Incoming Webhooks

Overview

WorkflowGen features an incoming webhook application that allows users to interact with WorkflowGen from external sources by exchanging JSON payloads using HTTP POST requests. The application supports multiple types of operations, such as creating a new request, completing an action, and some process deployment operations like creating a new process from an XPDL.

Technical requirements

In addition to the standard WorkflowGen installation, the following components are required:

  • Node.js v18.18.2 (versions 8.2.2 and later) or v14.21.2 LTS (versions 8.2.1 and earlier)

  • Visual C++ Redistributable ✏️ Note: This library is required if you encounter the error The specified module could not be found regarding the edge and edge-js libraries when accessing the /wfgen/graphql, /wfgen/hooks, or /wfgen/scim web apps.

For information on the installation procedure, see the WorkflowGen Technical Guide.

Configuration

Maximum query content length

The maximum query content length for incoming webhooks can be set by configuring the maxAllowedContentLength property in the WorkflowGen web.config file. The following example shows how to configure this property as 1 MB (note that the value should always be specified in bytes, so the value in the example is 1,024,000 bytes). The default value is 30,000,000 bytes.

<system.webServer> 
    <security> 
        <requestFiltering> 
            <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="1024000" /> 
        </requestFiltering> 
    </security> 
</system.webServer>

Input file allowed folders

You can configure the local or remote folder paths where files used by FILE type parameters are located using the Input file allowed folders setting In the Webhooks section on the Configuration Panel Integration tab. (Alternately, you can add the folder names separated by commas to the HooksInputFileAllowedFolders parameter in the WorkflowGen web.config file.)

When using file uploads, you don't need to include the original file folder.

To disallow input file allowed folders, leave this field empty (or the parameter undefined). To allow certain folders only, enter comma-separated values according to the table below:

Value

Description

Empty

No folders allowed

*

All folders allowed

c:\*

All folders on drive c:

c:\Inetpub\*

All subfolders in a specific folder

c:\Inetpub\folder*

All c:\Inetpub folders whose names start with folder 📌 Examples:

  • c:\Inetpub\folder1

  • c:\Inetpub\folder1\abc

  • c:\Inetpub\folder2

c:\Inetpub\folder2\abc\def

Specific folder only

Input file allowed HTTP URLs

You can configure allowed HTTP URLs for input files using the Input file allowed HTTP URLs setting in the Webhooks section on the Control Panel Integration tab. (Alternately, you can add the folder names separated by commas to the HooksInputFileAllowedHttpUrls parameter in the WorkflowGen web.config file.)

To disallow file uploads using HTTP and/or HTTPS URLs, leave the field empty (or the parameter undefined). To allow certain URLs only, enter comma-separated values according to the table below:

Value

Description

Empty

No HTTP or HTTPS URLs allowed

*

All HTTP and HTTPS URLs allowed

https://*

HTTPS URLs only

http://*

HTTP URLs only

http://mydomain/*

HTTP from a specific domain only

http://mydomain/folder/*

HTTP from a specific folder only

http://mydomain/folder*

All files and folders whose names start with folder 📌 Examples:

  • http://mydomain/folderfile.jpg

  • http://mydomain/folder/file.jpg

  • http://mydomain/folder2/file.jpg

http://mydomain/folder/file.jpg

Specific file only

Maximum input file size

In the Webhooks section on the Integration tab in the Administration Module Configuration Panel, enter the maximum input file size in kilobytes in the Maximum input file size (kB) field.

Alternately, you can set the maximum input file content size in kilobytes as the value of the HooksMaxInputFileSize parameter in the WorkflowGen web.config file.

Maximum input file content size

When working with FILE type parameters content encoded in base64, you must enter the maximum input file content size in kilobytes in the Maximum input file content size (kB) field in the Webhooks section on the Integration tab in the Administration Module Configuration Panel.

Alternately, you can set the maximum input file content size in kilobytes as the value of the HooksMaxInputFileContentSize parameter in the WorkflowGen web.config file.

FILE type data content is only recommended for small files under 1 MB.

Performance tuning

WorkflowGen is installed with the following default webhooks settings (located under iisnode in \wfgen\hooks\web.config):

nodeProcessCountPerApplication="1"
maxConcurrentRequestsPerProcess="1024"

With these settings, only one node.exe instance will handle HTTP requests. This should be sufficient in most cases, but you can optimize performance if needed by adjusting these values based on the number of potential concurrent requests.

Creating an incoming webhook application

To create a new incoming webhook application in your WorkflowGen application, click the Add Application button on the Applications page. Then, choose Incoming webhook from the Application type drop-down list, enter the Name and Description, and click Save.

The Applications page will now display your incoming webhook application information, including the application URL. This is the URL you should use to send WorkflowGen incoming webhooks. The last component of this URL corresponds to a token that WorkflowGen will use to identify your incoming webhooks.

You should fill in the Impersonate username textbox with the WorkflowGen username you use to perform your desired operations. Be aware that your impersonated user must have your asked-operation-required rights to complete the action; if not, you will receive a security error on your response payload. As well, if the impersonate username is not set, the workflow engine service default identity will be used (as defined in the Security section on the Integration tab in the Configuration Panel).

  • The generated URL and its associated token must remain private and not exposed to end-users in client-side (in JavaScript, for example). You should treat the token with the same level of security as you would a password.

  • If the token used in the incoming webhook URL is missing or invalid, a 404 status code will be returned. If the associated user is invalid, archived, or inactive, a 403 status code will be returned. In both cases, the response will contain a descriptive error message.

Sending data in JSON

The incoming webhook application receives your HTTP POST request payload formatted as a JSON object.

Using the URL provided, you can post HTTP requests from external applications (e.g. Postman) to WorkflowGen in order to execute the available operations in your WorkflowGen application. For operations that require you to provide an object ID, the object ID value can be retrieved by using the GraphQL API. In most cases, object numbers can be used instead of IDs in operation payloads.

In case of an error, you will get a response payload providing error details such as:

{
  "error": "Advantys.Workflow.ServiceFacade: CreateRequest error: A process ID or name is required"
}

Curl example

The requests should respect the structure shown in this example, where operation refers to the name of the operation to execute, and args contains the input node that groups all of the request parameters to perform the operation.

To create a new request, the processName parameter is required. The processVersion parameter is optional and is used to find the correct process you want to use to create your request.

Request payload:

curl -u yourusername -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
  "operation": "createRequest",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "processName": "2_LEVELS_APPROVAL",
      "processVersion": 1
    }
  }
}' http://localhost/wfgen/hooks/yourtoken

Response payload:

The response payload will be structured as follows:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "requestId": "UmVxdWVzdDoxNzI4",
  "number": 10,
  "onBehalfOf": null,
  "onBehalfOfUserName": null
}

Parameters

Parameter

Description

processName

Process name (required)

processVersion

Process version, used to find the correct process you want to use to create the request

clientMutationId

This parameter will be null if the request creator did not define it in the request payload

requestId

ID of newly created request

number

Number of newly created request

onBehalfOf

This parameter contains the delegator ID; however, if the request was not created in delegation mode, its value will be null

onBehalfOfUserName

This parameter contains the delegator username; however, if the request was not created in delegation mode, its value will be null

OpenAPI v2 endpoints

As of version 7.17.0, incoming webhooks now offer a new endpoint that supports the OpenAPI v2 specification for operation definitions and another endpoint for operation execution. This allows for seamless integration with other OpenAPI-ready solutions such as Swagger, Microsoft Flow, Azure Logic Apps and Postman.

Webhook operation definitions

Use this endpoint to retrieve webhook operation definitions based on the OpenAPI v2 specification (in JSON format).

URI: /wfgen/hooks/openapi/v2

Webhook operation execution

Use this endpoint to execute a webhook operation using HTTP POST, replacing :operation with the name of the incoming webhook operation (e.g. createRequest).

URI: /wfgen/hooks/operations/:operation

Required parameters

  • :operation: Name of the incoming webhook operation defined in the URI ✏️ Note: The operation name is not required inside the request payload.

