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Laravel Flow Builder

A production-ready Laravel package for no-code and low-code workflow automation.

Build business flows using triggers and visual nodes, then execute them through model events, webhooks, or scheduled tasks.

Why Laravel Flow Builder?

• Replace complex business logic with visual flows
• Reduce development time
• Centralize automation
• Scalable & queue-ready

Use Cases

• E-commerce automation
• CRM workflows
• Notifications pipelines
• ERP systems

Contents

• Features
• Requirements
• Download and Installation
• Publish Assets
• Configuration
• Package UI and Routes
• API Endpoints
• Quick Start
• Node Types
• Trigger Types
• Artisan Commands
• Queue and Scheduler Setup
• Extend with Custom Executors
• Manual Execution in Code
• Environment Variables
• License

Features

• Visual flow builder UI for creating and managing flows
• Trigger-based execution: model events, webhook calls, and schedule
• Built-in node system:
  • trigger
  • condition
  • action
  • operation
  • integration
• Action operations for CRUD, query, notifications, email, and WhatsApp
• Operation nodes for sum, subtract, multiply, divide, text formatting, and loops
• Integration nodes for webhook, WhatsApp, Firebase, and Google Drive placeholder
• Template variable resolution with mustache syntax, for example {{order.total}}
• Per-node execution logs and flow execution history
• Queue-ready architecture for asynchronous execution
• Infinite loop protection via configurable node execution limits
• Extensible executor map for custom node types

Requirements

• PHP 8.1 or higher
• Laravel 11, 12 or 13

Download and Installation

Install from Packagist:

Run migrations:

Publish Assets

Publish configuration file:

Publish package views (optional customization):

Configuration

After publishing, configure the package in config/flow-builder.php.

Key options:

• queue.enabled: Enable or disable queue execution (default: false)
• queue.connection: Queue connection name
• queue.queue: Queue name (default: flows)
• retry.max_attempts: Retry attempts for failed jobs
• retry.delay: Delay between retries
• max_node_executions: Loop protection threshold
• route_prefix: API prefix (default: api/flow-builder)
• route_middleware: API middleware stack
• web_prefix: Web UI prefix (default: flow-builder)
• web_middleware: Web UI middleware stack
• logging.enabled: Enable flow logging
• logging.channel: Log channel override
• executors: Register custom executors
• integrations: Service credentials for WhatsApp, Firebase, and Google Drive

Package UI and Routes

Web UI base route:

• /flow-builder

Main UI pages:

• Dashboard
• Flows
• Executions
• Integrations
• Package Guide

All UI route settings can be changed through config/flow-builder.php.

API Endpoints

Default API prefix: /api/flow-builder

• POST /webhook/{flow}
• POST /flows/{flow}/execute

Both endpoints accept JSON payloads as flow input.

Quick Start

1) Create a flow

2) Add a trigger

3) Add nodes and connections

Use the builder UI, or create nodes programmatically with FlowNode and FlowConnection.

4) Execute manually via API

Node Types

trigger

Entry point for flow execution and payload mapping.

condition

Evaluates logical rules and follows true or false branch connections.

Supported operators include:

• equals
• not_equals
• greater_than
• less_than
• greater_or_equal
• less_or_equal
• contains
• not_contains
• starts_with
• ends_with
• in
• exists
• not_exists

action

Supported built-in actions:

• create
• update
• delete
• increment
• decrement
• get
• first
• find
• send_notification
• send_email
• send_whatsapp

operation

Supported operation types:

• sum
• subtract
• multiply
• divide
• format_text
• loop

integration

Supported integration types:

• webhook
• whatsapp
• firebase
• google_drive (placeholder implementation)

Trigger Types

• model: Triggered by Eloquent model events
• webhook: Triggered by external HTTP request
• schedule: Triggered by cron expression via command

Artisan Commands

Queue and Scheduler Setup

If you use scheduled triggers, register this command in your scheduler:

If queue execution is enabled, make sure your queue worker is running:

Extend with Custom Executors

Implement the executor contract:

Register in config/flow-builder.php:

Manual Execution in Code

Environment Variables

• FLOW_BUILDER_QUEUE_ENABLED
• FLOW_BUILDER_QUEUE_CONNECTION
• FLOW_BUILDER_QUEUE_NAME
• FLOW_BUILDER_LOG_CHANNEL
• FLOW_BUILDER_WHATSAPP_API_URL
• FLOW_BUILDER_WHATSAPP_API_KEY
• FLOW_BUILDER_FIREBASE_SERVER_KEY
• FLOW_BUILDER_GOOGLE_DRIVE_CREDENTIALS

License

MIT. See LICENSE for details.

Developed by ArabiaCode.

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