5-Minute Quickstart

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Step 1: Create a New Flow

1. Open the Quixa Platform.
2. In the left sidebar, click the + New Flow button or use the header toolbar icon.
3. Give your workflow a descriptive name (e.g. User Authentication & Profile Retrieval).
4. Click anywhere on the empty canvas to set your starting focus.

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Step 2: Add an HTTP Request Node

• From an API Collection: Drag an endpoint directly from the Collections sidebar tab onto the canvas.
• Standalone Component: Drag the [ ⚡ qComponent ] (Standalone HTTP) block from the component palette.

1. Select the HTTP Method (e.g. POST).
2. Enter the Endpoint URL (e.g. https://api.example.com/auth/login).
3. Under the Body tab, provide your payload:

{
  "username": "demo_user",
  "password": "{{env.DEFAULT_PASSWORD}}"
}

4. Click Save Configuration.

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Step 3: Connect a Downstream Step & Bind Variables

1. Add a second HTTP node to the canvas: GET https://api.example.com/user/profile.
2. Connect the output handle of the Login node to the input handle of the Profile node.
3. Open the Profile node configuration and navigate to the Headers tab.
4. Set the Authorization header to use the upstream token:

Bearer {{Login.response.body.accessToken}}

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Step 4: Run the Flow & Inspect Results

1. Click the Run Flow button (▶) in the top-right header toolbar.
2. Observe real-time visual progress as nodes transition from Pending (dashed outline) to Running (spinning pulse) to Completed (green badge).
3. The Execution Results drawer will open automatically, displaying:
   • Step-by-step HTTP Traces: Exact request headers, URLs, and response bodies.
   • Latency Timings: Round-trip millisecond latencies per hop.
   • Assertions & Status Codes: Validated response contracts.

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Step 5: Next Steps

• Multi-Branch Logic (Switch Router): Route requests dynamically based on status codes or response attributes.
• Looping Engine (For, Repeat, Collect): Iterate through arrays and collect batch outputs.
• Test Suites Pipeline: Bundle flows into sequential or parallel regression suites.