# Temporal Workflows API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-workflows-api/  
**Provider:** Temporal — https://apis.io/providers/temporal-io/  
**Base URL:** https://docs.temporal.io/references/api-reference  
**Documentation:** https://docs.temporal.io/references/api-reference

Temporal Workflows API is one of 8 APIs that [Temporal](https://apis.io/providers/temporal-io/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Workflows. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

Start, describe, list, count, and read the history of workflow executions.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/temporal-io/refs/heads/main/openapi/temporal-io-workflows-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.temporal.io/references/api-reference
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/temporalio/api/blob/master/temporal/api/workflowservice/v1/service.proto
- **PostmanCollection** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/temporal-io/refs/heads/main/collections/temporal-io.postman_collection.json
- **OpenCollection** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/temporal-io/refs/heads/main/collections/temporal-io.opencollection.json

## Other Temporal APIs (7)

- [Temporal Operator Service API](https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-operator-service-api/)
- [Temporal Cloud Operations API](https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-cloud-operations-api/)
- [Temporal Nexus API](https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-nexus-api/)
- [Temporal Cluster API](https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-cluster-api/)
- [Temporal Namespaces API](https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-namespaces-api/)
- [Temporal Workflow Lifecycle API](https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-workflow-lifecycle-api/)
- [Temporal Workflow Messaging API](https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-workflow-messaging-api/)

## Tags

Workflows

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-workflows-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/temporal-io/.