Is it possible to access the bonita API's in community edition for example getting the time stamp of case id start, completion?

Q&A
1

We are trying to explore the bonita API usage in community edition. Is it possible in community edition? Appreciate your feedback.

2

Not really sure what you want, simple answer is Yes the API’s are available in community.

Documentation is here:

http://documentation.bonitasoft.com/product-bos-sp/engine-api

and REST documentation is here:

http://documentation.bonitasoft.com/product-bos-sp/web-rest-api-0

We use it in Groovy and Java scripts and home grown extensions, the UI only uses REST

regards

3

==> I have created process variable with the default value in the groovy script as below:

import org.bonitasoft.engine.bpm.process.ProcessInstance;
def process = apiAccessor .getProcessAPI().getProcessInstance(processInstanceId);
return processInstanceId;
processInstanceId.toString();

==> I used the above code to get the value of processesInstanceId to the process variable(ex), by specifying the contract and form using that process variable.
I am getting the below error after running the process:

error:-

USERNAME=jan.fisher | org.bonitasoft.engine.core.process.instance.api.exceptions.SProcessInstanceCreationException: PROCESS_DEFINITION_ID=7900052196577437731 | PROCESS_NAME=Ex | PROCESS_VERSION=1.0 | org.bonitasoft.engine.expression.exception.SExpressionEvaluationException: PROCESS_INSTANCE_ID=104 | Declared return type class java.lang.String is not compatible with evaluated type class java.lang.Long for expression initEx

Can anyone please advice me and give me the solution for this.
Thank you

4

Have you read the message?

It says string and long are incompatible… You have to fix this. Search for Java long to string conversion…

Also why have a statement after the return, it will never be executed…at least you should comment it out…

5

For example getting the time stamp of case id start, completion?

You would get these from the ArchivedProcessInstance API and it’s methods.

See the Javadoc here: http://documentation.bonitasoft.com/javadoc/api/7.1/index.html

regards

6

That’s ok but how to access the API.

7

what do you mean? You are accessing it…