  • x-wfgen-hooktoken: Webhook token value specified in the HTTP request header, which is the same token value as used in a classic incoming webhooks URL

  • Properties with an asterisk * next to their name

Other required or optional parameters specific to the webhook operation might be needed.

Request operations

Create a new request

To create a new request from the webhooks API, make sure that sub-process mode is enabled with public access on the target process. (See the Process form section in the WorkflowGen Administration Guide for more information.)

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "createRequest",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "processName": "2_LEVELS_APPROVAL",
      "processVersion": 1
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "requestId": "UmVxdWVzdDoxNzI4",
  "number": 1728,
  "onBehalfOf": null,
  "onBehalfOfUserName": null
}

A parameter's array can be included in the createRequest operation payload. Be aware that a data with the same name and data type must previously exist in the process for each parameter in the array to store the parameter's value. The following example shows how to send parameters corresponding to the four supported data types (TEXT, NUMERIC, DATETIME, and FILE).

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "createRequest",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "processName": "2_LEVELS_APPROVAL",
      "processVersion": 1,
      "parameters": [
        {
          "name": "TEXT",
          "textValue": "My text parameter"
        },
        {
          "name": "NUMERIC",
          "numericValue": 5
        },
        {
          "name": "DATE",
          "dateTimeValue": "2017-02-23T20:46:00Z"
        },
        {
          "name": "FILE", 
          "fileValue": {
            "name": "TestFile.txt",
            "contentType": "text/plain",
            "size": 616,
            "url": "file:///c:/TestFile.txt",
            "updatedAt": "2017-02-21T15:06:38Z"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "requestId": "UmVxdWVzdDoxNzY1",
  "number": 1765,
  "onBehalfOf": null,
  "onBehalfOfUserName": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

processId

Base64-encoded string

Process identifier with the pattern [Process:1] where 1 is the process identifier from the database

processName

String

Process name

processVersion

Int

Process version, used to find the correct process you want to use to create the request

isTest

Boolean

Indicates if the process is in test

parameters

Array

Array of parameters (see Parameter definitions)

onBehalfOf

Base64-encoded string

User identifier that is used by the user to perform the mutation on behalf of another person, with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

Update a request dataset

A request dataset context can be updated by adding a parameter array. In this case a request number or a request ID should be provided.

This operation requires users to have system access to perform it. This can be configured in the System operations allowed users field under Security on the Integration tab in the Configuration Panel.

Request payloads:

{
  "operation": "updateRequestDataset",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "number": 1750,
      "parameters": [
        {
          "name": "NEW_PARAMETER",
          "textValue": "My parameter"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
{
  "operation": "updateRequestDataset",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "UmVxdWVzdDoxMDAw",
      "parameters": [
        {
          "name": "NEW_PARAMETER",
          "textValue": "My parameter"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "requestId": "UmVxdWVzdDoxNzIx",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "NEW_PARAMETER",
      "textValue": "My parameter"
    }
  ]
}

For more information on FILE parameter manipulations when sent within incoming webhook payloads, see the File upload section.

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id

Base64-encoded string

Request identifier with the pattern [Request:1] where 1 is the request identifier from the database

number

Int

Request number

parameters

Array

Array of parameters (see Parameter definitions)

Cancel a request

You can cancel a request by using the request number or the request ID.

Request payloads:

{
  "operation": "cancelRequest",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "number": 1728
    }
  }
}
{
  "operation": "cancelRequest",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "UmVxdWVzdDoxNzI4"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "requestId": "UmVxdWVzdDoxNzI4",
  "number": 1728,
  "onBehalfOf": null,
  "onBehalfOfUserName": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id

Base64-encoded string

Request identifier with the pattern [Request:1] where 1 is the request identifier from the database

number

Int

Request number

notifyParticipant

Boolean

Indicates if participant members have to be notified

onBehalfOf

Base64-encoded string

User identifier that is used by the user to perform the mutation on behalf of another person, with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

Delete a request

A request can be deleted by using the request number or the request ID.

Request payloads:

{
  "operation": "deleteRequest",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "number": 1728
    }
  }
}
{
  "operation": "deleteRequest",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "UmVxdWVzdDoxNzI4"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id

Base64-encoded string

Request identifier with the pattern [Request:1] where 1 is the request identifier from the database

number

Int

Request number

Action operations

Complete an action

To complete an action, provide the request number and the action number, or the action ID.

Request payloads:

{
  "operation": "completeAction",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "requestNumber": 1765,
      "number": 1,
      "parameters": [
        {
          "name": "NEW_PARAMETER",
          "textValue": "My parameter"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
{
  "operation": "completeAction",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "QWN0aW9uOjE3NTktLS0x"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "actionId": "QWN0aW9uOjE3NTktLS0x",
  "number": 1,
  "requestNumber": 1759,
  "onBehalfOf": null,
  "onBehalfOfUserName": null
}

To complete an action, a parameter array can be included in the request payload arguments.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "completeAction",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "requestNumber": 1765,
      "number": 1,
      "parameters": [
        {
          "name": "NEW_PARAMETER",
          "direction": "IN",
          "type": "TEXT",
          "textValue": "My parameter"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "actionId": "QWN0aW9uOjE3NjUtLS0x",
  "number": 1,
  "requestNumber": 1765,
  "onBehalfOf": null,
  "onBehalfOfUserName": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id

Base64-encoded string

Action identifier with the pattern [Action:1---2] where 1 is the request identifier from the database and 2 is the action identifier from the database

requestNumber

Int

Request number

number

Int

Action number

activityName

String

Activity name

parameters

Array

Array of parameters (see Parameter definitions)

onBehalfOf

Base64-encoded string

User identifier that is used by the user to perform the mutation on behalf of another person, with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

Complete a form action

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "completeFormAction",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "requestNumber": 1765,
      "number": 1,
      "parameters": [
        {
          "name": "NEW_PARAMETER",
          "textValue": "My parameter"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "actionId": "QWN0aW9uOjE3NjUtLS0x",
  "number": 1,
  "requestNumber": 1765,
  "onBehalfOf": null,
  "onBehalfOfUserName": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id

Base64-encoded string

Action identifier with the pattern [Action:1---2] where 1 is the request identifier from the database and 2 is the action identifier from the database

requestNumber

Int

Request number

number

Int

Action number

activityName

String

Activity name

parameters

Array

Array of parameters (see Parameter definitions)

onBehalfOf

Base64-encoded string

User identifier used by the user to perform the mutation on behalf of another person with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

Cancel an action

To cancel an action, provide the request number and the action number, or the action ID. The following conditions must be met:

  • The viewer and the user (if they don't share the same identity, as in delegation mode) must have access to the request.

  • The action must be open.

  • The action must have a cancel or default exception defined in the transition.

  • The viewer is:

    • an administrator or process folder manager OR

    • a supervisor with cancellation rights OR

    • the action assignee.

Request payloads:

{
  "operation": "cancelAction",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "requestNumber": 1759,
      "number": 2
    }
  }
}
{
  "operation": "cancelAction",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "QWN0aW9uOjEwMDAtLS0x"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "actionId": "QWN0aW9uOjE3NTktLS0y",
  "number": 2,
  "requestNumber": 1759,
  "onBehalfOf": null,
  "onBehalfOfUserName": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id

Base64-encoded string

Action identifier with the pattern [Action:1---2] where 1 is the request identifier from the database and 2 is the action identifier from the database

requestNumber

Int

Request number

number

Int

Action number

type

String

Cancellation type:

  • CANCEL: Cancellation exception

  • ERROR: Error exception

exception: {

message*,

source

}

Object {

String, String }

Exception:

  • Exception message

  • Exception source

onBehalfOf

Base64-encoded string

User identifier used by the user to perform the mutation on behalf of another person with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

Cancel a request's actions by name

All of the actions with the same name in a request can be cancelled at the same time by using their name in this operation payload. The following conditions are met:

  • The viewer and the user (if they do not share the same identity, as in delegation mode) must have access to the request.

  • The action must be open.

  • The action must have a cancel or default exception defined in the transition.

