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The external service will invoke this endpoint with the input data it wants to send to the workflow in the body.
Path Parameters
Request Body
The Workflow object
Schema
Client Error - Returned if the request body is invalid.
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field
Unauthorized - Returned if there is no authorization header, or if the JWT token is expired.
Schema
Forbidden - Returned if the user you are running as, doesn't have access to this end-point.
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field
Too Many Requests - Returned in response to too many requests in a given period of time - rate limited. The Retry-After header in the response includes how long to wait before trying again.
Schema
Internal Server Error - Returned if there is an unexpected error.
Schema
    messages object[]
    Generic localized reason for error
    causes object[]
    Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field