support for remote runtime engine calls through REST

[kanchan]

Hi,

I have a query on REST API.
Is there any support for remote runtime engine calls through REST on activiti engine ? If any please specify how ?

Thanks in advance,
Kanchan

[trademak]

Hi Kanchan,

There's an Activiti REST API that allows you to work with the Activiti Engine remotely.
You can read about the REST API in the user guide.

Best regards,

[kanchan]

Hi Tijs,

I couldn't find specific REST API in user guide. Can you please provide me the appropriate link or API itself?

Thanks,
Kanchan

[jbarrez]

http://activiti.org/userguide/index.html#N12F85

[kanchan]

Hi,

I understood there are REST APIs available for remote engine calls. In jbpm there are remote java APIs available which gives user transparency and user need not have to worry about REST API syntax. Through remote APIs the remote calls becomes local calls to remote engine factory, and remote engine calls REST API to remote engine internally.
For more info please refer http://docs.jboss.org/jbpm/v6.0.1/userguide/jBPMRemoteAPI.html
So similar kind of things are available or not in activiti ? I couldnt fine any remote engine factory in ACtiviti user guide.

Appreciate your time.

Thanks in advance,
Kanchan

[jbarrez]

I was just responding to your 'I couldn't find specific REST API in user guide' in your post 😉

I know about the remote API in jBPM (i worked on jbpm in the past). However, i don't see the point in offering it, it is basically a convience library that use HttpClient for example to execute the REST calls.

The rest api of activiti is written in Restlet. Restlet offers easy to use client classes that can call the Activiti services very simply.