  • The viewer is:

    • an administrator or a process folder manager OR

    • a supervisor with cancellation rights OR

    • the action assignee.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "cancelRequestActionsByName",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "requestNumber": 4399,
      "activityName": "Initiates"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "actionIds": [
    "QWN0aW9uOjQzOTktLS0x",
    "QWN0aW9uOjQzOTktLS0y",
    "QWN0aW9uOjQzOTktLS0z"
  ],
  "onBehalfOf": null,
  "onBehalfOfUserName": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

requestNumber

Int

Request number

activityName*

String

Activity name

type

String

Cancellation type:

  • CANCEL: Cancellation exception

  • ERROR: Error exception

exception: {

message*,

source

}

Object {

String, String }

Exception:

  • Exception message

  • Exception source

onBehalfOf

Base64-encoded string

User identifier used by the user to perform the mutation on behalf of another person with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

Assign an action

To assign an action, provide the request number and the action number, or the action ID; you must also provide the assigneeUserName or the assigneeId.

Request payloads:

{
  "operation": "assignAction",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "requestNumber": 1751,
      "number": 2,
      "assigneeUserName": "johnsmith"
    }
  }
}
{
  "operation": "assignAction",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "QWN0aW9uOjEwMDAtLS0x",
      "assigneeId": "QXNzaWduZWU6MQ=="
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "actionId": "QWN0aW9uOjE3NTEtLS0y",
  "number": 2,
  "requestNumber": 1751,
  "onBehalfOf": null,
  "onBehalfOfUserName": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id

Base64-encoded string

Action identifier with the pattern [Action:1---2] where 1 is the request identifier from the database and 2 is the action identifier from the database

assigneeId*

Base64-encoded string

User identifier of the person assigned to the action with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

requestNumber

Int

Request number

number

Int

Action number

onBehalfOf

Base64-encoded string

User identifier used by the user to perform the mutation on behalf of another person with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

Cancel an action assignment

To cancel an action assignment, you should provide the request number and the action number, or the action ID.

Request payloads:

{
  "operation": "cancelActionAssignment",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "requestNumber": 1751,
      "number": 2
    }
  }
}
{
  "operation": "cancelActionAssignment",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "QWN0aW9uOjEwMDAtLS0x"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "actionId": "QWN0aW9uOjE3NTEtLS0y",
  "number": 2,
  "requestNumber": 1751,
  "onBehalfOf": null,
  "onBehalfOfUserName": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id

Base64-encoded string

Action identifier with the pattern [Action:1---2] where 1 is the request identifier from the database and 2 is the action identifier from the database

requestNumber

Int

Request number

number

Int

Action number

onBehalfOf

Base64-encoded string

User identifier used by the user to perform the mutation on behalf of another person with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

End-user operations

Create a new favorite

The incoming webhook application lets users add processes and views to their favorites lists using the process or view IDs.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "createFavorite",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "itemId": "UHJvY2VzczoxMTA="
    }
  }
}

The above code will create a favorite using the process or view description, but adding a custom description is also possible, as shown in the following example:

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "createFavorite",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "itemId": "UHJvY2VzczoxMTA=",
      "description": "My custom description"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "favoriteId": "RmF2b3JpdGU6MTQ="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

itemId*

Base64-encoded string

Process or view identifier with the pattern [Process:1] or [View:1] where 1 is the identifier from the database

description

String

Favorite description

Update a favorite

The incoming webhook application lets users update an existing favorite process or view by using its favorite ID.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "updateFavorite",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "RmF2b3JpdGU6MTQ=",
      "description": "Updated description"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "favoriteId": "RmF2b3JpdGU6MTQ="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Favorite identifier with the pattern [Favorite:1] where 1 is the favorite identifier from the database

description

String

Favorite description

Delete a favorite

The incoming webhook application lets users delete an existing favorite process or view from their favorites list by using its favorites ID.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "deleteFavorite",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "RmF2b3JpdGU6MTQ="
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Favorite identifier with the pattern [Favorite:1] where 1 is the favorite identifier from the database

Add a comment

The incoming webhook application lets users add comments to requests. This operation requires that the portal comments feature be enabled.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "addComment",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "subjectId": "UmVxdWVzdDo0MzY1",
      "message": "This is my comment"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "commentId": "Q29tbWVudDo0MzY1LS0tMg=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

subjectId*

Base64-encoded string

Request identifier on which the comment will be added with the pattern [Request:1] where 1 is the request identifier from the database

message*

String

New comment message

Update a comment

Users can update comments if they are administrators, process manager of the process or process supervisor, or standard users who are members of the process participants, have write permissions, and are the comment author. This operation requires that the portal comments feature be enabled.

Request payload:

 {
    "operation": "updateComment",
    "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "Q29tbWVudDo0MzY1LS0tMg==",
      "message": "This is my updated comment"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "commentId": "Q29tbWVudDo0MzY1LS0tMg=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Comment identifier with the pattern [Comment:1---2] where 1 is the request identifier from the database and 2 is the comment identifier from the database

message*

String

Updated comment message

Remove a comment

The incoming webhook application lets users remove comments from requests. This operation requires that the portal comments feature be enabled.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "removeComment",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "Q29tbWVudDo0MzY1LS0tMg=="
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Comment identifier with the pattern [Comment:1---2] where 1 is the request identifier from the database and 2 is the comment identifier from the database

Delegation operations

Create a delegation

Standard users can only create delegations for themselves; only administrators can create a delegation for another user. This operation requires that the portal delegation feature be enabled.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "createDelegation",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "delegatorId": "VXNlcjox", 
      "delegateeId": "VXNlcjoy", 
      "processId": "UHJvY2Vzczoz", 
      "participantId": "TG9jYWxQcm9jZXNzUGFydGljaXBhbnQ6OA==", 
      "start": "2017-04-23T18:25:43.000Z", 
      "end": "2017-11-23T18:25:43.000Z", 
      "notifyDelegatee": true
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "delegationId": "RGVsZWdhdGlvbjoxMA=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

delegatorId

Base64-encoded string

User identifier that is delegating its requests and actions to another person, with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

delegateeId*

Base64-encoded string

User identifier to whom the requests and actions are delegated from the delegator, with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

processId

Base64-encoded string

Process identifier with the pattern [Process:1] where 1 is the process identifier from the database

participantId

Base64-encoded string

Participant identifier, with the pattern [GlobalParticipant:1] or [LocalProcessParticipant:1] where 1 is the participant identifier from the database

start

DateTime

Indicates the date and time (ISO 8601 date format) when the delegation starts

end

DateTime

Indicates the date and time (ISO 8601 date format) when the delegation ends

notifyDelegatee

Boolean

Indicates if the delegatee should be notified of the delegation

Update a delegation

Standard users can only update delegations for themselves; only administrators can update a delegation for another user. This operation requires that the portal delegation feature be enabled.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "updateDelegation",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "RGVsZWdhdGlvbjoxMA==", 
      "start": "2018-05-01T00:00:00.000Z", 
      "end": "2018-9-01T00:00:00.000Z", 
      "notifyDelegatee": true
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "delegationId": "RGVsZWdhdGlvbjoxMA=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Delegation identifier with the pattern [Delegation:1] where 1 is the delegation identifier from the database

delegatorId

Base64-encoded string

User identifier that is delegating its requests and actions to another person, with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

delegateeId

Base64-encoded string

User identifier to whom the requests and actions are delegated from the delegator, with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

processId

Base64-encoded string

Process identifier with the pattern [Process:1] where 1 is the process identifier from the database

participantId

Base64-encoded string

Participant identifier, with the pattern [GlobalParticipant:1] or [LocalProcessParticipant:1] where 1 is the participant identifier from the database

start

DateTime

Indicates the date and time (ISO 8601 date format) when the delegation starts

end

DateTime

Indicates the date and time (ISO 8601 date format) when the delegation ends

notifyDelegatee

Boolean

Indicates if the delegatee should be notified of the delegation

Delete a delegation

Standard users can only delete their own delegations; only administrators can delete another user's delegations. This operation requires that the portal delegation feature be enabled.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "deleteDelegation",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "RGVsZWdhdGlvbjoxMA=="
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Delegation identifier with the pattern [Delegation:1] where 1 is the delegation identifier from the database

