---
title: "Submit external input for a paused workflow execution"
method: POST
path: "/api/workflows/executions/{executionId}/steps/{stepId}/resume/external"
tags: ["workflows"]
---

# Submit external input for a paused workflow execution

`POST /api/workflows/executions/{executionId}/steps/{stepId}/resume/external`

**Spaces method and path for this operation:**

<div><span class="operation-verb post">post</span>&nbsp;<span class="operation-path">/s/{space_id}/api/workflows/executions/{executionId}/steps/{stepId}/resume/external</span></div>

Refer to [Spaces](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/manage-spaces) for more information.

Resume a workflow execution that is paused and waiting for external input. Submit input values as a JSON request body, authenticated with a token query parameter. Returns an HTML confirmation page.

## Path parameters

- `executionId` string, required
- `stepId` string, required

## Query parameters

- `token` string, required

## Request body

- unknown

## Response `200`

An HTML confirmation page confirming that the input was received and the workflow execution was resumed.

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