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Flowable Process Definitions API

The Process Definitions API from Flowable — 13 operation(s) for process definitions.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

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

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

This API exposes 16 operations across 13 paths, and defines 34 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version v1.

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

16 operations 13 paths 34 schemas 1 DELETE11 GET3 POST1 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 Process Definitions API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth).

Paths & Operations 16

Across 13 paths, the API surfaces 16 operations — 1 DELETE, 11 GET, 3 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Process Definitions 16
GET
/repository/process-definitions
List of process definitions
listProcessDefinitions 20 params → 200400
GET
/repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId}
Get a process definition
getProcessDefinition 1 param → 200404
PUT
/repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId}
Execute actions for a process definition
executeProcessDefinitionAction 1 param body → 200400404409
POST
/repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId}/batch-migrate
Batch migrate all instances of process definition
batchMigrateInstancesOfProcessDefinition 1 param body → 200404
GET
/repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId}/decision-tablesdeprecated
List decision tables for a process-definition
listProcessDefinitionDecisionTables 1 param → 200404
GET
/repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId}/decisions
List decisions for a process-definition
listProcessDefinitionDecisions 1 param → 200404
GET
/repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId}/form-definitions
List form definitions for a process-definition
listProcessDefinitionFormDefinitions 1 param → 200404
GET
/repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId}/identitylinks
List candidate starters for a process-definition
listProcessDefinitionIdentityLinks 1 param → 200404
POST
/repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId}/identitylinks
Add a candidate starter to a process definition
createIdentityLink 1 param body → 201400404
GET
/repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId}/identitylinks/{family}/{identityId}
Get a candidate starter from a process definition
getIdentityLink 3 params → 200404
DELETE
/repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId}/identitylinks/{family}/{identityId}
Delete a candidate starter from a process definition
deleteIdentityLink 3 params → 204404
GET
/repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId}/image
Get a process definition image
getModelResource 1 param → 200404
POST
/repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId}/migrate
Migrate all instances of process definition
migrateInstancesOfProcessDefinition 1 param body → 200404
GET
/repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId}/model
Get a process definition BPMN model
getBpmnModelResource 1 param → 200404
GET
/repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId}/resourcedata
Get a process definition resource content
getProcessDefinitionResource 1 param → 200404
GET
/repository/process-definitions/{processDefinitionId}/start-form
Get a process definition start form
getProcessDefinitionStartForm 1 param → 200404

Schemas 34

The contract defines 34 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BpmnModel (26 properties), Process (21 properties), ProcessDefinitionResponse (15 properties), FlowableListener (13 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

BpmnModel
object
26 properties
DataStore
object
8 properties
Message
object
7 properties
Resource
object
6 properties
Pool
object
8 properties
BaseElement
object
5 properties
Import
object
8 properties
IOSpecification
object
9 properties
FieldExtension
object
8 properties
RestIdentityLink
object
4 properties
FlowableListener
object
13 properties
FlowElement
object
8 properties
ProcessDefinitionActionRequest
object
4 properties 1 required
Artifact
object
5 properties
ScriptInfo
object
8 properties
FormDefinitionResponse
object
10 properties
Operation
object
10 properties
Lane
object
8 properties
Process
object
21 properties
ExtensionAttribute
object
4 properties
Escalation
object
7 properties
BpmnDiEdge
object
3 properties
ItemDefinition
object
7 properties
GraphicInfo
object
9 properties
EventListener
object
10 properties
ProcessDefinitionResponse
object
15 properties
Signal
object
7 properties
Interface
object
8 properties
DataResponseProcessDefinitionResponse
object
6 properties
ExtensionElement
object
10 properties
DataSpec
object
8 properties
DecisionResponse
object
10 properties
MessageFlow
object
9 properties
ValuedDataObject
object
11 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

flowable-process-definitions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
flowable:flowable-process-definitions-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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