Get Definition
Retrieves a process definition according to the ProcessDefinition interface in the engine.
Method
GET /process-definition/{id}
GET /process-definition/key/{key} (returns the latest version of the process definition which belongs to no tenant)
GET /process-definition/key/{key}/tenant-id/{tenant-id} (returns the latest version of the process definition for tenant)
Parameters
Path Parameters
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| id | The id of the process definition to be retrieved. |
| key | The key of the process definition (the latest version thereof) to be retrieved. |
| tenant-id | The id of the tenant the process definition belongs to. |
Result
A JSON object corresponding to the ProcessDefinition interface in the engine.
Its properties are as follows:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | String | The id of the process definition. |
| key | String | The key of the process definition, i.e., the id of the BPMN 2.0 XML process definition. |
| category | String | The category of the process definition. |
| description | String | The description of the process definition. |
| name | String | The name of the process definition. |
| version | Number | The version of the process definition that the engine assigned to it. |
| resource | String | The file name of the process definition. |
| deploymentId | String | The deployment id of the process definition. |
| diagram | String | The file name of the process definition diagram, if it exists. |
| suspended | Boolean | A flag indicating whether the definition is suspended or not. |
| tenantId | String | The tenant id of the process definition. |
| versionTag | String | The version tag of the process definition. |
| historyTimeToLive | Number | History time to live value of the process definition. Is used within History cleanup. |
| startableInTasklist | Boolean | A flag indicating whether the process definition is startable in Tasklist or not. |
Response Codes
| Code | Media type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | application/json | Request successful. |
| 404 | application/json | Process definition with given id or key does not exist. See the Introduction for the error response format. |
Example
Request
GET /process-definition/invoice:1:c3a63aaa-2046-11e7-8f94-34f39ab71d4e
GET /process-definition/key/invoice
Response
{
"id":"invoice:1:c3a63aaa-2046-11e7-8f94-34f39ab71d4e",
"key":"invoice",
"category":"http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/MODEL",
"description":null,
"name":"Invoice Receipt",
"version":1,
"resource":"invoice.v1.bpmn",
"deploymentId":"c398cd26-2046-11e7-8f94-34f39ab71d4e",
"diagram":null,
"suspended":false,
"tenantId":null,
"versionTag":null,
"historyTimeToLive":5,
"startableInTasklist": true
}