topic Unable to run start-workflow webscript in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/unable-to-run-start-workflow-webscript/m-p/279515#M232645 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi All,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm having problem while running start-workflow webscript using REST API in alfresco 4.2 b version.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have written code like this….i'm able to run start-workflow webscript in alfresco3.4 version with same code.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>public String startWorkflow(String alfrescoUrl, String ticket)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; String resp = null;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; try</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;// </SPAN><A href="http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/imap/start-workflow?alfTicket={ticket}&amp;nodeRefId={id}&amp;workflowType={wt}&amp;assignTo={at}&amp;workflowDueDateDay={ddd}&amp;workflowDueDateMonth={ddm}&amp;workflowDueDateYear={ddy}&amp;description={desc}&amp;workflowPriority={wp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/imap/start-workflow?alfTicket={ticket}&amp;nodeRefId={id}&amp;workflowType={wt}&amp;assignTo={at}&amp;workflowDueDateDay={ddd}&amp;workflowDueDateMonth={ddm}&amp;workflowDueDateYear={ddy}&amp;description={desc}&amp;workflowPriority={wp</A><SPAN>?}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; HttpClient client = new HttpClient();</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; client.getParams().setAuthenticationPreemptive(true);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; client.getState().setCredentials(AuthScope.ANY, new UsernamePasswordCredentials("admin", "password"));</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; String url = (new StringBuilder()).append(alfrescoUrl).append("/alfresco/service/imap/start-workflow").toString();</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; System.out.println("url"+url);</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; String nodeRefId = null;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Object objectId = getDocument("csuite");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if (objectId != null)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; String workspaceId = null;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; String storeId = null;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; String nodeId = null;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(objectId.toString(), ":/");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; workspaceId = tokenizer.nextToken();</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; storeId = tokenizer.nextToken();</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; nodeId = tokenizer.nextToken();</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; nodeRefId = workspaceId + "://" + storeId + "/" + nodeId;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; System.out.println("nodeRefId"+nodeRefId);</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; HttpMethod method = new GetMethod(url);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NameValuePair nvp1 = new NameValuePair("alfTicket", ticket);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NameValuePair nvp2 = new NameValuePair("nodeRefId", nodeRefId);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NameValuePair nvp3 = new NameValuePair("workflowType", "jbpm$review");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NameValuePair nvp4 = new NameValuePair("assignTo", "admin");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NameValuePair nvp5 = new NameValuePair("workflowDueDateDay", "31");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NameValuePair nvp6 = new NameValuePair("workflowDueDateMonth", "03");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NameValuePair nvp7 = new NameValuePair("workflowDueDateYear", "9999");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NameValuePair nvp8 = new NameValuePair("description", "test workflow");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NameValuePair nvp9 = new NameValuePair("workflowPriority", "2");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; method.setQueryString(new NameValuePair[] {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; nvp1, nvp2, nvp3, nvp4,nvp5,nvp6, nvp7</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; });</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; method.setDoAuthentication(true);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; int statusCode = client.executeMethod(method);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; resp = method.getResponseBodyAsString();</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; //org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject obj = new org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject(method.getResponseBodyAsString());</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; //net.sf.json.JSONObject jsonObj = net.sf.json.JSONObject.fromObject(method.getResponseBodyAsString());</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; method.releaseConnection();&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; catch(UnsupportedEncodingException ue)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ue.printStackTrace();</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; catch(IOException ioe)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ioe.printStackTrace();</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; catch(Exception e)</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; e.printStackTrace();</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; }</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; return resp;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> }</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> I changed the code for workflow type </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> NameValuePair nvp3 = new NameValuePair("workflowType", "activiti$acitivitiReview");</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN> I'm getting error as below…</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; &lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "</SPAN><A href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd</A><SPAN>"&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&lt;html xmlns="</SPAN><A href="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml</A><SPAN>"&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;head&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;title&gt;Web Script Status 404 - Not Found&lt;/title&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;link rel="stylesheet" href="/alfresco/css/webscripts.css" type="text/css" /&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/head&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;body&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;div&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;table&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="/alfresco/images/logo/AlfrescoLogo32.png" alt="Alfresco" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;td&gt;&lt;span class="title"&gt;Web Script Status 404 - Not Found&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/tr&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/table&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;br/&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;table&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;The Web Script &lt;a href="%2Falfresco%2Fservice%2Fimap%2Fstart-workflow%3FalfTicket%3DTICKET_9d526f178f1709ce6621e94981d2139eea50dbf7%26nodeRefId%3Dworkspace%3A%2F%2FSpacesStore%2F646dd03f-2fd2-4d52-b4d8-cfe3f0e54b09%2Fcsuite-alfresco1.docx%26workflowType%3Djbpm%24review%26assignTo%3Dadmin%26workflowDueDateDay%3D31%26workflowDueDateMonth%3D03%26workflowDueDateYear%3D9999"&gt;/alfresco/service/imap/start-workflow&lt;/a&gt; has responded with a status of 404 - Not Found.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/table&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;br/&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;table&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;404 Description:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt; Requested resource is not available.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;Message:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Content with NodeRef id 'workspace://SpacesStore/646dd03f-2fd2-4d52-b4d8-cfe3f0e54b09' not found.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;Server&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Community v4.2.0 (4471) schema 6,020&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;Time&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;Feb 18, 2013 5:44:07 PM&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;b&gt;Diagnostics&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href="/alfresco/service/script/org/alfresco/repository/imap/start-workflow.get"&gt;Inspect Web Script (org/alfresco/repository/imap/start-workflow.get)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/table&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/body&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&lt;/html&gt;</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm getting the nodeRefId for which I uploaded in the alfresco.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Please can you specify the reason where I'm doing wrong or It's need any property changes in alfresco?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I need the reply urgently.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks &amp; Regards,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Veda</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:23:43 GMT veda 2013-02-18T13:23:43Z Unable to run start-workflow webscript https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/unable-to-run-start-workflow-webscript/m-p/279515#M232645 Hi All,I'm having problem while running start-workflow webscript using REST API in alfresco 4.2 b version.I have written code like this….i'm able to run start-workflow webscript in alfresco3.4 version with same code.public String startWorkflow(String alfrescoUrl, String ticket) {&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; String resp = n Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:23:43 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/unable-to-run-start-workflow-webscript/m-p/279515#M232645 veda 2013-02-18T13:23:43Z Re: Unable to run start-workflow webscript https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/unable-to-run-start-workflow-webscript/m-p/279516#M232646 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I'm awaiting for your reply…Please anybody having this problem…</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Please help me fixing the above problem. Need to update any propeties in alfresco???????</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks &amp; Regards,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Veda</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:11:11 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/unable-to-run-start-workflow-webscript/m-p/279516#M232646 veda 2013-02-19T05:11:11Z Re: Unable to run start-workflow webscript https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/unable-to-run-start-workflow-webscript/m-p/279517#M232647 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Two things you need to make sure</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>1) the webscript you are calling is listed in the webscripts list and you are calling it through proper url.(You can check that by going to webscript console page)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>2) In line </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; Object objectId = getDocument("csuite");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; this getDocument() method is defined where?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; also are you sure you are getting proper noderef?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:05:04 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/unable-to-run-start-workflow-webscript/m-p/279517#M232647 mitpatoliya 2013-02-19T06:05:04Z