Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview Approval API

Operations for approving or rejecting workflow tasks

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POST /approvals/{taskId}/approve Microsoft Purview Approve a workflow approval task #

POST /approvals/{taskId}/reject Microsoft Purview Reject a workflow approval task #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Microsoft Purview Workflow Approval API
  description: APIs for managing workflows and approval processes for data governance tasks. Supports defining custom approval workflows for glossary term management and other governance operations within Purview.
  version: 2023-10-01-preview
  contact:
    name: Microsoft Purview Support
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/
  license:
    name: Microsoft API License
    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/
servers:
- url: https://{accountName}.purview.azure.com/workflow
  description: Microsoft Purview Workflow API endpoint
  variables:
    accountName:
      description: The name of the Microsoft Purview account
      default: myaccount
security:
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Approval
  description: Operations for approving or rejecting workflow tasks
paths:
  /approvals/{taskId}/approve:
    post:
      operationId: approveApproval
      summary: Microsoft Purview Approve a workflow approval task
      description: Approve an approval task in a workflow.
      tags:
      - Approval
      parameters:
      - name: taskId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: 2023-10-01-preview
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                comment:
                  type: string
                  description: The approval comment
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Approval approved successfully
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
  /approvals/{taskId}/reject:
    post:
      operationId: rejectApproval
      summary: Microsoft Purview Reject a workflow approval task
      description: Reject an approval task in a workflow.
      tags:
      - Approval
      parameters:
      - name: taskId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          format: uuid
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: 2023-10-01-preview
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                comment:
                  type: string
                  description: The rejection reason
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Approval rejected successfully
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
components:
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Azure Active Directory OAuth2 authentication
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenantId}/oauth2/v2.0/token
          scopes:
            https://purview.azure.net/.default: Access Microsoft Purview