Category operations

Create a new category

Only administrators can create a category.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "createCategory",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "name": "Human resources",
      "description": "Human resources category"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "categoryId": "Q2F0ZWdvcnk6Mg=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

name*

String

Category name

description*

String

Category description

Update a category

Only administrators can update a category.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "updateCategory",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id":  "Q2F0ZWdvcnk6Mg==",
      "name": "My category updated name"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "categoryId": "Q2F0ZWdvcnk6Mg=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

String

Category identifier with the pattern [Category:1] where 1 is the category identifier from the database

name

String

Category name

description

String

Category description

Delete a category

Only administrators can delete a category.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "deleteCategory",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id":  "Q2F0ZWdvcnk6Mg=="
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

String

Category identifier with the pattern [Category:1] where 1 is the category identifier from the database

Process folder operations

Create a new process folder

Only administrators can create a process folder.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "createProcessFolder",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "name": "Human Resources processes folder",
      "description": "Human Resources processes folder",
      "managerId": "R2xvYmFsUGFydGljaXBhbnQ6MQ=="
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "processFolderId": "UHJvY2Vzc0ZvbGRlcjoz"
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

name*

String

Process folder name

description*

String

Process folder description

managerId*

Base64-encoded string

Process folder manager identifier with the pattern [GlobalParticipant:1] where 1 is the global participant identifier from the database

Update a process folder

Only administrators and the process folder manager can update a process folder.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "updateProcessFolder",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "UHJvY2Vzc0ZvbGRlcjoz",
      "name": "Updated process folder name"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "processFolderId": "UHJvY2Vzc0ZvbGRlcjoz"
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Process folder identifier with the pattern [ProcessFolder:1] where 1 is the process folder identifier from the database

name

String

Process folder name

description

String

Process folder description

managerId

Base64-encoded string

Process folder manager identifier with the pattern [GlobalParticipant:1] where 1 is the global participant identifier from the database

Delete a process folder

Only administrators can delete a process folder.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "deleteProcessFolder",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id":  "UHJvY2Vzc0ZvbGRlcjoz"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Process folder identifier with the pattern [ProcessFolder:1] where 1 is the process folder identifier from the database

Process operations

Create a new process

This operation creates a process from the process properties. The process name, description, and folder identifier or name are required.

Request payloads:

{
  "operation": "createProcess",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "description": "My new process",
      "folderName": "DEFAULT",
      "name": "My new process"
    }
  }
}
{
  "operation": "createProcess",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "fromProcessId": "UHJvY2Vzczoy"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "processId": "UHJvY2Vzczoy"
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

accessLevel

String

Process access level:

  • PRIVATE

  • PUBLIC

categoryNames

Array of strings

Process categories

description

String

Process description

folderId

Base64-encoded string

Process folder identifier with the pattern [ProcessFolder:1] where 1 is the process folder identifier from the database

folderName

String

Process folder name

fromProcessId

Base64-encoded string

Process identifier used in new version creation with the pattern [Process:1] where 1 is the process identifier from the database

helpEmail

String

Process help information email

helpText

String

Process help information text

helpUrl

URI string

Process help information URL

isActionDataArchived

Boolean

Indicates if action's associated data is archived when a request is closed

isBuiltInForm

Boolean

Indicates if form management is built-in

isDatabaseStorageForFiles

Boolean

Indicates if file content is stored in the database

isSubProcess

Boolean

Indicates if sub-process mode is enabled

leadTime

Int

Process lead time

leadTimeUnit

String

Process lead time duration unit:

  • YEARS

  • MONTHS

  • DAYS

  • HOURS

  • MINUTES

  • SECONDS

leadTimeUseWorkingDays

Boolean

Indicates if working days/hours are used to compute the lead time

notifyRequesterOnClosure

Boolean

Indicates if the requester is notified upon request closure

name

String

Process name

notifyRequesterOnClosure

Boolean

Indicates if the requester is notified upon request closure

state

String

Process state:

  • DEV

  • TEST

  • ACTIVE

  • ARCHIVE

Create a new process from an XPDL

A process can be created from its XPDL definition.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "createProcessFromXpdl",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "addNewParticipantsAsGlobal": false,
      "addSelfToParticipant": true,
      "description": "My new process",
      "folderName": "DEFAULT",
      "name": "My new process",
      "xpdl": {
        "contentType": "text/xml",
        "name": "process.xml",
        "size": 123,
        "updatedAt": "2017-03-15T15:02:00Z",
        "url": "file:///c:/temp/process.xml"
      }
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "processId": "UHJvY2Vzczoy"
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

addNewParticipantsAsGlobal

Boolean

Specifies whether or not to import process participants as global participants (can only be used by users with an administrator profile)

addGlobalParticipantAssociations

Boolean

Specifies whether or not to import global participant associations

addSelfToParticipant

Boolean

Specifies whether or not to add the current user to process participants

folderId

Base64-encoded string

Process folder identifier with the pattern [ProcessFolder:1] where 1 is the process folder identifier from the database

folderName

String

Process folder name

fromProcessId

Base64-encoded string

Process identifier used when creating a new version with the pattern [Process:1] where 1 is the process identifier from the database

name

String

Process name

newVersionIfExists

Boolean

Creates a new version if the process already exists

state

String

Process state:

  • DEV

  • TEST

  • ACTIVE

  • ARCHIVE

useVersionNumber

Boolean

Specifies whether or not to import the process version number from the process definition

xpdl

FileInput

Process definition in XPDL format (see FileInput values)

Update a process

This operation updates process properties from the process identifier.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "updateProcess",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "UHJvY2Vzczoy",
      "name": "New name"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "processId": "UHJvY2Vzczoy"
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Process identifier with the pattern [Process:1] where 1 is the process identifier from the database

accessLevel

String

Process access level:

  • PRIVATE

  • PUBLIC

categories

Array of strings

Process categories

description

String

Process description

folderId

Base64-encoded string

Process folder identifier with the pattern [ProcessFolder:1] where 1 is the process folder identifier from the database

helpEmail

String

Process help information email

helpText

String

Process help information text

helpUrl

URI string

Process help information URL

isActionDataArchived

Boolean

Indicates if action's associated data is archived when a request is closed

isBuiltInForm

Boolean

Indicates if form management is built-in

isDatabaseStorageForFiles

Boolean

Indicates if file content is stored in the database

isSubProcess

Boolean

Indicates if sub-process mode is enabled

leadTime

Int

Process lead time

leadTimeUnit

String

Process lead time duration unit:

  • YEARS

  • MONTHS

  • DAYS

  • HOURS

  • MINUTES

  • SECONDS

leadTimeUseWorkingDays

Boolean

Indicates if working days/hours are used to compute the lead time

name

String

Process name

notifyRequesterOnClosure

Boolean

Indicates if the requester is notified upon request closure

state

String

Process state:

  • DEV

  • TEST

  • ACTIVE

  • ARCHIVE

Update a process from an XPDL

A process can be updated from its XPDL definition. The .xml file is uploaded by using the multipart file upload feature as shown below.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "updateProcessFromXpdl",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "UHJvY2Vzczoy",
      "xpdl": {
        "contentType": "text/xml",
        "name": "process.xml",
        "size": 123,
        "updatedAt": "2017-03-15T15:02:00Z",
        "url": "file:///c:/temp/process.xml"
      }
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "processId": "UHJvY2Vzczoy"
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Process identifier with the pattern [Process:1] where 1 is the process identifier from the database

addNewParticipantsAsGlobal

Boolean

Specifies whether or not to import process participants as global participants (can only be used by users with an administrator profile)

addGlobalParticipantAssociations

Boolean

Specifies whether or not to import global participant associations

addSelfToParticipant

Boolean

Specifies whether or not to add the current user to process participants

useVersionNumber

Boolean

Specifies whether or not to import the process version number from the process definition

xpdl

FileInput

Process definition in XPDL format (see FileInput values)

Delete a process

A process can be deleted by using the process identifier.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "deleteProcess",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "UHJvY2Vzczoy"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Process identifier with the pattern [Process:1] where 1 is the process identifier from the database

