Cisco Crosswork Workflow Manager Workers API

Create, read, update, delete, start and stop the Crosswork Workflow Manager workers that execute job runs.

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cisco-crosswork-cwm-workers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Cisco Crosswork Workflow Manager Workers API
  description: Cisco Crosswork Workflow Manager (CWM) 2.1 offers RESTful APIs that enable automation engineers and
    developers to create, deploy, and manage workflows, adapters, jobs, resources, events, and workers within the
    Cisco CWM platform.
  version: 2.1.0
  termsOfService: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/legal/terms-conditions.html
  contact:
    name: API Support
    url: https://www.cisco.com/support
  x-provenance:
    method: harvested
    authored_by: Cisco Crosswork
    harvested_by: API Evangelist
    harvested_on: '2026-08-19'
    first_party: true
    provider_published: true
    note: Refined from Cisco's own Crosswork Workflow Manager 2.1 Swagger 2.0 reference (see openapi/_original/cisco-crosswork-cwm-workflow-manager-openapi.json).
      Converted to OpenAPI 3.2.0 and split by tag; operationIds absent from Cisco's source were synthesised deterministically
      from method+path.
  x-evidence:
  - type: source
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/crosswork/workflow-manager/
  - type: raw
    url: https://pubhub.devnetcloud.com/media/crosswork-workflow-manager-api-document/docs/262737b2-b3c2-32cd-b07b-fdbdcd23918f/apis/
servers:
- url: /crosswork/cwm/v2
  description: Relative to the customer-deployed Crosswork Workflow Manager host (https://{cwm-host}:{port})
tags:
- name: workers
paths:
  /worker:
    get:
      summary: List all workers.
      description: Retrieve a list of all workers managed by the system.
      operationId: list_workers
      tags:
      - workers
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Workers retrieved successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/server.WorkerSimplified'
        '503':
          description: Service unavailable.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.GenericResponse'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
    post:
      summary: Create a new worker.
      description: Create a new worker by connecting to the worker manager via gRPC.
      operationId: create_worker
      tags:
      - workers
      requestBody:
        description: Data required to create the worker.
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/server.InRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Worker created successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.InitResponse'
        '503':
          description: Service unavailable.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.InitResponse'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
  /worker/{workerName}:
    delete:
      summary: Delete a worker.
      description: Delete a specific worker from the worker manager.
      operationId: delete_worker
      tags:
      - workers
      parameters:
      - name: workerName
        in: path
        description: Worker name.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        description: Delete request payload for the worker.
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/server.stopRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Worker deleted successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.GenericResponse'
        '404':
          description: Worker not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.GenericResponse'
        '503':
          description: Service unavailable.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.GenericResponse'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
    get:
      summary: Get a specific worker.
      description: Retrieve detailed information about a specific worker by its name.
      operationId: get_worker
      tags:
      - workers
      parameters:
      - name: workerName
        in: path
        description: Worker name.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Worker details retrieved successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/models.Worker'
        '404':
          description: Worker not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.GenericResponse'
        '503':
          description: Service unavailable.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.GenericResponse'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
    put:
      summary: Update a worker.
      description: Update the configuration of an existing worker.
      operationId: update_worker
      tags:
      - workers
      parameters:
      - name: workerName
        in: path
        description: Worker name.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        description: Update request payload for the worker.
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/server.updateRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Worker updated successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.GenericResponse'
        '404':
          description: Worker not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.GenericResponse'
        '503':
          description: Service unavailable.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.GenericResponse'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
  /worker/{workerName}/start:
    post:
      summary: Start a worker.
      description: Start a specific worker in the worker manager.
      operationId: start_worker
      tags:
      - workers
      parameters:
      - name: workerName
        in: path
        description: Name of the worker to start.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        description: Start request payload for the worker.
