Custom events are really cool, but they lack the ability to return values (like a custom state on an element) CONTEXT I am manually authenticating API requests to an API workflow in the backend. What I would like to do is create a custom event called “Authenticate” which would return a “yes” or “n…

I PM’d you! What’s in the PM: Hey Grace, Thank you for getting in touch with me… USE CASE: I am manually authenticating API requests to an API workflow in the backend. What I would like to do is create a custom event called “Authenticate” which would return a “yes” or “no” value depending on if…

That is a really good, clear example Jonah. Thanks for providing that to them. I admit, I am struggling with my exact use case… but can confidently say +1 to your example lol.

My use case pm to Grace: My app does a huge amount of calculations. Almost every value is depending on the result of the calculation before. I was struggling quite a bit until I figured out a way to fire calculations after the one before is done. Also: Sometimes I need the result from calculation …

Exactly, sometimes we need to have things happen in order. Custom events (C.E) returning values would solve this issue, because you would be able to force workflows to wait for the C.E to return something before proceeding with a condition. The biggest thing for me is being able to REUSE events. My…

Everyone is looking for this. I don’t doubt that this is in the pipeline We should also consider returning values from backend workflows as well…

i assume this is different than just making a recursive workflow using an Api so launch itself again when a condition is met, or run a different Api if another condition is met. that’s what i do. but I’m sure I’m just not understanding what’s different about the problem you have. and im sure if thi…

Returning values from custom events is completely different from scheduling an API workflow (or making an API call to yourself, as you say) The differences are… Custom events are run on the client-side Custom events (and workflow actions) just run plain old JavaScript. Making an API call reduces …

Hi. I too frequently want custom event return values. If I treat custom events like a function, there are many cases where I need to pass the result of something generated inside to the next process. Personally, the most common case is when I want to return the result of a “Create a thing” in a c…

Hi we have an ongoing project for this! Will keep you updated but we’re planning to work on this in the fall!

Other than storing values in a state, you can also put your next workflow as a different Custom Workflow and pass the Created Thing as a parameter of that Custom Workflow.

Let us return values from custom events

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grace.hong January 31, 2024, 4:18pm 34

Hi - we just released the feature to return data on custom events! Learn more here: [New Feature] Return data on custom events

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Let us return values from custom events

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