Lightning Aura Components Developer Guide

What Is the Lightning Component Framework?
Quick Start
Creating Components
Using Components
Aura Component Bundle Design Resources
Use Aura Components in Lightning Experience and the Salesforce Mobile App
Navigate Across Your Apps with Page References
Get Your Aura Components Ready to Use on Lightning Pages
Use Aura Components in Experience Builder
Use Aura Components with Flows
Considerations for Configuring Components for Flows
Customize Flow Screens Using Aura Components
Create Flow Local Actions Using Aura Components
Configure the Component Markup and Design Resource for a Flow Action
Configure the Client-Side Controller for a Flow Local Action
Cancel an Asynchronous Request in a Flow Local Action
Embed a Flow in a Custom Aura Component
Display Flow Stages with an Aura Component
Add Components to Apps
Integrate Your Custom Apps into the Chatter Publisher
Using Background Utility Items
Use Lightning Components in Visualforce Pages
Add Aura Components to Any App with Lightning Out (Beta)
Lightning Container
Communicating with Events
Communicating Across the DOM with Lightning Message Service
Creating Apps
Styling Apps
Developing Secure Code
Using JavaScript
Working with Salesforce Data
Testing Components with Lightning Testing Service
Debugging
Performance
Reference
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Create Flow Local Actions Using Aura Components

To execute client-side logic in your flow, build or modify custom Aura components to use as local actions in flows. For example, get data from third-party systems without going through the Salesforce server, or open a URL in another browser tab. Once you configure the Aura component’s markup, client-side controller, and design resource, it’s available in Flow Builder as a Core Action element.
  • Lightning components in flows must comply with Lightning Locker restrictions.
  • Flows that include Lightning components are supported only in Lightning runtime.
  • Lightning components require a browser context to run, so flow action components are supported only in screen flows.

Note

Example

Here’s a sample “c:helloWorld” component and its client-side controller, which triggers a JavaScript alert that says Hello, World. In Flow Builder, local actions are available from the Core Action element.