---
title: "Glossary"
description: "Every term the Flume partner docs use, defined once. Partner key, user access token, item, iframe session, launch code, connect code, save payload and more."
url: https://docs.tryflume.ai/concepts/glossary
updated: 2026-11-11
---

# Glossary

> Every term the Flume partner docs use, defined once. Partner key, user access token, item, iframe session, launch code, connect code, save payload and more.

Every term these docs use, defined once. Each term has one name on every page.

| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Platform | Your product: the software your users work in. A partner key identifies it |
| Partner key | The secret that identifies your platform. Sent as `X-Flume-Partner-Key`. See [Authentication and keys](https://docs.tryflume.ai/concepts/authentication.md) |
| User | One person on your platform. You name them with `external_ref` |
| Verify | What a user does once to prove their email: they type a 6-digit code. See [Users and verification](https://docs.tryflume.ai/concepts/users.md) |
| User access token | The secret that lets you call the API for one verified user. Sent as `X-Flume-User-Token` |
| Flume account | The user's own account at Flume. Flume opens or links one when the user verifies |
| Flume app | Flume's own website, where a user sees their searches, quotes and projects |
| Project | A job the user is working on. You name it with `project.external_ref`. Flume files searches and quotes under it |
| Item | The thing the user wants a product for, such as one line of a schedule. You name it with `item.external_id` |
| Product | One tile or vinyl floor in Flume's catalog. Flume names it with `sku_uuid` |
| Search | One photo search. Flume names it with `search_session_uuid` |
| Strong match | A search result that meets every filter and looks closest to the photo |
| Instant quote | The delivered price of one product for a quantity and a US ZIP code |
| Shipping option | One way a product ships: from a US warehouse, or from the factory abroad. A quote has one price per option |
| Save payload | The JSON object Flume hands you when a user saves a product. See [Save payload](https://docs.tryflume.ai/concepts/save-payload.md) |
| Sales request | A request for Flume's sales team, for what Flume cannot search or price instantly |
| Deep link | A one-time link that opens the Flume app with the user signed in. See [Deep links](https://docs.tryflume.ai/concepts/deep-links.md) |
| Iframe | The page Flume hosts and you frame. It runs the whole find, price and save flow |
| Your page | The page on your platform that frames the iframe |
| Iframe session | One user working on one item in the iframe. Flume names it with `session_uuid` |
| Launch code | The single-use code inside `iframe_url`. It lets the iframe start once |
| Connect code | The single-use code your page receives after a user verifies in the iframe. Your backend exchanges it for the user access token |
| Ready timer | The 15 second timer your page runs while it waits for the iframe to load |
| Sandbox | The environment for building. See [Environments](https://docs.tryflume.ai/concepts/environments.md) |
| Live | The environment for real users. Access is by request |