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/server.startRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Worker started successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.GenericResponse'
        '404':
          description: Worker not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.GenericResponse'
        '503':
          description: Service unavailable.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.GenericResponse'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
  /worker/{workerName}/stop:
    post:
      summary: Stop a worker.
      description: Stop a running worker in the worker manager.
      operationId: stop_worker
      tags:
      - workers
      parameters:
      - name: workerName
        in: path
        description: Name of the worker to stop.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        description: Stop request payload for the worker.
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/server.stopRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Worker stopped successfully.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.GenericResponse'
        '404':
          description: Worker not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.GenericResponse'
        '503':
          description: Service unavailable.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/rpc.GenericResponse'
      security:
      - Bearer: []
components:
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
      description: 'JWT Authorization header using the Bearer scheme. Example: "Authorization: Bearer {token}"'
  schemas:
    github-hyc_scm_engit_cisco_com_CWM_cwm-x24_services_worker-manager-service-dynamic_rpc.ErrorCode:
      type: integer
      enum:
      - 0
      - 1
      - 2
      - 3
      - 4
      - 5
      - 6
      - 7
      - 8
      - 9
      - 10
      x-enum-varnames:
      - ErrorCode_OK
      - ErrorCode_UNKNOWN
      - ErrorCode_INVALID_ARGUMENTS
      - ErrorCode_NOT_FOUND
      - ErrorCode_ALREADY_EXISTS
      - ErrorCode_PERMISSION_DENIED
      - ErrorCode_UNAUTHENTICATED
      - ErrorCode_FAILED
      - ErrorCode_ALREADY_RUNNING
      - ErrorCode_ALREADY_STOPPED
      - ErrorCode_TIMED_OUT
      description: Error Code.
    models.Activity:
      type: object
      properties:
        adapterId:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        inputSchema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        outputSchema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
        packageName:
          type: string
    models.Worker:
      type: object
      properties:
        activeError:
          type: string
        activities:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/models.Activity'
        adminStatus:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/models.WorkerStatus'
        createdAt:
          type: string
        cwmVersion:
          type: string
        infraJobId:
          type: string
        isJobChecked:
          type: boolean
        name:
          type: string
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/models.WorkerStatus'
        updatedAt:
          type: string
        workerProfile:
          type: string
    models.WorkerStatus:
      type: integer
      enum:
      - 0
      - 1
      - 2
      - 3
      - 4
      - 5
      - 6
      - 7
      - 8
      x-enum-comments:
        Deleting: 'todo: support'
        Stopping: 'todo: support'
      x-enum-varnames:
      - Unknown
      - Initialized
      - Running
      - Stopped
      - Deleted
      - Failed
      - Initializing
      - Stopping
      - Deleting
    rpc.GenericResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        errorCode:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/github-hyc_scm_engit_cisco_com_CWM_cwm-x24_services_worker-manager-service-dynamic_rpc.ErrorCode'
        message:
          description: Message, returned if ErrorCode not OK
          type: string
    rpc.InitResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          description: status of the worker
          type: string
        workerUUID:
          description: UUID assigned to worker
          type: string
    server.ActivitySimplified:
      type: object
      properties:
        adapterId:
          type: string
        numOfActivities:
          type: integer
    server.InRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        activities:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        force:
          type: boolean
          default: false
        startWorker:
          type: boolean
          default: false
        workerName:
          type: string
        workerProfile:
          type: string
          default: default
    server.WorkerSimplified:
      type: object
      properties:
        activeError:
          type: string
        activities:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/server.ActivitySimplified'
        adminStatus:
          type: string
        createdAt:
          description: models.WFBase
          type: string
        infraJobId:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
        updatedAt:
          type: string
    server.startRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        forceReload:
          type: boolean
          default: false
    server.stopRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        forceStop:
          type: boolean
          default: false
    server.updateRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        activities:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        forceStop:
          type: boolean
          default: false
        startWorker:
          type: boolean
          default: false
        stopWorkerIfRunning:
          type: boolean
          default: false
security:
- Bearer: []