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Issue of rest api about startprocessinstance with form property

davidzhang — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 06:38:57 GMT

hi,i want to start process with rest api, i take vacationrequest as example.post requestOST runtime/process-instancesrequest body:{ "processDefinitionKey":"vacationRequest", "variables": [ { "name":"employeeName", "value":"kermit" },{ "name":"numberOfDays",

Re: Issue of rest api about startprocessinstance with form property

trademak — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 17:14:15 GMT

A quick look tells me that you don't have a vacationMotivation variable set, is that correct?

Best regards,

Re: Issue of rest api about startprocessinstance with form property

davidzhang — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 03:30:17 GMT

thanks, i get it to work, but why do I need to input vacationMotivation variable, it is not required in BPMN xml.

Re: Issue of rest api about startprocessinstance with form property

jbarrez — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 09:49:25 GMT

No, the xml does not declare variables. But the form does use.