The following are some questions and answers from the Okta Workflows community office hours on Thursday, October 10, 2024. I edit some questions for clarity.

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Office hours questions and answers

How do you extract a value from a JSON object?

We have several KB articles showing how to get values from a JSON object:

• Examples Extracting Values from a JSON Object in Workflows.
• How to Extract Key-Value Pairs from a JSON Payload with Multiple Objects in Workflows.
• How To Get Multiple Values From an API Call JSON Response in Okta Workflows.
• Access JSON Data in an API Response.

I’m new to Okta Workflows. What can I build with Workflows?

We recommend reviewing the available Workflows templates to learn what is possible. Click Templates from the Workflows home page.

Then, complete the step-by-step tutorials from the Getting Started with Okta Workflows page and review all the other resources.

How do I build an API call with pagination?

The following video shows how to build an API call with pagination:

Can we access Okta table from another app via API call?

You can access a flow via an API call, and the flow can access the table. However, there is no API to access a table directly.

The following shows an example.

Workflows table:

The flow you invoke via an API call:

Running the flow returns:

{
  "Grocery List": [
    "Bread",
    "Butter",
    "Milk",
    "Eggs"
  ],
  "statusCode": 200
}

What is your advice about suing service accounts for connector connections?

Our guidance is to use service accounts whenever possible.

How do you build the following flow? Check if a group exits. If yes, add a user to the group. If the group doesn’t exist, create it and add the user to it.

The following flow shows a high-level solution:

The flow starts with searching for a group.

If the group already exists, add the user to it. If it doesn’t exist, create it and add the user to it.

Okta Workflows resources

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📺 Learn from Workflows videos.

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