Create a Playbook

POST

v2.0

playbooks

Create a Playbook

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/playbooks \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "New Playbook",
  "projectId": "66e06026706e6e0016a30e12",
  "abortOnError": true,
  "timeout": 3000
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/playbooks"

payload = {
    "name": "New Playbook",
    "projectId": "66e06026706e6e0016a30e12",
    "abortOnError": True,
    "timeout": 3000
}
headers = {
    "X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'New Playbook',
    projectId: '66e06026706e6e0016a30e12',
    abortOnError: true,
    timeout: 3000
  })
};

fetch('https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/playbooks', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/playbooks",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'New Playbook',
    'projectId' => '66e06026706e6e0016a30e12',
    'abortOnError' => true,
    'timeout' => 3000
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/playbooks"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"New Playbook\",\n  \"projectId\": \"66e06026706e6e0016a30e12\",\n  \"abortOnError\": true,\n  \"timeout\": 3000\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/playbooks")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"New Playbook\",\n  \"projectId\": \"66e06026706e6e0016a30e12\",\n  \"abortOnError\": true,\n  \"timeout\": 3000\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/playbooks")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"New Playbook\",\n  \"projectId\": \"66e06026706e6e0016a30e12\",\n  \"abortOnError\": true,\n  \"timeout\": 3000\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "name": "New Playbook",
  "abortOnError": true,
  "timeout": 2000,
  "_id": "<string>",
  "createdAt": 1694518620,
  "lastChanged": 1694518620,
  "createdBy": "<string>",
  "lastChangedBy": "<string>",
  "steps": [
    {
      "text": "hello world!",
      "data": {},
      "_id": "<string>",
      "asserts": [
        {
          "params": {},
          "_id": "<string>"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

{
  "type": "Bad Request",
  "title": "Bad Request Error",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Validation failed. Missing payload.",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Unauthorized",
  "title": "Unauthorized Error",
  "status": 401,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 401,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Payment Required",
  "title": "Payment Required Error",
  "status": 402,
  "detail": "Validation failed. Missing payload.",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 402,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Forbidden",
  "title": "Forbidden Error",
  "status": 403,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Not Found",
  "title": "Not Found Error",
  "status": 404,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {},
  "logLevel": "error"
}

{
  "type": "Method Not Allowed",
  "title": "Method Not Allowed Error",
  "status": 405,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Conflict",
  "title": "Conflict Error",
  "status": 409,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1004,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Payload Too Large",
  "title": "Payload Too Large Error",
  "status": 413,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Internal Server Error",
  "title": "Internal Server Error",
  "status": 500,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Not Implemented",
  "title": "Not Implemented Error",
  "status": 501,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1009,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Bad Gateway",
  "title": "Bad Gateway Error",
  "status": 502,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Service Unavailable",
  "title": "Service Unavailable Error",
  "status": 503,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 503,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Gateway Timeout",
  "title": "Gateway Timeout Error",
  "status": 504,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

Authorizations

X-API-Key

string

header

required

Supply the API Key in the HTTP-Header

Headers

enum<string>

The Accept header specifies the media type that the client expects in the response. Available options: application/json, application/hal+json, application/xml, text/xml, text/csv. The default value is application/json.

Available options:

application/json,

application/hal+json,

application/xml,

text/xml,

text/csv

Query Parameters

resourceId

string

An Id of a resource within the corresponding project to copy from

Required string length: 24

Pattern: ^[a-z0-9]{24}$

Body

application/json

name

string

required

The name of the Playbook.

Example:

"New Playbook"

projectId

string

required

The unique identifier for the Project.

Required string length: 24

Pattern: ^[a-z0-9]{24}$

Example:

"66e06026706e6e0016a30e12"

abortOnError

boolean

If set to true, Playbook execution stops when an assertion error occurs. The default value is false.

timeout

integer

The timeout in milliseconds after which a Playbook Step is treated as failed. The default is 2000.

Required range: x >= 1

Example:

3000

Response

Playbook object successfully created.

