Camunda Jobs API

The Jobs API from Camunda — 4 operation(s) for jobs.

Operations 4

POST /jobs/activation Activate jobs #
POST /jobs/{jobKey}/completion Complete a job #
POST /jobs/{jobKey}/failure Fail a job #
POST /jobs/{jobKey}/error Throw error for a job #

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OpenAPI Specification

camunda-jobs-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Camunda 8 REST Cluster Jobs API
  description: The Camunda 8 REST API provides endpoints for managing process instances, jobs, decisions, deployments, messages, signals, and other resources in the Camunda 8 process orchestration platform.
  version: 8.6.0
  contact:
    name: Camunda
    url: https://camunda.com/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: '{baseUrl}/v2'
  description: Camunda 8 Self-Managed or SaaS
  variables:
    baseUrl:
      default: http://localhost:8080
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Jobs
paths:
  /jobs/activation:
    post:
      operationId: activateJobs
      summary: Activate jobs
      description: Activates jobs of a specific type for processing.
      tags:
      - Jobs
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ActivateJobsRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  jobs:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Job'
  /jobs/{jobKey}/completion:
    post:
      operationId: completeJob
      summary: Complete a job
      description: Completes a job with the given variables.
      tags:
      - Jobs
      parameters:
      - name: jobKey
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                variables:
                  type: object
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Job completed
  /jobs/{jobKey}/failure:
    post:
      operationId: failJob
      summary: Fail a job
      description: Reports a job failure for retry or incident creation.
      tags:
      - Jobs
      parameters:
      - name: jobKey
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FailJobRequest'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Job failure reported
  /jobs/{jobKey}/error:
    post:
      operationId: throwError
      summary: Throw error for a job
      description: Throws a BPMN error for a job.
      tags:
      - Jobs
      parameters:
      - name: jobKey
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int64
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                errorCode:
                  type: string
                errorMessage:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Error thrown
components:
  schemas:
    Job:
      type: object
      properties:
        jobKey:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        type:
          type: string
        processInstanceKey:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        processDefinitionKey:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        bpmnProcessId:
          type: string
        elementId:
          type: string
        elementInstanceKey:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        customHeaders:
          type: object
        worker:
          type: string
        retries:
          type: integer
        deadline:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        variables:
          type: object
        tenantId:
          type: string
    ActivateJobsRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - type
      - timeout
      - maxJobsToActivate
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
        timeout:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        maxJobsToActivate:
          type: integer
        worker:
          type: string
        fetchVariable:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        tenantIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    FailJobRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - retries
      properties:
        retries:
          type: integer
        errorMessage:
          type: string
        retryBackOff:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        variables:
          type: object
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer