Flowable

Flowable History API

The History API from Flowable — 17 operation(s) for history.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 17

GET /history/historic-activity-instances List historic activity instances #
GET /history/historic-detail Get historic detail #
GET /history/historic-detail/{detailId}/data Get the binary data for a historic detail variable #
GET /history/historic-task-instances/{taskId}/variables/{variableName}/data Get the binary data for a historic task instance variable #
GET /history/historic-variable-instances List of historic variable instances #
GET /history/historic-variable-instances/{varInstanceId}/data Get the binary data for a historic task instance variable #
POST /query/historic-activity-instances Query for historic activity instances #
POST /query/historic-detail Query for historic details #
POST /query/historic-variable-instances Query for historic variable instances #
POST /query/variable-instances Query for variable instances #
GET /runtime/activity-instances List activity instances #
GET /runtime/variable-instances List of variable instances #
GET /cmmn-history/historic-task-instances/{taskId}/variables/{variableName}/data Get the binary data for a historic task instance variable #
GET /cmmn-history/historic-variable-instances List of historic variable instances #
GET /cmmn-history/historic-variable-instances/{varInstanceId}/data Get the binary data for a historic task instance variable #
POST /cmmn-query/historic-variable-instances Query for historic variable instances #
GET /cmmn-runtime/variable-instances List of variable instances #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch14-REST
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Documentation
https://documentation.flowable.com/latest/develop/core-swagger

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/flowable/refs/heads/main/openapi/flowable-history-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Swagger
https://documentation.flowable.com/latest/assets/core-swagger/bpmn.html

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OpenAPI Specification

flowable-history-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Flowable History API
  version: v1
  contact:
    name: Flowable
    url: http://www.flowable.org/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  description: 'Operations tagged History across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: flowable-bpmn-openapi.yml, flowable-cmmn-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: /flowable-rest/service
- url: /flowable-rest/cmmn-api
tags:


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