Dialogflow CX Flows

Manage flows and pages in Google Dialogflow CX via REST API for organizing conversation paths.

Prerequisites

• Google Cloud project with Dialogflow CX API enabled
• Service account or OAuth credentials with Dialogflow API access
• gcloud CLI authenticated OR bearer token

Authentication

Option 1: gcloud CLI (recommended)

gcloud auth application-default login
TOKEN=$(gcloud auth print-access-token)

Option 2: Service Account

export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/path/to/service-account.json"
TOKEN=$(gcloud auth application-default print-access-token)

API Base URL

https://dialogflow.googleapis.com/v3beta1

Regional endpoints available:

• https://{region}-dialogflow.googleapis.com (e.g., us-central1, europe-west1)

Common Operations

List Flows

curl -X GET \
  "https://dialogflow.googleapis.com/v3beta1/projects/${PROJECT_ID}/locations/${LOCATION}/agents/${AGENT_ID}/flows" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}"

Create Flow

curl -X POST \
  "https://dialogflow.googleapis.com/v3beta1/projects/${PROJECT_ID}/locations/${LOCATION}/agents/${AGENT_ID}/flows" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "displayName": "Booking Flow",
    "description": "Handles flight booking conversations"
  }'

List Pages

curl -X GET \
  "https://dialogflow.googleapis.com/v3beta1/projects/${PROJECT_ID}/locations/${LOCATION}/agents/${AGENT_ID}/flows/${FLOW_ID}/pages" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}"

Create Page

curl -X POST \
  "https://dialogflow.googleapis.com/v3beta1/projects/${PROJECT_ID}/locations/${LOCATION}/agents/${AGENT_ID}/flows/${FLOW_ID}/pages" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "displayName": "Collect Destination",
    "entryFulfillment": {
      "messages": [
        {
          "text": {
            "text": ["Where would you like to fly?"]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }'

Key Resources

Quick Reference

For detailed API reference:

• Flows & Pages: See references/flows.md

Scripts

• scripts/flows.py — CLI wrapper for flows and pages operations

Usage

python scripts/flows.py list-flows --agent AGENT_NAME
python scripts/flows.py list-pages --flow FLOW_NAME
python scripts/flows.py get-flow --flow FLOW_NAME
python scripts/flows.py get-page --page PAGE_NAME

Tips

• Every agent has a default "Default Start Flow"
• Pages represent conversation states
• Use transition routes to move between pages based on intents or conditions
• Train flows after making changes to update NLU