you have any questions or run into any issues, please leave a comment below and our Product & Engineering team will reply as soon as possible.
We can’t wait for you to try out API Workflows, and we look forward to hearing what you’re planning to build using API automation!
Thank you!
