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Camunda Process Instances API

The Process Instances API from Camunda — 3 operation(s) for process instances.

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Camunda Process Instances API is one of 10 APIs that Camunda publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Process Instances. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 8.6.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, {baseUrl}/v2.

4 operations 3 paths 4 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
8.6.0
Server
{baseUrl}/v2
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Camunda
License
Apache 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Camunda Process Instances API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Process Instances 4
POST
/process-instances
Create a process instance
createProcessInstance body → 200
POST
/process-instances/search
Search process instances
searchProcessInstances body → 200
GET
/process-instances/{processInstanceKey}
Get process instance
getProcessInstance 1 param → 200
DELETE
/process-instances/{processInstanceKey}
Cancel a process instance
cancelProcessInstance 1 param → 204

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CreateProcessInstanceRequest (5 properties), ProcessInstance (5 properties), SearchRequest (3 properties), ProcessInstanceSearchResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ProcessInstance
object
5 properties
SearchRequest
object
3 properties
CreateProcessInstanceRequest
object
5 properties
ProcessInstanceSearchResponse
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

camunda-process-instances-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
camunda:camunda-process-instances-api
Server
{baseUrl}/v2
Docs
https://docs.camunda.io/docs/apis-tools/camunda-api-rest/camunda-api-rest-overview/
Provider
Camunda
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