The IEntityMeta defines meta information every entity within the system has. These are dates when a resource was created and modified as well as information about the user who initially created a resource and who modified it the last time.

name

string

The name of the Playbook

Example:

"New Playbook"

abortOnError

boolean

Flag whether to stop Playbook execution when an assert-error occurred

timeout

integer

A time (in ms) after which a playbook step is 'invalid/failed'

Required range: x >= 1

Example:

2000

_id

string

Required string length: 24

Pattern: ^[a-z0-9]{24}$

createdAt

integer

Unix-timestamp

Required range: 0 <= x <= 2147483647

Example:

1694518620

lastChanged

integer

Unix-timestamp

Required range: 0 <= x <= 2147483647

Example:

1694518620

createdBy

string

Required string length: 24

Pattern: ^[a-z0-9]{24}$

lastChangedBy

string

Required string length: 24

Pattern: ^[a-z0-9]{24}$

steps

object[]

Show child attributes

Last modified on July 22, 2026

Perform Batch OperationsPerforms batch operations on Playbooks.

Create a Playbook

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/playbooks \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "New Playbook",
  "projectId": "66e06026706e6e0016a30e12",
  "abortOnError": true,
  "timeout": 3000
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/playbooks"

payload = {
    "name": "New Playbook",
    "projectId": "66e06026706e6e0016a30e12",
    "abortOnError": True,
    "timeout": 3000
}
headers = {
    "X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'New Playbook',
    projectId: '66e06026706e6e0016a30e12',
    abortOnError: true,
    timeout: 3000
  })
};

fetch('https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/playbooks', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/playbooks",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'New Playbook',
    'projectId' => '66e06026706e6e0016a30e12',
    'abortOnError' => true,
    'timeout' => 3000
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/playbooks"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"New Playbook\",\n  \"projectId\": \"66e06026706e6e0016a30e12\",\n  \"abortOnError\": true,\n  \"timeout\": 3000\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/playbooks")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"New Playbook\",\n  \"projectId\": \"66e06026706e6e0016a30e12\",\n  \"abortOnError\": true,\n  \"timeout\": 3000\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/playbooks")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"New Playbook\",\n  \"projectId\": \"66e06026706e6e0016a30e12\",\n  \"abortOnError\": true,\n  \"timeout\": 3000\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "name": "New Playbook",
  "abortOnError": true,
  "timeout": 2000,
  "_id": "<string>",
  "createdAt": 1694518620,
  "lastChanged": 1694518620,
  "createdBy": "<string>",
  "lastChangedBy": "<string>",
  "steps": [
    {
      "text": "hello world!",
      "data": {},
      "_id": "<string>",
      "asserts": [
        {
          "params": {},
          "_id": "<string>"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

{
  "type": "Bad Request",
  "title": "Bad Request Error",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Validation failed. Missing payload.",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Unauthorized",
  "title": "Unauthorized Error",
  "status": 401,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 401,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Payment Required",
  "title": "Payment Required Error",
  "status": 402,
  "detail": "Validation failed. Missing payload.",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 402,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Forbidden",
  "title": "Forbidden Error",
  "status": 403,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Not Found",
  "title": "Not Found Error",
  "status": 404,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {},
  "logLevel": "error"
}

{
  "type": "Method Not Allowed",
  "title": "Method Not Allowed Error",
  "status": 405,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Conflict",
  "title": "Conflict Error",
  "status": 409,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1004,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Payload Too Large",
  "title": "Payload Too Large Error",
  "status": 413,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Internal Server Error",
  "title": "Internal Server Error",
  "status": 500,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Not Implemented",
  "title": "Not Implemented Error",
  "status": 501,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1009,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Bad Gateway",
  "title": "Bad Gateway Error",
  "status": 502,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Service Unavailable",
  "title": "Service Unavailable Error",
  "status": 503,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 503,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "type": "Gateway Timeout",
  "title": "Gateway Timeout Error",
  "status": 504,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

Overview

Core Resources

Simulator

Authorizations

Headers

Query Parameters

Body

Response