US Patent 10452360 Workflow support for dynamic action input

Persistent storage may contain a definition of an application programming interface (API) of a remote service, where the API provides access to input information stored at the remote service. One or more processors may be configured to: (i) provide, for display on an action design graphical user interface (GUI), a first menu that allows selection of a first set of the input information to be dynamically retrieved from the API during design of a workflow; (ii) provide, for display on the action design GUI, a second menu that allows selection of a second set of the input information to be dynamically retrieved from the API during design of the workflow; and (iii) provide for display, on the action design GUI, options for specifying the API, how to remotely access the API, and how to parse data received from the API.