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Workflows

A workflow is a sequence of tasks that are performed based on predefined logic. A workflow improves efficiency and reduces errors by automating a series of complex tasks that otherwise need to be performed manually and repetitively.

For more information, see Workflow.

Operations

Create an authentication provider for workflows

Request

Creates an authentication provider for reuse in Workflow tasks and supported integrations.

Security
bearerAuth
Headers
Idempotency-Keystring, <= 255 characters

Specify a unique idempotency key if you want to perform an idempotent POST or PATCH request. Do not use this header in other request types.

With this header specified, the Zuora server can identify subsequent retries of the same request using this value, which prevents the same operation from being performed multiple times by accident.

Accept-Encodingstring

Include the Accept-Encoding: gzip header to compress responses as a gzipped file. It can significantly reduce the bandwidth required for a response.

If specified, Zuora automatically compresses responses that contain over 1000 bytes of data, and the response contains a Content-Encoding header with the compression algorithm so that your client can decompress it.

Content-Encodingstring

Include the Content-Encoding: gzip header to compress a request. With this header specified, you should upload a gzipped file for the request payload instead of sending the JSON payload.

Zuora-Track-Idstring, <= 64 characters

A custom identifier for tracing the API call. If you set a value for this header, Zuora returns the same value in the response headers. This header enables you to associate your system process identifiers with Zuora API calls, to assist with troubleshooting in the event of an issue.

The value of this field must use the US-ASCII character set and must not include any of the following characters: colon (:), semicolon (;), double quote ("), and quote (').

Zuora-Versionstring

The minor API version.

For a list of available minor versions, see API upgrades.

Bodyapplication/jsonrequired
auth_providerobjectrequired

Wrapper object containing the authentication provider configuration.

{
  "auth_provider": {
    "name": "billing-basic-auth",
    "service_name": "billing",
    "description": "Basic authentication for the billing API",
    "auth_type": "basic_auth",
    "active": true,
    "credentials": { … }
  }
}

Responses

Authentication provider created successfully.

Headers
Content-Encodingstring

This header is returned if you specify the Accept-Encoding: gzip request header and the response contains over 1000 bytes of data.

Note that only the following MIME types support gzipped responses:

  • application/json
  • application/xml
  • text/html
  • text/csv
  • text/plain
RateLimit-Limitstring

The request limit quota for the time window closest to exhaustion. See rate limits for more information.

RateLimit-Remainingnumber

The number of requests remaining in the time window closest to quota exhaustion. See rate limits for more information.

RateLimit-Resetnumber

The number of seconds until the quota resets for the time window closest to quota exhaustion. See rate limits for more information.

Zuora-Request-Idstring, = 36 characters

The Zuora internal identifier of the API call. You cannot control the value of this header.

Zuora-Track-Idstring, <= 64 characters

A custom identifier for tracing the API call. If you specified a tracing identifier in the request headers, Zuora returns the same tracing identifier. Otherwise, Zuora does not set this header.

Bodyapplication/json
idstring, (uuid)required

UUID of the created authentication provider.

Example:"ffdb2cd6-d55d-4401-ac52-38d9e7c1d0cd"
statusstringrequired

Result of the create operation.

Value:"created"
Example:"created"
Response
{
  "id": "ffdb2cd6-d55d-4401-ac52-38d9e7c1d0cd",
  "status": "created"
}