Participant operations

Create a new global participant

Request payload:

{

  "operation": "createGlobalParticipant",

  "args": {

    "input": {

      "name": "My global participant",

      "description": "My global participant description",

      "type": "COORDINATOR",

      "userIds": ["VXNlcjox", "VXNlcjoy"],
      "groupIds": ["R3JvdXA6MQ=="],

      "directoryIds": ["RGlyZWN0b3J5OjE="],
      "coordinatorIds": ["VXNlcjoy"]
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "participantId": "R2xvYmFsUGFydGljaXBhbnQ6MQ=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

name*

String

Global participant name

type*

String

Global participant type:

  • HUMAN

  • ROLE

  • COORDINATOR

description*

String

Global participant description

directoryIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of directories (identifier) associated to the global participant with the pattern [Directory:1] where 1 is the directory identifier from the database

groupIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of groups (identifier) associated to the global participant with the pattern [Group:1] where 1 is the group identifier from the database

userIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of users (identifier) associated to the global participant with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

coordinatorIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of coordinators (identifier) associated to the global participant with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

Update a global participant

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "updateGlobalParticipant",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "R2xvYmFsUGFydGljaXBhbnQ6MQ=="
      "name": "My global participant",
      "description": "My global participant description",
      "type": "COORDINATOR",
      "userIds": ["VXNlcjox", "VXNlcjoy"],
      "groupIds": ["R3JvdXA6MQ=="],
      "directoryIds": ["RGlyZWN0b3J5OjE="],
      "coordinatorIds": ["VXNlcjoy"]
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "participantId": "R2xvYmFsUGFydGljaXBhbnQ6MQ=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Global participant identifier with the pattern [GlobalParticipant:1] where 1 is the global participant identifier from the database

name

String

Global participant name

type

String

Global participant type:

  • HUMAN

  • ROLE

  • COORDINATOR

description

String

Global participant description

directoryIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of directories (identifier) associated to the global participant with the pattern [Directory:1] where 1 is the directory identifier from the database

groupIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of groups (identifier) associated to the global participant with the pattern [Group:1] where 1 is the group identifier from the database

userIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of users (identifier) associated to the global participant with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

coordinatorIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of coordinators (identifier) associated to the global participant with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

Delete a global participant

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "deleteGlobalParticipant",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "R2xvYmFsUGFydGljaXBhbnQ6MQ=="
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Global participant identifier with the pattern [GlobalParticipant:1] where 1 is the global participant identifier from the database

Add a new process participant profile

To be used with global participant only.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "addProcessParticipantProfile",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "role": "ACTOR"
      "participantId": "R2xvYmFsUGFydGljaXBhbnQ6NQ==",
      "processId": "UHJvY2Vzczox"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "processParticipantProfileId": "UHJvY2Vzc1BhcnRpY2lwYW50UHJvZmlsZToxLS0tMTE="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

processId*

Base64-encoded string

Process identifier with the pattern [Process:1] where 1 is the process identifier from the database

participantId*

Base64-encoded string

Global participant identifier with the pattern [GlobalParticipant:1] where 1 is the global participant identifier from the database

query

String

Supervisor scope query

role*

String

Participant role:

  • REQUESTER

  • ACTOR

  • SUPERVISOR

canCancelRequests

Boolean

Indicates if the participant can cancel requests

canReadComments

Boolean

Indicates if the participant can read comments

canReassignActions

Boolean

Indicates if the participant can reassign an action

canViewGraphicalFollowUp

Boolean

Indicates if the participant can view the graphical follow-up

canViewStatistics

Boolean

Indicates if the participant can view statistics

canWriteComments

Boolean

Indicates if the participant can write comments

Update a process participant profile

To be used with global participant only.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "updateProcessParticipantProfile",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "role": "SUPERVISOR",
      "id": "UHJvY2Vzc1BhcnRpY2lwYW50UHJvZmlsZToxLS0tMTE="
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "processParticipantProfileId": "UHJvY2Vzc1BhcnRpY2lwYW50UHJvZmlsZToxLS0tMTE="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Process participant profile identifier with the pattern [ProcessParticipantProfile:1---2] where 1 is the process identifier from the database and 2 is the participant identifier from the database

query

String

Supervisor scope query

role

String

Participant role:

  • REQUESTER

  • ACTOR

  • SUPERVISOR

canCancelRequests

Boolean

Indicates if the participant can cancel requests

canReadComments

Boolean

Indicates if the participant can read comments

canReassignActions

Boolean

Indicates if the participant can reassign an action

canViewGraphicalFollowUp

Boolean

Indicates if the participant can view the graphical follow-up

canViewStatistics

Boolean

Indicates if the participant can view statistics

canWriteComments

Boolean

Indicates if the participant can write comments

Remove a process participant profile

To be used with global participant only.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "removeProcessParticipantProfile",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "UHJvY2Vzc1BhcnRpY2lwYW50UHJvZmlsZToxLS0tMTE="
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Process participant profile identifier with the pattern [ProcessParticipantProfile:1---2] where 1 is the process identifier from the database and 2 is the participant identifier from the database

Create a new local process participant

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "createLocalProcessParticipant",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "name": "My local process participant",
      "description": "My local process participant description",
      "type": "COORDINATOR",
      "userIds": ["VXNlcjox", "VXNlcjoy"],
      "groupIds": ["R3JvdXA6MQ=="],
      "directoryIds": ["RGlyZWN0b3J5OjE="],
      "coordinatorIds": ["VXNlcjoy"],
      "processId": "UHJvY2Vzczoy"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "participantId": "TG9jYWxQcm9jZXNzUGFydGljaXBhbnQ6MTI="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

name*

String

Local process participant name

processId*

Base64-encoded string

Process identifier with the pattern [Process:1] where 1 is the process identifier from the database

description*

String

Local process participant description

type*

String

Local process participant type:

  • HUMAN

  • ROLE

  • COORDINATOR

directoryIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of directories (identifier) associated to the local process participant with the pattern [Directory:1] where 1 is the directory identifier from the database

groupIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of groups (identifier) associated to the local process participant with the pattern [Group:1] where 1 is the group identifier from the database

userIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of users (identifier) associated to the local process participant with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

coordinatorIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of coordinators (identifier) associated to the local process participant with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

Update a local process participant

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "updateLocalProcessParticipant",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "TG9jYWxQcm9jZXNzUGFydGljaXBhbnQ6MTI="
      "name": "My local process participant",
      "description": "My local process participant description",
      "type": "COORDINATOR",
      "userIds": ["VXNlcjox", "VXNlcjoy"],
      "groupIds": ["R3JvdXA6MQ=="],
      "directoryIds": ["RGlyZWN0b3J5OjE="],
      "coordinatorIds": ["VXNlcjoy"]
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "participantId": "TG9jYWxQcm9jZXNzUGFydGljaXBhbnQ6MTI="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Local process participant identifier with the pattern [LocalProcessParticipant:1] where 1 is the local process participant identifier from the database

name

String

Local process participant name

description

String

Local process participant description

type

String

Local process participant type:

  • HUMAN

  • ROLE

  • COORDINATOR

directoryIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of directories (identifier) associated to the local process participant with the pattern [Directory:1] where 1 is the directory identifier from the database

groupIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of groups (identifier) associated to the local process participant with the pattern [Group:1] where 1 is the group identifier from the database

userIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of users (identifier) associated to the local process participant with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

coordinatorIds

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of coordinators (identifier) associated to the local process participant with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

Delete a local process participant

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "deleteLocalProcessParticipant",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "TG9jYWxQcm9jZXNzUGFydGljaXBhbnQ6MTI="
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Local process participant identifier with the pattern [LocalProcessParticipant:1] where 1 is the local process participant identifier from the database

Application operations

Create an application

Only administrators can create a workflow application.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "createApplication",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "name": "My assembly application",
      "description": "My assembly application description",
      "type": "ASSEMBLY",
      "assemblyName": "CustomAssembly.Applications",
      "assemblyClassName": "CustomAssembly.Applications.Converters",
      "method": "Convert",
      "isDefault": false,
      "isActive": true
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "applicationId": "QXBwbGljYXRpb246Mzk="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

assemblyClassName

String

Application assembly class name

assemblyName

String

Application assembly name

contentType

String

Application content type

contextFormat

String

Application context format:

