Console — the developer's printf

Three Console taps on one flow — plain text, an expression, and the whole payload — all streaming into the floating Console dock (bottom left) with timestamps, saved with the run.

What’s inside

4 nodes — every type links to its full reference page.

Step	Node	Type
Checkout event	Inject	`input.inject`
Marker	Console	`utility.console`
Fields	Console	`utility.console`
Whole payload	Console	`utility.console`

Import it

Studio → Import — paste the JSON below (or the URL /docs/templates/console-the-developer-s-printf.json).

Or ask the AI Copilot with the JSON pasted after the phrase:

import this workflow json into a new workflow named "Console — the developer's printf"

Any credentials the nodes need are ${credential.…} references — add them once in Admin → Credentials and the template picks them up. Nothing secret ships in a template.

The workflow document (flowdrome.workflow.v1, 2 node types)

{
  "schemaVersion": "flowdrome.workflow.v1",
  "id": "",
  "name": "Console — the developer's printf",
  "version": "0",
  "status": "draft",
  "nodes": [
    {
      "id": "seed",
      "type": "input.inject",
      "label": "Checkout event",
      "category": "trigger",
      "config": {
        "contentType": "application/json",
        "payload": {
          "user": "ada",
          "cart": [
            "WID-1",
            "WID-3"
          ],
          "total": 16
        }
      },
      "position": {
        "x": 0,
        "y": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "c1",
      "type": "utility.console",
      "label": "Marker",
      "category": "utility",
      "config": {
        "message": "checkout started"
      },
      "position": {
        "x": 530,
        "y": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "c2",
      "type": "utility.console",
      "label": "Fields",
      "category": "utility",
      "config": {
        "message": "user={{ $json.user }} items={{ $json.cart }}"
      },
      "position": {
        "x": 1060,
        "y": 0
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "c3",
      "type": "utility.console",
      "label": "Whole payload",
      "category": "utility",
      "config": {
        "message": "{{ $json }}"
      },
      "position": {
        "x": 1590,
        "y": 0
      }
    }
  ],
  "edges": [
    {
      "id": "e0",
      "sourceNodeId": "seed",
      "sourcePort": "output",
      "targetNodeId": "c1",
      "targetPort": "input"
    },
    {
      "id": "e1",
      "sourceNodeId": "c1",
      "sourcePort": "output",
      "targetNodeId": "c2",
      "targetPort": "input"
    },
    {
      "id": "e2",
      "sourceNodeId": "c2",
      "sourcePort": "output",
      "targetNodeId": "c3",
      "targetPort": "input"
    }
  ],
  "triggers": [
    {
      "id": "t0",
      "nodeId": "seed"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "snippets": [],
    "source": "template-gallery",
    "description": "Three Console taps on one flow — plain text, an expression, and the whole payload — all streaming into the floating Console dock (bottom left) with timestamps, saved with the run."
  }
}

Generated from the verified demo corpus — this exact document seeds and runs on a fresh Flowdrome. Raw JSON: console-the-developer-s-printf.json.