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REST-API: Deploy and Run a process

esseti — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:28:31 GMT

Hi all,i've a python/django app that interact with the activitiy engine.I'm able to deploy a process, but i've trouble in running it.i go step by step.when i do the deployment i've this back[javascript]{ "id":"3436", "name":"Sysout.bpmn", "deploymentTime":"2013-06-06T16:24:06CEST", "category":n

Re: REST-API: Deploy and Run a process

eao — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:24:03 GMT

Hi, the service for starting a new process instance is documented here:
http://www.activiti.org/userguide/#N12CEC

Request: POST /process-instance
<code>
{
"processDefinitionId":"helloworld2:1:4",
"businessKey":"order-4711"
}
</code>

will probably to the trick

Re: REST-API: Deploy and Run a process

esseti — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:53:02 GMT

i tried it via postman (extension for chrome) and does not work if i use the parameters while it works if i use raw data.
and btw it seems too an overenigneering the need to have the numbers such as :1:4 for starting the process.
this measn that i've to call the api to deploy, then do a search and find out what's the process that i JUST upload and retrive the id. why is not the id already in the response of the deployment?

just found that it's possible to use "processDefinitionKey" (which can be infeer from the model). yet, it still seems to me not a smart way to get informations.

for the record: now i've problems with "Can't find scripting engine for 'groovy'" which has some threads in the forum.

Re: REST-API: Deploy and Run a process

trademak — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:22:43 GMT

Right, you can use the processDefinitionKey, which seems to suited for your requirements.
Can't find scripting engine for 'Groovy' points to missing the groovy-all.jar file on your classpath.

Best regards,

Re: REST-API: Deploy and Run a process

akotako — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 12:01:43 GMT

hi i could not start the process via soap ui also and i used vacation request on activiti 5.14 demo process.But when i used soap it looked like everything is ok.in fact when i opened the activiti-explorer interface there is no process instance that began.Please help…

thanks

Re: REST-API: Deploy and Run a process

frederikherema1 — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 10:49:46 GMT

What HTTP-call are you actually doing to start the process-instance (please show full URL and raw body)?

Re: REST-API: Deploy and Run a process

mdnoorshid — Fri, 29 Jul 2016 11:39:44 GMT

Hi can you say how you have deployed,Please explain using <b>full url and raw body</b>