Getting Started

Welcome to Flowcathon! This is a workshop where you will learn the basics of the Flowcore platform.

Communication

Generally, before the event starts, we will send you an email with the access credentials necessary to complete the challenges.

Alternatively, you can join our Discord server, to which we’ll add a dedicated channel for the workshop, and give you access, in order to obtain the the necessary credentials.

Note

If you choose to use Flowcore actively, then we recommend you to join our Discord server, as this is a fast way to get a hold of us - where you can ask for help, suggest features, promote your solutions and report bugs.

Prerequisites

1. To get started, you will need to create a flowcore account. You can do this by going to flowcore.io and signing in with your Github account.

   Verify your account creation, by navigating to your auto-generated organiation

2. Install the flowcore cli with the following command:

   npm install -g @flowcore/cli

   You can find the full installation instructions here.

   Caution

   The flowcore cli requires node v20 or higher.

3. Run the following command to login with your flowcore account.

   flowcore login

   You can find the full login instructions here.

4. Run the following command to check that you have the correct version.

   flowcore version

   Caution

   You must have version 4.2.1 or higher.

5. Make sure that you have a method of POSTing data to a url from your machine.

   There are multiple options, depending on your operating system, and preferred tooling. Here are some examples:

   • Mac OS:
     • curl in any unix compatible terminal
   • Windows:
     • Invoke-WebRequest in Powershell
   • Software Options:
     • Postman
     • Insomnia

Note

The next few pages are protected, meaning that you will not be able to view them unless you have the correct access code, the instructors will provide you with an access code for the protected content.