  • JSON: Application JSON context format type

  • WFCONTEXT: Application XML ADO.NET Dataset context format type

  • RECORDSET: Application XML ADO Recordset context format type

description*

String

Application description

isActive*

Boolean

Application active

isDefault

Boolean

Application default

isSchemaDefinitionEmbedded

Boolean

Application schema definition embedded

method

String

Application method

name*

String

Application name

password

String

Application password

token

String

Application token

type*

String

Application type:

  • ASSEMBLY: Assembly

  • WEBPROCASYNC: Asynchronous web procedure

  • INWEBHOOK: Incoming webhook

  • WEBSERVICE: SOAP web service

  • WCFSERVICE: WCF service

  • WEBAPP: Web application

  • WEBPROC: Web procedure

  • NONINTERACTIVECLIENT: Non-interactive client

url

String

URL

username

String

Application username

wsdl

String

WSDL

Update an application

Only administrators can update a workflow application.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "updateApplication",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id":  "QXBwbGljYXRpb246Mzk=",
      "name": "My assembly application name"
     }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "applicationId": "QXBwbGljYXRpb246Mzk="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Application identifier with the pattern [Application:1] where 1 is the application identifier from the database

assemblyClassName

String

Application assembly class name

assemblyName

String

Application assembly name

contentType

String

Application content type

contextFormat

String

Application context format:

  • JSON: Application JSON context format type

  • WFCONTEXT: Application XML ADO.NET Dataset context format type

  • RECORDSET: Application XML ADO Recordset context format type

description

String

Application description

isActive

Boolean

Application active

isDefault

Boolean

Application default

isSchemaDefinitionEmbedded

Boolean

Application schema definition embedded

method

String

Application method

name

String

Application name

password

String

Application password

url

String

URL

username

String

Application username

wsdl

String

WSDL

Delete an application

Only administrators can delete a workflow application.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "deleteApplication",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id":  "QXBwbGljYXRpb246Mzk="
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Application identifier with the pattern [Application:1] where 1 is the application identifier from the database

Add an application parameter

Only administrators can add a workflow application parameter.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "addApplicationParameter",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "applicationId": "QXBwbGljYXRpb246MjA=",
      "name": "My parameter",
      "description": "My parameter description",
      "dataType": "TEXT",
      "direction": "IN",
      "isRequired": true,
      "isDefault": false
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "parameterId": "QXBwbGljYXRpb25QYXJhbWV0ZXI6MjAtLS02"
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

applicationId*

Base64-encoded string

Application identifier with the pattern [Application:1] where 1 is the application identifier from the database

dataType*

String

Application parameter data type:

  • TEXT

  • NUMERIC

  • DATETIME

  • FILE

description*

String

Application parameter description

direction*

String

Application parameter direction:

  • IN

  • OUT

  • INOUT

isDefault*

Boolean

Application parameter default

isRequired*

Boolean

Application parameter required

name*

String

Application parameter name

Remove an application parameter

Only administrators can remove a workflow application parameter if it is not associated to any activity and is not required.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "removeApplicationParameter",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "QXBwbGljYXRpb25QYXJhbWV0ZXI6MjAtLS02"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Application parameter identifier with the pattern [ApplicationParameter:1---2] where 1 is the application identifier from the database and 2 is the parameter identifier from the database

Global list operations

Create a global list

The operation creates a global list from the global list's properties. If no input argument is provided, the global list is created with the default values.

Request payloads:

{
  "operation": "createGlobalList",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "connectionName": "WfgenDatabase",
      "name": "USER_LIST",
      "providerName": "SYSTEM_DATA_SQLCLIENT",
      "selectCommand": "SELECT USERNAME, LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME FROM USERS"
    }
  }
}
{
  "operation": "createGlobalList",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "fromGlobalListId": "R2xvYmFsTGlzdDoxMw=="
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "globalListId": "R2xvYmFsTGlzdDoxMw=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

connectionName

String

Global list connection name

connectionString

String

Global list connection string

name

String

Global list name

managerId

Base64-encoded string

Global list manager identifier (global participant) with the pattern [GlobalParticipant:1] where 1 is the global participant identifier from the database

fromGlobalListId

Base64-encoded string

Duplicates a global list given its identifier with the pattern [GlobalList:1] where 1 is the global list identifier from the database

providerName

String

Global list provider name:

  • SYSTEM_DATA_SQLCLIENT

  • SYSTEM_DATA_OLEDB

  • SYSTEM_DATA_ODBC

  • SYSTEM_DATA_ORACLECLIENT

  • ORACLE_DATAACCESS_CLIENT

selectCommand

String

Global list select command

Create a global list from an XML definition

A global list can be created from its XML definition. The .xml file is uploaded by using the multipart file upload feature as shown below.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "createGlobalListFromXmlDefinition",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "xmlDefinition": {
        "contentType": "text/xml",
        "name": "list.xml",
        "size": 123,
        "updatedAt": "2017-03-15T15:02:00Z",
        "url": "file:///c:/temp/list.xml"
      }
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "globalListId": "R2xvYmFsTGlzdDoxMw=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

xmlDefinition

FileInput

Global list definition in XML format (see FileInput values)

Update a global list

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "updateGlobalList",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "R2xvYmFsTGlzdDoxMw==",
      "name": "New list name"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "globalListId": "R2xvYmFsTGlzdDoxMw=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Global list identifier with the pattern [GlobalList:1] where 1 is the global list identifier from the database

connectionName

String

Global list connection name

connectionString

String

Global list connection string

name

String

Global list name

managerId

Base64-encoded string

Global list manager identifier (global participant) with the pattern [GlobalParticipant:1] where 1 is the global participant identifier from the database

providerName

String

Global list provider name:

  • SYSTEM_DATA_SQLCLIENT

  • SYSTEM_DATA_OLEDB

  • SYSTEM_DATA_ODBC

  • SYSTEM_DATA_ORACLECLIENT

  • ORACLE_DATAACCESS_CLIENT

selectCommand

String

Global list select command

Update a global list from an XML definition

A global list can be updated from its XML definition. The .xml file is uploaded by using the multipart file upload feature as shown below.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "updateGlobalListFromXmlDefinition",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "R2xvYmFsTGlzdDoxMw==",
      "xmlDefinition": {
        "contentType": "text/xml",
        "name": "list.xml",
        "size": 123,
        "updatedAt": "2017-03-15T15:02:00Z",
        "url": "file:///c:/temp/list.xml"
      }
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "globalListId": "R2xvYmFsTGlzdDoxMw=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Global list identifier with the pattern [GlobalList:1] where 1 is the global list identifier from the database

xmlDefinition

FileInput

Global list definition in XML format (see FileInput values)

Delete a global list

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "deleteGlobalList",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "W0dsb2JhbExpc3Q6MV0="
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Global list identifier with the pattern [GlobalList:1] where 1 is the global list identifier from the database

User and group operations

Create a user

Only administrators can create a user.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "createUser",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "userName": "emily_taylor",
      "lastName": "Taylor",
      "firstName": "Emily",
      "commonName": "Emily",
      "directoryId": "RGlyZWN0b3J5OjM=",
      "password": "TestPassword$",
      "fax": "1234567",
      "jobTitle": "Engineer",
      "systemIdentifier": "70f63326-3947-4052-8bf5-ce4912e7e7b5",
      "managerId": "VXNlcjoz",
      "mobile": "422 543 8765",
      "phone": "666 543 9839",
      "postalCode": "R6H 8K0",
      "office": "444 Main St",
      "postalAddress": "333 Bank St",
      "isAdministrator": true,
      "isActive": true
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "userId": "VXNlcjox"
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

directoryId*

Base64-encoded string

Directory identifier with the pattern [Directory:1] where 1 is the directory identifier from the database

userName*

String

User's login name

password

String

User's password

lastName*

String

Last name (refers to the SN attribute in LDAP)

firstName

String

First name (refers to the GIVENNAME attribute in LDAP)

email

String

Email address

isAdministrator

Boolean

Indicates if the user has an Administrator profile. Otherwise, the user will be set with a User profile.

