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Start workflow from API remotely

amrorabi — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 08:11:01 GMT

Hello dears, please I have a question:We're using Alfresco war version 4.2_e as server back endI want to start workflow -deployed in Alfresco- remotely(i.e. by REST or other thing).Does Alfresco expose API to start "any" workflow remotely (passing it workflow id and required parameters) ??taking in

Re: Start workflow from API remotely

marco_altieri — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:01:34 GMT

Hi,

if you cannot use the REST workflow API, you can implement a simple webscript that uses the javascript API to instantiate the workflow.
The following link describes the api:

https://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Workflow_JavaScript_API

Re: Start workflow from API remotely

amir04 — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 20:20:50 GMT

Hi, did you find a solution? are you capable to start a workflow with a post method?