---
title: "Retrieve workflow step"
method: GET
path: "/v2/workflows/{workflowId}/steps/{stepId}"
tags: ["Workflows"]
---

# Retrieve workflow step

`GET /v2/workflows/{workflowId}/steps/{stepId}`

Retrieves data for a specific step in a workflow

## Path parameters

- `workflowId` string, required
- `stepId` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- StepResponseDto
  - `controls` ControlsMetadataDto, required
    - `dataSchema` object — JSON Schema for data
    - `uiSchema` UiSchema
      - `group` 'IN_APP' | 'EMAIL' | 'DIGEST' | 'DELAY' | 'THROTTLE' | 'SMS' | 'CHAT' | 'PUSH' | 'TOOL' | 'SKIP' | 'LAYOUT' | 'HTTP_REQUEST' — Group of the UI Schema
      - `properties` object — Properties of the UI Schema
  - `controlValues` object — Control values for the step (alias for controls.values)
  - `providerOverrides` object, nullable — Per-provider content overrides keyed by providerId. Stored separately from controlValues and merged over the default body at send time. Keys are ChatProviderIdEnum / ToolProviderIdEnum values (e.g. `slack`, `whatsapp-business`, `pagerduty`).
  - `variables` object, required — JSON Schema for variables, follows the JSON Schema standard
  - `stepId` string, required — Unique identifier of the step
  - `_id` string, required — Database identifier of the step
  - `name` string, required — Name of the step
  - `slug` string, required — Slug of the step
  - `type` 'in_app' | 'email' | 'sms' | 'chat' | 'push' | 'tool' | 'digest' | 'trigger' | 'delay' | 'throttle' | 'custom' | 'http_request', required — Type of the step
  - `origin` 'novu-cloud' | 'novu-cloud-v1' | 'external', required — Origin of the layout
  - `workflowId` string, required — Workflow identifier
  - `workflowDatabaseId` string, required — Workflow database identifier
  - `issues` StepIssuesDto
    - `controls` object — Controls-related issues
    - `integration` object — Integration-related issues
  - `stepResolverHash` string — Hash identifying the deployed Cloudflare Worker for this step

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `405` — Method Not Allowed
- `409` — Conflict
- `413` — Payload Too Large
- `414` — URI Too Long
- `415` — Unsupported Media Type
- `422` — Unprocessable Entity
- `429` — The client has sent too many requests in a given amount of time.
- `500` — Internal Server Error
- `503` — The server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overload or scheduled maintenance, which will likely be alleviated after some delay.

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