isActive

Boolean

Indicates if the user account is Active or Inactive

isSynchronized

Boolean

Indicates if the user account is managed by the directory synchronization

defaultLanguage

String

Default language in Language-Country format, e.g. en-US

defaultTimeZoneId

Int

Default time zone identifier, e.g. 9 for (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada). See the Time Zone IDs and GMT Values Mapping appendix for the list of time zone identifiers.

city

String

City

commonName

String

Common name (refers to the attribute CN in LDAP)

company

String

Company

country

String

Country

department

String

Department

distinguishedName

String

Distinguished name (refers to the DN attribute in LDAP)

employeeNumber

String

Employee number

employeeType

String

Employee type

extendedAttribute1

String

Extended attribute 1

extendedAttribute2

String

Extended attribute 2

extendedAttribute3

String

Extended attribute 3

extendedAttribute4

String

Extended attribute 4

extendedAttribute5

String

Extended attribute 5

fax

String

Fax number

initials

String

User's initials

jobTitle

String

Job title

ldapADsPath

String

LDAP Active Directory path (refers to the ADSPATH attribute in LDAP)

managerId

Base64-encoded string

Manager's identifier with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

mobile

String

Mobile phone number

office

String

Office phone number

pager

String

Pager number

personalTitle

String

Personal title

phone

String

Phone number

postalAddress

String

Postal address

postalCode

String

Zip or postal code

state

String

State, province, or county

systemIdentifier

String

System identifier (refers to the OBJECTSID attribute in LDAP)

Update a user

Only administrators can update a user.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "updateUser",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "VXNlcjox",
      "userName": "jane_doe",
      "lastName": "Doe",
      "firstName": "Jane",
      "commonName": "Jane",
      "directoryId": "RGlyZWN0b3J5OjM=",
      "fax": "1234567",
      "systemIdentifier": "70f63326-3947-4052-8bf5-ce4912e7e7b5",
      "isAdministrator": false,
      "isActive": false
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "userId": "VXNlcjox"
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

User identifier with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

directoryId

Base64-encoded string

Directory identifier with the pattern [Directory:1] where 1 is the directory identifier from the database

userName

String

User's login name

password

String

User's password

lastName

String

Last name (refers to the SN attribute in LDAP)

firstName

String

First name (refers to the GIVENNAME attribute in LDAP)

email

String

Email address

isAdministrator

Boolean

Indicates if the user has an Administrator profile. Otherwise, the user will be set with a User profile.

isActive

Boolean

Indicates if the user account is Active or Inactive

isSynchronized

Boolean

Indicates if the user account is managed by the directory synchronization

defaultLanguage

String

Default language in Language-Country format, e.g. en-US

language

String

Preferred language in Language-Country format, e.g. en-US

defaultTimeZoneId

Int

Default time zone identifier, e.g. 9 for (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada). See the Time Zone IDs and GMT Values Mapping appendix for the list of time zone identifiers.

timeZoneId

Int

Preferred time zone identifier, e.g. 9 for (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada). See the Time Zone IDs and GMT Values Mapping appendix for the list of time zone identifiers.

city

String

City

commonName

String

Common name (refers to the CN attribute in LDAP)

company

String

Company

country

String

Country

department

String

Department

distinguishedName

String

Distinguished name (refers to the DN attribute in LDAP)

employeeNumber

String

Employee number

employeeType

String

Employee type

extendedAttribute1

String

Extended attribute 1

extendedAttribute2

String

Extended attribute 2

extendedAttribute3

String

Extended attribute 3

extendedAttribute4

String

Extended attribute 4

extendedAttribute5

String

Extended attribute 5

fax

String

Fax number

initials

String

User's initials

jobTitle

String

Job title

ldapADsPath

String

LDAP Active Directory path (refers to the ADSPATH attribute in LDAP)

managerId

Base64-encoded string

Manager's identifier with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

mobile

String

Mobile phone number

office

String

Office phone number

pager

String

Pager number

personalTitle

String

Personal title

phone

String

Phone number

postalAddress

String

Postal address

postalCode

String

Zip or postal code

state

String

State, province, or county

systemIdentifier

String

System identifier (refers to the OBJECTSID attribute in LDAP)

Delete a user

Only administrators can delete a user.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "deleteUser",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "VXNlcjox"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

User identifier with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

Add groups to a user

Only administrators can add groups to a user.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "addGroupsToUser",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "VXNlcjox",
      "groupIds": ["R3JvdXA6Mw==", "R3JvdXA6Nw=="]
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "userId": "VXNlcjox"
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

User identifier with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

groupIds*

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of groups (identifier) associated to the user with the pattern [Group:1] where 1 is the group identifier from the database

Remove groups from a user

Only administrators can remove groups from a user.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "removeGroupsFromUser",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "VXNlcjox",
      "groupIds": ["R3JvdXA6Nw=="]
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "userId": "VXNlcjox"
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

User identifier with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

groupIds*

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of groups (identifier) associated to the user with the pattern [Group:1] where 1 is the group identifier from the database

Create a group

Only administrators can create a group.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "createGroup",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "name": "Group G",
      "description": "Group G",
      "directoryId": "RGlyZWN0b3J5OjM=",
      "isSynchronized": true,
      "email": "group_g@company.com",
      "systemIdentifier": "13499ebd-f6d6-45c6-8c50-2a1fdc6336cc"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "groupId": "R3JvdXA6MQ=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

directoryId*

Base64-encoded string

Directory identifier with the pattern [Directory:1] where 1 is the directory identifier from the database

name*

String

Group's name

code

String

Group's code

commonName

String

Common name (refers to the CN attribute in LDAP)

description

String

Description

distinguishedName

String

Distinguished name (refers to the DISTINGUISHEDNAME attribute in LDAP)

email

String

Email address

isSynchronized

Boolean

Indicates if the group is managed by the directory synchronization

ldapADsPath

String

LDAP Active Directory path (refers to the ADSPATH attribute in LDAP)

query

String

Query used to select and filter group members from users in the database

systemIdentifier

String

System identifier (refers to the OBJECTSID attribute in LDAP)

Update a group

Only administrators can update a group.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "updateGroup",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "R3JvdXA6MQ==",
      "name": "Group E",
      "description": "Group E",
      "email": "group_e@company.com",
      "query": "CITY='NEW YORK'"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "groupId": "R3JvdXA6MQ=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Group identifier with the pattern [Group:1] where 1 is the group identifier from the database

directoryId

Base64-encoded string

Directory identifier with the pattern [Directory:1] where 1 is the directory identifier from the database

name

String

Group's name

code

String

Group's code

commonName

String

Common name (refers to the CN attribute in LDAP)

description

String

Description

distinguishedName

String

Distinguished name (refers to the DISTINGUISHEDNAME attribute in LDAP)

email

String

Email address

isSynchronized

Boolean

Indicates if the group is managed by the directory synchronization

ldapADsPath

String

LDAP Active Directory path (refers to the ADSPATH attribute in LDAP)

query

String

Query used to select and filter group members from users in the database

systemIdentifier

String

System identifier (refers to the OBJECTSID attribute in LDAP)

Delete a group

Only administrators can delete a group.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "deleteGroup",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "R3JvdXA6MQ=="
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Group identifier with the pattern [Group:1] where 1 is the group identifier from the database

Add users to a group

Only administrators can add users to a group.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "addUsersToGroup",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "R3JvdXA6MQ==",
      "userIds": ["VXNlcjox", "VXNlcjoy"]
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "groupId": "R3JvdXA6MQ=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Group identifier with the pattern [Group:1] where 1 is the group identifier from the database

userIds*

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of users (identifier) associated to the group with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

Remove users from a group

Only administrators can remove users from a group.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "removeUsersFromGroup",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "id": "R3JvdXA6MQ==",
      "userIds": ["VXNlcjoy"]
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "groupId": "R3JvdXA6MQ=="
}

Properties

Property

Type

Description

clientMutationId

String

Client mutation identifier

id*

Base64-encoded string

Group identifier with the pattern [Group:1] where 1 is the group identifier from the database

userIds*

Array of Base64-encoded strings

List of users (identifier) associated to the group with the pattern [User:1] where 1 is the user identifier from the database

Parameter definitions

These parameters define single data values used in the Create a new request, Update a request dataset, Complete an action, and Complete a form action operations.

