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Flowable Executions API

The Executions API from Flowable — 10 operation(s) for executions.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Flowable Executions API is one of 64 APIs that Flowable publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 18 operations across 10 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version v1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, /flowable-rest/service.

18 operations 10 paths 7 schemas 2 DELETE6 GET4 POST6 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
v1
Base URL
https://your-server/process-api
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Contact
Flowable
License
Apache 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Flowable Executions API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth).

Paths & Operations 18

Across 10 paths, the API surfaces 18 operations — 2 DELETE, 6 GET, 4 POST, 6 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Executions 18
POST
/query/executions
Query executions
queryExecutions body → 200404
GET
/runtime/executions
List of executions
listExecutions 13 params → 200400
PUT
/runtime/executions
Signal event received
executeExecutionAction body → 204404
GET
/runtime/executions/{executionId}
Get an execution
getExecution 1 param → 200404
PUT
/runtime/executions/{executionId}
Execute an action on an execution
performExecutionAction 1 param body → 200204400404
GET
/runtime/executions/{executionId}/activities
List active activities in an execution
listExecutionActiveActivities 1 param → 200404
POST
/runtime/executions/{executionId}/change-state
Change the state of an execution
changeExecutionActivityState 1 param body → 200404
GET
/runtime/executions/{executionId}/variables
List variables for an execution
listExecutionVariables 2 params → 200404
POST
/runtime/executions/{executionId}/variables
Create variables on an execution
createExecutionVariable 1 param body → 200201400404409
PUT
/runtime/executions/{executionId}/variables
Update variables on an execution
createOrUpdateExecutionVariable 1 param body → 200201400404
DELETE
/runtime/executions/{executionId}/variables
Delete all variables for an execution
deleteLocalVariables 1 param → 204404
POST
/runtime/executions/{executionId}/variables-async
Create variables on an execution asynchronously
createExecutionVariableAsync 1 param body → 201400409
PUT
/runtime/executions/{executionId}/variables-async
Update variables on an execution asynchronously
createOrUpdateExecutionVariableAsync 1 param body → 201400
PUT
/runtime/executions/{executionId}/variables-async/{variableName}
Update a variable on an execution asynchronously
updateExecutionVariableAsync 2 params body → 200404
GET
/runtime/executions/{executionId}/variables/{variableName}
Get a variable for an execution
getExecutionVariable 3 params → 200400404
PUT
/runtime/executions/{executionId}/variables/{variableName}
Update a variable on an execution
updateExecutionVariable 2 params body → 200404
DELETE
/runtime/executions/{executionId}/variables/{variableName}
Delete a variable for an execution
deletedExecutionVariable 3 params → 204404
GET
/runtime/executions/{executionId}/variables/{variableName}/data
Get the binary data for an execution
getExecutionVariableData 3 params → 200404

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ExecutionQueryRequest (19 properties), ExecutionResponse (11 properties), DataResponseExecutionResponse (6 properties), RestVariable (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ExecutionQueryRequest
object
19 properties
ExecutionActionRequest
object
5 properties 1 required
DataResponseExecutionResponse
object
6 properties
RestVariable
object
5 properties
ExecutionResponse
object
11 properties
QueryVariable
object
4 properties
ExecutionChangeActivityStateRequest
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

flowable-executions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
flowable:flowable-executions-api
Base URL
https://your-server/process-api
Docs
https://www.flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch14-REST
Provider
Flowable
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