topic Start process using Activiti REST with variable in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/start-process-using-activiti-rest-with-variable/m-p/206396#M159526 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi, I am trying to start process using Activiti REST.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If the process has not form input, I can start it successfully and see it in Activiti Explorer.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>But when I try to start a process with a start form attach to it, I fail, getting Respond Code 400.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>(without the "js.put("name","kermit");" I can start it successfully. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I read the user guide, but didnt figure it out.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Below is my code,&nbsp; any suggestion would be helpful</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;String url = "<A href="http://kermit:kermit@localhost:8080/activiti-rest/service/runtime/process-instances" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://kermit:kermit@localhost:8080/activiti-rest/service/runtime/process-instances</A>";<BR /> <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;HttpPost post = new HttpPost(url);<BR /> <BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;post.setHeader("Accept", "application/json");<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;post.setHeader("Content-type", "application/json");<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; post.addHeader("Authorization","Basic a2VybWl0Omtlcm1pdA==");<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;// add header<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;post.setHeader("User-Agent", USER_AGENT);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;JSONObject js= new JSONObject();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;js.put("processDefinitionId", "processVar:1:12548");<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;js.put("name","kermit");<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;StringEntity params=new StringEntity(js.toString());&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;post.setEntity(params);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;HttpResponse response = client.execute(post);<BR /><BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:47:09 GMT alexm123 2015-02-18T15:47:09Z Start process using Activiti REST with variable https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/start-process-using-activiti-rest-with-variable/m-p/206396#M159526 Hi, I am trying to start process using Activiti REST.If the process has not form input, I can start it successfully and see it in Activiti Explorer.But when I try to start a process with a start form attach to it, I fail, getting Respond Code 400.(without the "js.put("name","kermit");" I can start i Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:47:09 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/start-process-using-activiti-rest-with-variable/m-p/206396#M159526 alexm123 2015-02-18T15:47:09Z Re: Start process using Activiti REST with variable https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/start-process-using-activiti-rest-with-variable/m-p/206397#M159527 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>variables should be in an array, with name, value pairs. Check the docs for the correct format.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:56:23 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/start-process-using-activiti-rest-with-variable/m-p/206397#M159527 jbarrez 2015-02-18T16:56:23Z