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Zeebe Process Instances API

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

Zeebe Process Instances API is one of 9 APIs that Zeebe publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Process Instances. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 8.6.0.

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

3 operations 3 paths 2 schemas 1 DELETE2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
8.6.0
Base URL
https://{region}.zeebe.camunda.io:443/{clusterId}/v2
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Zeebe 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 3

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

Process Instances 3
POST
/process-instances
Zeebe Create a Process Instance
createProcessInstance body → 200
DELETE
/process-instances/{processInstanceKey}
Zeebe Cancel a Process Instance
cancelProcessInstance 1 param → 204
POST
/process-instances/{processInstanceKey}/migration
Zeebe Migrate a Process Instance
migrateProcessInstance 1 param body → 204

Schemas 2

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

CreateProcessInstanceRequest
object
5 properties
ProcessInstance
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

Other APIs Zeebe publishes across the network.

Zeebe Cluster API
Zeebe Deployments API
Zeebe Incidents API
Zeebe Jobs API
Zeebe Messages API
Zeebe Resources API
Zeebe Signals API
Zeebe User Tasks API