Cannot instantiate a process with axios via HTTP

Q&A
1

I have a Node.js API which I'm trying to communicate with Bonitasoft via Axios, I can login and get the processes that the logged user can instantiate, no problem there. But when I want to instantiate a process I'm getting 401 code, I'm passing the bonita token in the header as:

X-Bonita-API-Token: Token value from login

Also tried sending the cookie header as:

Cookie: bonita.tenant=1; SameSite=Lax,JSESSIONID=JSSSIONID form login; Path=/bonita; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax,X-Bonita-API-Token=Token value from login; Path=/bonita; SameSite=Lax,BOS_Locale=es; Path=/; SameSite=Lax

But I still get the 401 error, the user can instantiate the process, he is the initiator of it, and I can do it on the bonita portal, but can't get it working with axios.

How can I achieve this?

2

Hi juanp2299! sorry to bother you. Would you be so kind to share with me the code in which you perform the authentication with Bonita and Node js? I'm getting a 401 error when trying to authenticate and I can't figure out what the problem is.

 

Thank you!

3

Hi! Of course, this is the code I use to authenticate to bonita

 const bonitaLogin = await axios({

      method: "post",

      url: `${process.env.BONITA_URL}bonita/loginservice`,

      headers: {

        "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",

      },

      data: qs.stringify({

        username: username,

        password: password,

      }),

    })

      .then((data) =>

        this.getLoginDataFromString(data.headers["set-cookie"]!.toString())

      )

Where getLoginDataFromString is

 static getLoginDataFromString(token: string) {

    return {

      JSESSIONID: token.substring(

        token.indexOf("JSESSIONID=") + "JSESSIONID=".length,

        token.indexOf(";", token.indexOf("JSESSIONID="))

      ),

      "X-Bonita-API-Token": token.substring(

        token.indexOf("X-Bonita-API-Token=") + "X-Bonita-API-Token=".length,

        token.indexOf(";", token.indexOf("X-Bonita-API-Token="))

      ),

    };

  }

And then you can make requests like this: 

await axios({

        method: "get",

        url: `${

          process.env.BONITA_URL

        }bonita/API/bpm/process?c=1000&s=&o=displayName%20ASC&f=activationState=ENABLED${

          userId ? `&f=user_id=${userId}` : ""

        }`,

        headers: {

          Cookie: `X-Bonita-API-Token=${token}; Path=/bonita;JSESSIONID=${sessionId}; Path=/bonita; HttpOnly;`,

          "X-Bonita-API-Token": token,

        },

      })

4

Here is my code that I use to Instantiate a Process. Mostly Fetch API works. I have trouble with HTTP.GET or HTTPCLIENT

 

  public StartProcess(processId:String,token:any,contractInput:any){

          var myHeaders = new Headers();

          myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");

          console.log(this.getToken());

          myHeaders.append("x-bonita-api-token",JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('API-Token') || '{}'))          

          return fetch('http://localhost:8080/bonita/API/bpm/process/'+ processId + '/instantiation',{

              method: 'POST',

              headers:myHeaders,

              credentials: 'include',

              body:JSON.stringify(contractInput)

            }).then(res=> res.json())

            .then(data=>{ return (data);})

            .catch(err => { return err})

        }

5

Hi! Of course, this is the code I use to authenticate to bonita

const bonitaLogin = await axios({

method: "post",

url: `${process.env.BONITA_URL}bonita/loginservice`,

headers: {

"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",

},

data: qs.stringify({

username: username,

password: password,

}),

})

.then((data) =>

this.getLoginDataFromString(data.headers["set-cookie"]!.toString())

)

Where getLoginDataFromString is

static getLoginDataFromString(token: string) {

return {

JSESSIONID: token.substring(

token.indexOf("JSESSIONID=") + "JSESSIONID=".length,

token.indexOf(";", token.indexOf("JSESSIONID="))

),

"X-Bonita-API-Token": token.substring(

token.indexOf("X-Bonita-API-Token=") + "X-Bonita-API-Token=".length,

token.indexOf(";", token.indexOf("X-Bonita-API-Token="))

),

};

}

And then you can make requests like this:

await axios({

method: "get",

url: `${

process.env.BONITA_URL

}bonita/API/bpm/process?c=1000&s=&o=displayName%20ASC&f=activationState=ENABLED${

userId ? `&f=user_id=${userId}` : ""

}`,

headers: {

Cookie: `X-Bonita-API-Token=${token}; Path=/bonita;JSESSIONID=${sessionId}; Path=/bonita; HttpOnly;`,

"X-Bonita-API-Token": token,

},

})

6

Thank you!!!