Activiti Process Instances Information API

Manage process instances

Business capability
Business Process Management BC-930

Operations 2

POST /api/enterprise/process-instances Start a process instance #
GET /api/enterprise/process-instances/{processInstanceId}/field-content Retrieve content attached to process instance fields #

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OpenAPI Specification

activiti-process-instances-information-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Activiti Public Rest Process Instances Information API
  description: The Alfresco Activiti BPM Suite comes with a REST API.
  version: 1.4.0
  contact:
    name: Activiti Community
    url: https://www.activiti.org/
    email: activiti-community@alfresco.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
- url: https://{host}/activiti-app
  description: Activiti BPM Server
  variables:
    host:
      default: localhost:8080
      description: The Activiti server host
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Process Instances Information
  description: Manage process instances
paths:
  /api/enterprise/process-instances:
    post:
      tags:
      - Process Instances Information
      summary: Start a process instance
      operationId: startNewProcessInstanceUsingPOST
      requestBody:
        description: startRequest
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateProcessInstanceRepresentation'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProcessInstanceRepresentation'
        '201':
          description: Created
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
        '404':
          description: Not Found
  /api/enterprise/process-instances/{processInstanceId}/field-content:
    get:
      tags:
      - Process Instances Information
      summary: Retrieve content attached to process instance fields
      operationId: getProcessInstanceContentUsingGET
      parameters:
      - name: processInstanceId
        in: path
        description: processInstanceId
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResultListDataRepresentation'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
        '404':
          description: Not Found
components:
  schemas:
    CreateProcessInstanceRepresentation:
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        outcome:
          type: string
        processDefinitionId:
          type: string
        values:
          type: object
    RestVariable:
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        scope:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
        value:
          type: object
        valueUrl:
          type: string
    ProcessInstanceRepresentation:
      properties:
        businessKey:
          type: string
        ended:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        graphicalNotationDefined:
          type: boolean
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        processDefinitionCategory:
          type: string
        processDefinitionDeploymentId:
          type: string
        processDefinitionDescription:
          type: string
        processDefinitionId:
          type: string
        processDefinitionKey:
          type: string
        processDefinitionName:
          type: string
        processDefinitionVersion:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        startFormDefined:
          type: boolean
        started:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        startedBy:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LightUserRepresentation'
        tenantId:
          type: string
        variables:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RestVariable'
    ResultListDataRepresentation:
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AbstractRepresentation'
        size:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        start:
          type: integer
          format: int32
        total:
          type: integer
          format: int32
    LightUserRepresentation:
      properties:
        email:
          type: string
        externalId:
          type: string
        firstName:
          type: string
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        lastName:
          type: string
        pictureId:
          type: integer
          format: int64
    AbstractRepresentation: {}
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic Authentication using valid Activiti user credentials