Operation values

Property

Type

Description

dateTimeValue

DateTime

Parameter datetime value

name*

String

Parameter name

numericValue

Float

Parameter numeric value

textValue

String

Parameter text value

fileValue

FileInput

Parameter file value (see FileInput values)

FileInput values

Property

Type

Description

content

Base64-encoded string

File content

contentType

String

File content type

description

String

File description

name

String

File name

size

Int

File size in bytes

updatedAt

DateTime

Identifies the date and time (ISO 8601 date format) when the file was updated

upload

Upload

File upload

url

URI string

File URL

File upload

As of version 7.2.0, the incoming webhook application supports the fileValue.updatedAt, fileValue.content, and fileValue.url fields when sending FILE parameters (as shown in the previous example).

The fileValue.updatedAt field should use the ISO 8601 date format.

File content

The fileValue.content field should contain the file content encoded in base64. In this case, the fileValue.url field is not required. You must set the maximum input file content size (see the Configuration section above for instructions on how to set these).

...
{
  "name": "FILE",
  "fileValue": {
    "name": "test.txt",
    "contentType": "plain/text",
    "size": 76,
    "updatedAt": "2017-03-15T15:02:00Z",                
    "content": "TG9yZW0gaXBzdW0gZG9sb3Igc2l0IGFtZXQsIGNvbnNlY3RldHVyIGFkaXBpc2NpbmcgZWxpdC4="
  }
}
...

File URL

The fileValue.url field contains the file URL. When working with FILE parameters, you must set the input file allowed folders and the maximum input file size (see the Configuration section above for instructions on how to set these).

You can also prevent file uploads using HTTP and/or HTTPS URLs setting the Input file allowed HTTP URLs in the Webhooks section on the Integration tab in the Administration Module Configuration Panel (see Input file allowed HTTP URLs in the WorkflowGen Administration Guide).

The following path patterns are supported:

  • Local file should use the File URI scheme:

    ...
    {
      "name": "FILE",
      "fileValue": {
        "name": "test.txt",
        "description": "test.txt",
        "contentType": "plain/text",
        "url": "file:///c:/temp/test.txt",
        "size": 4714,
        "updatedAt": "2017-03-15T15:02:00Z"
      }
    }
    ...
  • Public file URL:

    ...
    {
      "name": "FILE",
      "fileValue": {
        "name": "update.zip",
        "description": "update.zip",
        "contentType": "application/zip",
        "url": "http://download.workflowgen.com/product/latest/update.zip",
        "size": 4120858,
        "updatedAt": "2017-03-15T15:02:00Z"
      }
    }   
    ...
  • File URL:

    ...
    {
      "name": "FILE",
      "fileValue": {
        "name": "test.txt",
        "description": "test.txt",
        "contentType": "plain/text",
        "url": "http://localhost:8081/test.txt",
        "size": 4714,
        "updatedAt": "2017-03-15T15:02:00Z"
      }
    }
    ...

Multipart file upload

Incoming webhooks support multipart file uploads for the following mutations:

  • createRequest

  • completeAction

  • completeFormAction

  • updateRequestDataset

  • createProcessFromXpdl

  • updateProcessFromXpdl

  • createGlobalListFromXmlDefinition

  • updateGlobalListFromXmlDefinition

📌 Curl example for a single upload

curl -X
    POST http://localhost/wfgen/hooks/TOKENXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
    -H 'content-type:multipart/form-data'
    -F "payload={\"operation\": \"createRequest\", \"args\": { \"input\": {\"processName\": \"SIMPLE_REQUEST\", \"processVersion\": 1, \"parameters\": [ { \"name\": \"FILE1\", \"fileValue\": {\"uploadMap\":\"1\" }}] } } }" 
    -F "1=@C:\test1.txt"
  • The content type should be multipart/form-data.

  • The payload field is required and contains the operation and its arguments.

    • input.parameters[X].fileValue should contain an uploadMap whose value is the (\"fileValue\": {\"uploadMap\":\"1\" }) key of the file to be uploaded.

    • The key should be an alphanumeric string that matches the file key ("1" in the above example).

    • For each uploadMap declared, a file with the same key must be attached.

  • Each file to be uploaded should contain the alphanumeric key and the file path ("1=@C:\test1.txt").

    • Each attached file must match an uploadMap.

    • The files should follow the payload part.

📌 Curl example for multiple uploads

curl -X
    POST http://localhost/wfgen/hooks/TOKENXXXXXXXXXXXXX \
    -H 'content-type:multipart/form-data' \
    -F "payload={\"operation\": \"createRequest\", \"args\": { \"input\": {\"processName\": \"SIMPLE_REQUEST\", \"processVersion\": 1, \"parameters\": [ { \"name\": \"FILE1\", \"fileValue\": {\"uploadMap\":\"1\" }}, { \"name\": \"FILE2\", \"fileValue\": {\"uploadMap\":\"2\" }}] } } }" \
    -F "1=@C:\test1.txt" \
    -F "2=@C:\test2.txt"

Limits

  • The maximum number of uploads in the same request is 30.

  • The maximum file upload size is set in the HooksMaxInputFileSize configuration parameter.

The multipart/form-data content type is only advised for HTTP requests with file uploads. If the fileValue.name, fileValue.description, fileValue.contentType, and fileValue.size properties are not defined, they will be set from the uploaded file information; otherwise, they will take the values defined the payload.

Delegation mode

Some of these operations can be done in delegation mode, by adding the onBehalfOfUserName (delegator username) or the onBehalfOf (delegator ID) arguments to the request JSON payload, such as in the following example:

Request payloads:

{
  "operation": "createRequest",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "processName": "2_LEVELS_APPROVAL",
      "processVersion": 1,
      "onBehalfOfUserName": "wfgen_admin"
    }
  }
}
{
  "operation": "createRequest",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "processName": "2_LEVELS_APPROVAL",
      "processVersion": 1,
      "onBehalfOf": "VXNlcjox"
    }
  }
}

In this case, the response payload will also contain the onBehalfOf and onBehalfOfUserName arguments.

{
  "clientMutationId": null,
  "requestId": "UmVxdWVzdDoxNzI5",
  "number": 1729,
  "onBehalfOf": "VXNlcjox",
  "onBehalfOfUserName": "wfgen_admin"
}

In the case of CancelActionAssignment and UpdateRequestDataset operations, the delegation mode is not supported.

clientMutationId

clientMutationId is an optional argument that can be used by the requester to identify the execution of an operation. Its value is defined in the input payload (e.g. a UUID). If defined, the same value is returned by the operation.

Request payload:

{
  "operation": "createRequest",
  "args": {
    "input": {
      "processName": "2_LEVELS_APPROVAL",
      "processVersion": 1,
      "clientMutationId": "e9468d12-ca3e-4164-ba6c-2bb0843117d0"
    }
  }
}

Response payload:

{
  "clientMutationId": "e9468d12-ca3e-4164-ba6c-2bb0843117d0",
  "requestId": "UmVxdWVzdDoxNzY4",
  "number": 1768,
  "onBehalfOf": null,
  "onBehalfOfUserName": null
}

Known limitations

For file type data parameters, the URL must start with file://, and the path has to be available to the WorkflowGen server.

Performance optimization

The value of the nodeProcessCountPerApplication setting is set to 0 by default for the best performance in Node.js applications. This creates one node process based on the number of virtual processors that are configured. You can change this value at any time to a custom number of node processes; for example, nodeProcessCountPerApplication=2 will create two node processes independently of the number of virtual processors.

For more information, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/app-service/app-service-web-nodejs-best-practices-and-troubleshoot-guide#nodeprocesscountperapplication.

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