Writing flows

Step blocks

Every key you can use inside a step block.

The content of a step block is YAML:

Key	What it does
`application`	The application to call. Must exist in your context folder.
`method`	The method of that application.
`description`	Free text shown next to the step in the UI.
`parameters`	What the method receives — usually `body`, `params`, `query`, `headers`.
`test`	The assertions for this step. See Assertions and tests.
`mimic`	Fake the response of a dependency for this step.
`retry`	`{ times, delay }` — retry the step when it fails, waiting `delay` ms.
`testKey`	The Xray Test key this step maps to (informative).

---
title: Create and read back
---

```step
application: jsonplaceholder
method: createPost
description: Create a post signed by a random author
parameters:
  body:
    title: "{{ randomString }}"
    body: "Written by {{ randomName }}"
    userId: 1
test:
  status: 201
retry:
  times: 3
  delay: 1000
```

Which parameters a method accepts is documented by the application itself: click it in the sidebar to see them, with examples ready to paste.