Create Bin
postbin.create_bin
ActionBusiness appsconnection required
Calls the PostBin API with the connection's credentials.
Create a throwaway bin and return its id and collection URL.
Connection
- Required
- Yes — the node will not save without one
- Auth type
- No auth
- Providers
- PostBin
- Secret shape
- no credential — PostBin's API is public; the connection is just a host
- Config it needs
- base_url
- Resolved by
- config.connection_id, else node.connection_id
Configuration
This node takes no configuration beyond its connection.
Output
One shape.
result
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
bin_id The bin's identifier, which every other PostBin node takes. | string | — |
url The bin's collection URL — point the webhook or client under test at this. | string | — |
now PostBin's current time as epoch milliseconds. | number | — |
expires Epoch milliseconds at which the bin is discarded and every call on it 404s. | number | — |
{
"bin_id": "",
"expires": 0,
"now": 0,
"url": ""
}Notes
- A PostBin bin is discarded 30 minutes after it is created; every call on an expired bin answers 404 'No such bin'.
- PostBin's API is public: the connection carries no credential and nothing is sent as authentication.
Related PostBin nodes
See Create Bin run in a workflow.
In a technical demo we add the PostBin connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.