VAPI•7mo ago

How to access request body from API request inside of Workflows

hi im just wondering how do i access the request body after i make an API request. The request is going to make.com and its sending a reponse back but idk how to configure my workflow to respond based on the request body

Workflow ID
3e60a010-c7f3-4157-93b2-b5b723336e09

Vapi Support BotAPP•6/12/25, 12:15 AM

To access the response body from your API request in a Vapi Workflow, define an output schema in your API Request node that matches the keys in your response. For your example, use:

{
  "output": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "found": { "type": "boolean" },
      "message": { "type": "string" },
      "BusinessName": { "type": "string" }
    }
  }
}

{
  "output": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "found": { "type": "boolean" },
      "message": { "type": "string" },
      "BusinessName": { "type": "string" }
    }
  }
}

After this, you can use {{found}}{{found}}, {{message}}{{message}}, and {{BusinessName}}{{BusinessName}} in conditions and prompts in later nodes.
Tip: Make sure the property names match your API's response exactly for the variables to be available in your workflow.

Source:

API Request Node Documentation

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Lltd-scarlet To access the response body from your API request in a Vapi Workflow, define an ...

sacred-roseOP•6/12/25, 12:24 AM

how do i configure this in the workflow dashbaord ui

VapiAPP•6/12/25, 3:22 PM

Hey Zimmy, let me check with the team and get back to you on this. Why you can't extract the data out of the API request node?

Ccomprehensive-tomato Hey Zimmy, let me check with the team and get back to you on this. Why you can't...

sacred-roseOP•6/14/25, 3:23 AM

idk how to
its not within your documentation so was just asking how to do this
so far theres no way for me to see what the reponse looks like or how i can access those values

VapiAPP•6/17/25, 12:38 AM

Hey Zimmy, I checked with my team, and the API request node for output extraction is supported, but it's currently not supported at the frontend. Instead, it's supported at the backend. You can expect this feature to be deployed live in production within two to three days for the frontend as well.

comprehensive-tomato•6/18/25, 9:35 PM

We will get an announcement when this goes live?

VapiAPP•6/19/25, 2:59 AM

Yes, you will get to know through announcements once this feature is live.

brilliant-lime•6/21/25, 1:35 AM

@Shubham Bajaj This does not work on the backend either. No matter what I do and where I put the object, all my requests to update a workflow node are rejected saying I should not specify "output"

brilliant-lime•6/21/25, 1:36 AM

I've tried it in these places as well and the same error persists...

VapiAPP•6/23/25, 12:22 PM

Can you send the complete payload?

Ccomprehensive-tomato Hey Zimmy, I checked with my team, and the API request node for output extractio...

sacred-roseOP•6/25/25, 6:42 AM

any update on this

VapiAPP•6/26/25, 6:21 PM

Thank you for sending the payload. We are reviewing the details of your request and will reach out to you when we have an update or if we need additional information.

VapiAPP•6/29/25, 9:14 PM

We will need some more information. Could you please send the complete payload in a file attachment?

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