# How to get active flow configuration via admin api

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-active-flow-configuration-via-admin-api/4893>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [15 November 2018 10:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-active-flow-configuration-via-admin-api/4893 "2018-11-15T10:39:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![AtomicSpider](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/atomicspider/32/3782_2.png) [@AtomicSpider](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/AtomicSpider)\
**Post date:** [15 November 2018 10:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-active-flow-configuration-via-admin-api/4893/1 "2018-11-15T10:39:28Z")

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Hi,  
I can access the unsaved flow configuration by clicking on **Menu\>export\>clipboard**

How can I access the same via admin apis?

I tried using /flow/:id and /flows but that only gives deployed flows.

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [15 November 2018 11:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-get-active-flow-configuration-via-admin-api/4893/2 "2018-11-15T11:17:48Z")

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Hi - same answer as you got in slack.

The unsaved flow configuration only exists in the browser displaying the editor. The runtime knows nothing about it and there is no admin api for it.

Can you expand on why you want to access it from the runtime? There may be another way to think about the problem. For example, if the runtime did have access to the editor, what would you do if two users had the editor open and both had made some changes?