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The tool rail

When a Function, Endpoint or Workflow is open, the strip of icons on the right edge of Studio opens panels about it: Settings, Code and Error handling. Click an icon to open its panel, and again to close it.

Settings

The Settings panel shows the item’s Name, ID, Key, when it was Updated, and, for a workflow, its Tags.

  • Edit settings changes the Name, the Key of a Function or Workflow (lowercase, kebab-case, 3–39 characters; leave it empty to unset a workflow’s key) and a workflow’s Tags. An Endpoint’s key can’t change, because it’s part of its URL.
  • Version history publishes, enables and disables the item and lists its versions. See Publish and versions.
  • Archive, then Delete, retire it. See Publish and versions.

Export, edit or import a definition

Click Export, edit, or import to open Definition:

  • Export (Functions and Endpoints) shows a portable spec document you can copy into another account or keep in version control. Stored secrets are never included.
  • Edit JSON (Functions and Endpoints) edits the definition directly. Click Save to apply it.
  • Import creates a new item from a spec document and opens it. It never replaces the one you have open. The same Import button is on each list page.

To import:

  1. Click Import. The Import function, Import endpoint or Import workflow dialog opens.
  2. Paste the spec document and click Import.
  3. W6W gives the new item a fresh id and re-binds each integration the document refers to, matching it to one your account already has.

How you know it worked: the new item opens. If some references couldn’t be matched, the dialog says the item was created and lists them instead; click Open the created … and pick one of your own integrations in the affected steps or the Implementation card.

A document that contains a sealed secret value is refused. Re-enter secrets after importing instead.

Code

The Code panel reads Call this from: followed by a button per language: Node, CLI, Python and, when the item has a public URL, curl. Each opens Call from code with a ready-made snippet for this exact item, including install hints such as npm i @w6w/sdk.

The snippets read your server address from W6W_BASE_URL and your token from W6W_TOKEN. Create a token under API tokens and set both before you run them. For a workflow with several manual triggers, the dialog notes that every trigger receives the same input.

For the full client reference, see Node SDK and CLI.

Error handling

The Error handling panel decides what happens when the whole call fails. It saves as soon as you change it.

  1. Tick Retry on failure and set Attempts (default 3), Delay (ms) (default 1000) and Backoff (Fixed or Exponential).
  2. Click + Choose what runs on failure and pick an app action, a Function or a Workflow to run when the call still fails after its retries. It’s listed as App action (synchronous), Function (synchronous) or Workflow (asynchronous).
  3. Change picks a different handler; Remove handler removes it.

How you know it worked: the panel shows the handler’s name and id.

Good to know: on a workflow, retry re-runs the whole workflow from its first step, so steps that already succeeded run again. For a step that must not repeat, such as sending an email or charging a card, set retry on that step instead, in its Node settings (see The workflow editor).

Troubleshooting

SymptomCauseWhat to do
This handler would call itself with the same inputs and can loop forever.The failure handler is the item itself.Choose another handler.
An import is refusedThe document contains a sealed secret, or isn’t a valid spec document.Remove secret values from the document and import again.
An imported item fails to runSome integrations weren’t matched.Pick your own integration in the affected steps.
A snippet answers 401W6W_TOKEN isn’t set, or the token is revoked or disabled.Create a token under API tokens.

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