Invoking REST API inside a process/diagram

Submitted by gulack on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 14:27
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Hi,

What's the correct way to invoke the REST API from inside a BPM/process? I'm getting the 401 Unauthorized response when trying to use the REST Connector to a bonita API.

When invoking it externally, I understand that you need to call the login service and use the received X-Bonita-API-Token cookie. But inside a BPM what's the proper way? Should we use the same logic, with the execution of a REST Connector to the login service, processing the response headers and then send it as a cookie?

If i'm already executing the process inside the bonita scope, it seems that you'd have to do this kind of logic. Is there any other way?

Thanks in advance

REST API BPM

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Submitted by gulack on Wed, 08/08/2018 - 15:31

The final goal is to read all BDM entities/objects (in a specific state). Maybe there's some better way for that, without using the REST Connector.

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Submitted by pierrick.voulet on Thu, 08/16/2018 - 23:24
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This one is the BEST answer!

What about using the Java API (from a Groovy Script Connector) instead of REST API Connector? Usually, REST API is a good choice when your client does not use Java language.

Here is the official documentation in case you wanna give a try.

Submitted by gulack on Fri, 08/24/2018 - 12:54
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Hi Pierrick,

That sent me in the right direction. I hadn't come back to this since your reply, but in a couple of minutes I'm already being able to read/search for processes.

For now, and for future reference, here's how it is:

import org.bonitasoft.engine.api.LoginAPI
import org.bonitasoft.engine.api.ProcessAPI
import org.bonitasoft.engine.api.TenantAPIAccessor
import org.bonitasoft.engine.bpm.flownode.ArchivedActivityInstanceSearchDescriptor
import org.bonitasoft.engine.bpm.flownode.impl.internal.UserTaskInstanceImpl
import org.bonitasoft.engine.search.Order
import org.bonitasoft.engine.search.SearchOptions
import org.bonitasoft.engine.search.SearchOptionsBuilder
import org.bonitasoft.engine.search.SearchResult
import org.bonitasoft.engine.session.APISession

LoginAPI loginAPI = TenantAPIAccessor.getLoginAPI();
APISession session = loginAPI.login("%USERNAME%", "%PASSWORD%");

ProcessAPI papi = TenantAPIAccessor.getProcessAPI(session);

SearchOptionsBuilder searchBuilder = new SearchOptionsBuilder(0, 100);
//searchBuilder.filter(ArchivedActivityInstanceSearchDescriptor.ROOT_PROCESS_INSTANCE_ID, processInstance.getId());
//searchBuilder.filter(ArchivedActivityInstanceSearchDescriptor.ASSIGNEE_ID, myUser.getId());
searchBuilder.sort(ArchivedActivityInstanceSearchDescriptor.NAME, Order.ASC);

SearchOptions so = searchBuilder.done();
SearchResult res = papi.searchAssignedAndPendingHumanTasks(so);

Iterator it = res.getResult().iterator();

while (it.hasNext()){
    UserTaskInstanceImpl o = it.next();

    // Do whatever
}

return "whatever";

Thank you very much!

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Submitted by gulack on Fri, 08/24/2018 - 15:37

For completion/correction of my previous answer, if you're using this in a groovy script inside a process, you won't need to perform the API login. You may get the ProcessAPI (and others) directly from the apiAccessor variable.

Greetings

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