Deploying with REST

rdiaz1 — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:15:10 GMT

Hi there,I´m trying to deploy a bpmn20.xml in Activiti with the REST Api.I can see in the user guide the explication for this..Request: POST /deploymentssuccess={success}&failure={success}&deployment={file}But when I access with the browser to all Web Scripts, this service is not found. I´ve

Re: Deploying with REST

frederikherema1 — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:39:51 GMT

The parameter 'file' should be the filename of the file you want to upload, not the actual file itself.
The property "deployment" is the actual content, which is a multipart massage.

About the URL, that should indeed be '/deployment POST' instead of deployments.

Thanks for pointing that out!

Re: Deploying with REST

rdiaz1 — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:48:42 GMT

Hi again,

Can you give me an example with a simple http client, please?It´s impossible to me make it work…

If the url is only "/deployment", how can I set the argument "file"?and the property "deployment"?

I´m sorry but I didn´t understand your reply really..

Tanks a lot

Re: Deploying with REST

saurabhmittal — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:35:16 GMT

i have written the client for uploading in activiti 5.6 rest service , but its not working
What should be set for attribute deployment ?

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;

import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.HttpVersion;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.FileEntity;
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.MultipartEntity;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.InputStreamBody;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.StringBody;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.params.CoreProtocolPNames;
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;

import sun.misc.BASE64Encoder;

public class PostFile {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
   final String userName = "kermit";
   final String password = "kermit";

    HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
    httpclient.getParams().setParameter(CoreProtocolPNames.PROTOCOL_VERSION, HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1);
    HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("http://localhost:8080/activiti-rest/service/deployment");
    File file = new File("SubProcessTest.fixSystemFailureProcess.bpmn20.xml");
    FileEntity reqEntity = new FileEntity(file, "text/xml; UTF-8");
    httppost.setEntity(reqEntity);
    String data ="success=1&failure=0&deployment=SubProcessTest.fixSystemFailureProcess.bpmn20.xml";
    httppost.setEntity(new StringEntity(data, "UTF-8"));
    //reqEntity.setContentType("multipart/form-data");
    System.out.println("executing request&&&&&&&&&&& " + httppost.getRequestLine());
    // write auth header
    BASE64Encoder encoder = new BASE64Encoder();
    String encodedCredential = encoder.encode( (userName + ":" + password).getBytes() );
    httppost.setHeader("Authorization", "BASIC " + encodedCredential);
    //.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "BASIC " + encodedCredential);
    httppost.setHeader("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data");

    HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);
    HttpEntity resEntity = response.getEntity();

    System.out.println(response.getStatusLine());
    if (resEntity != null) {
      System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(resEntity));
    }
    if (resEntity != null) {
      resEntity.consumeContent();
    }

    httpclient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
}
}

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