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# Create test

> <Info>This API is in beta. Endpoints, fields, and behavior may still change, so avoid depending on it in production.</Info>

Adds a test to the app. A test is a goal written in plain language that the testing agent tries to accomplish in a real browser when you [run it](/api-reference/run-test).

Set `role` to run the test as a user with that role. Leave it out and Base44 picks a role named in the test's name or goal, such as "as an admin", or runs as a regular user when neither names one.

An app can have up to 250 tests. Creating a test is free. Running it costs credits.

This is limited to 300 requests per minute per caller for each app. Some workspaces have a different limit.

<Note>This endpoint accepts a personal API key belonging to a user with editor access to the app. Read-only keys and workspace API keys are refused.</Note>



## OpenAPI

````yaml /developers/references/app-management/app-management-openapi.json post /api/apps/{app_id}/testing-agent/flows
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Base44 App Management API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://app.base44.com
security:
  - PersonalAccessTokenAuth: []
paths:
  /api/apps/{app_id}/testing-agent/flows:
    post:
      summary: Create test
      description: >-
        <Info>This API is in beta. Endpoints, fields, and behavior may still
        change, so avoid depending on it in production.</Info>


        Adds a test to the app. A test is a goal written in plain language that
        the testing agent tries to accomplish in a real browser when you [run
        it](/api-reference/run-test).


        Set `role` to run the test as a user with that role. Leave it out and
        Base44 picks a role named in the test's name or goal, such as "as an
        admin", or runs as a regular user when neither names one.


        An app can have up to 250 tests. Creating a test is free. Running it
        costs credits.


        This is limited to 300 requests per minute per caller for each app. Some
        workspaces have a different limit.


        <Note>This endpoint accepts a personal API key belonging to a user with
        editor access to the app. Read-only keys and workspace API keys are
        refused.</Note>
      operationId: create_flow_api_apps__app_id__testing_agent_flows_post
      parameters:
        - name: app_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            description: ID of the app.
            title: App Id
          description: ID of the app.
          example: 6820f3a4e7b91d003c45a1f2
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateFlowRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created test.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FlowResponse'
        '400':
          description: >-
            `name` or `goal` is only whitespace, or the app already has 250
            tests.
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid credentials.
        '403':
          description: >-
            You don't have editor access to this app, the app is blocked, or
            your API key is read-only or a workspace API key.
        '404':
          description: App not found.
        '409':
          description: Your workspace requires an unlocked SSO session.
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
        '429':
          description: Rate limit exceeded.
components:
  schemas:
    CreateFlowRequest:
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          maxLength: 100
          minLength: 1
          title: Name
          description: Short name for the test.
          example: Create a project
        goal:
          type: string
          maxLength: 500
          minLength: 1
          title: Goal
          description: What the testing agent should try to do, in plain language.
          example: >-
            Sign up, create a project called Launch, and check that it appears
            on the dashboard.
        role:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
              maxLength: 100
            - type: 'null'
          title: Role
          description: >-
            Role to run the test as, such as `admin`. Leave it out to let Base44
            pick one from the name or goal.
          example: admin
      type: object
      required:
        - name
        - goal
      title: CreateFlowRequest
    FlowResponse:
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          title: Id
          description: ID of the test.
          example: 68a1c2e4f0b3d9001a7e5c21
        app_id:
          type: string
          title: App Id
          description: ID of the app the test belongs to.
          example: 6820f3a4e7b91d003c45a1f2
        name:
          type: string
          title: Name
          description: Short name of the test.
          example: Create a project
        goal:
          type: string
          title: Goal
          description: What the testing agent tries to do, in plain language.
          example: >-
            Sign up, create a project called Launch, and check that it appears
            on the dashboard.
        role:
          anyOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
          title: Role
          description: >-
            Role set on the test, or `null` when none is set. A test without one
            can still run as a role its name or goal names. The run's
            `flow_role` shows the role actually used.
          example: admin
        source:
          type: string
          title: Source
          description: >-
            `manual` for a test you created, `app_context` for one Base44
            generated from the app.
          example: manual
        revision:
          type: integer
          title: Revision
          description: Starts at 1 and goes up each time the test is edited.
          example: 1
        created_date:
          type: string
          title: Created Date
          description: When the test was created, as an ISO 8601 UTC timestamp.
          example: '2026-09-28T10:15:00+00:00'
        updated_date:
          type: string
          title: Updated Date
          description: When the test last changed, as an ISO 8601 UTC timestamp.
          example: '2026-09-28T10:15:00+00:00'
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - app_id
        - name
        - goal
        - source
        - revision
        - created_date
        - updated_date
      title: FlowResponse
      description: |-
        Fields the FE actually reads, plus the metadata the runtime slice
        needs (``role`` for per-flow role-aware runs, ``revision`` for
        optimistic-concurrency, ``source`` so AI-generated rows can be styled
        differently, etc.).
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    PersonalAccessTokenAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Personal access token, sent as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`.'

````