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Temporal Workflow Messaging API

Signal, query, and update running workflow executions.

Temporal Workflow Messaging API is one of 8 APIs that Temporal publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Workflow Messaging. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://{namespace}.{account}.tmprl.cloud/api/v1, http://localhost:7243/api/v1.

3 operations 3 paths 5 schemas 3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://docs.temporal.io/references/api-reference
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Temporal Workflow Messaging API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Bearer API key. On Temporal Cloud, pass an API key as Authorization: Bearer . Self-hosted deployments may use mTLS instead. Requests are scoped to the namespac…

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Workflow Messaging 3

Signal, query, and update running workflow executions.

POST
/namespaces/{namespace}/workflows/{workflow_execution.workflow_id}/signal/{signal_name}
Signal a workflow execution
signalWorkflowExecution 3 params body → 200401404429
POST
/namespaces/{namespace}/workflows/{execution.workflow_id}/query/{query.query_type}
Query a workflow execution
queryWorkflow 3 params body → 200401404
POST
/namespaces/{namespace}/workflows/{workflow_execution.workflow_id}/update/{name}
Update a workflow execution
updateWorkflowExecution 3 params body → 200401404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SignalWorkflowExecutionRequest (4 properties), Status (3 properties), QueryWorkflowResponse (2 properties), QueryWorkflowRequest (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

QueryWorkflowRequest
object
2 properties
Status
object
A google.rpc.Status-style error payload.
3 properties
QueryWorkflowResponse
object
2 properties
SignalWorkflowExecutionRequest
object
4 properties
Payloads
object
Temporal payloads envelope. Each payload carries base64-encoded metadata and data.
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

temporal-io-workflow-messaging-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Temporal publishes across the network.

Temporal Operator Service API
Temporal Cloud Operations API
Temporal Nexus API
Temporal Cluster API
Temporal Namespaces API
Temporal Workflow Lifecycle API
Temporal Workflows API