Automic Workload Automation

Dear all,
we want that some workflows could be started by business and therefore I am asking if it is possible to start Automic workflows from outside via REST service for example.

If it is possible, is there any documentation how to set it up?

Thanks in advance.

best regards,

Ben

You can use the CALL API and JAVA API or the WebServices.

Here the link to the documentation: Automic CallAPI and Automic WebServices

Hope it helps

We use the ExecuteObject Java API class.

Thanks for your replys.

meanwhile i was able to get it work with SoapUI and Postman.

Does anyone know how to do it with CURL command?

In Postman i can translate the the "rest" command to CURL (Invoke-WebRequest) command but its not working. Either Syntax issue or connection issue.

curl -X POST http://VMXXXXX:XXXX/ae/api/v1/xxxx/executions -H 'authorization: Basic ******************************=' -H 'content-type: application/json' 

       -d '{

              "object_name": "JOBP.WIN.EXAMPLE"
            }'

The "authorization: Basic *********************************=" is Base64.
For testing purpose i want to write USR/DPT/PWD in clear but i dont know exactly how.

Anyone an idea?

Thanks in advance.

Best regards

Hi,

i was able to get it work with powershell Invoke-RestMethod:

$Auth = "Basic XXXXXXXX=" #Base 64
$http = "http://XXXXXXX:XXXXX/ae/api/v1/XXXX/executions"
$body = @{
object_name = "JOBP.WIN.EXAMPLE"
}

Invoke-RestMethod -Method Post -Uri "$http" -Body (ConvertTo-Json $body) -Header @{"Authorization"=$Auth; "Content-Type" = "application/json"}

Best regards.

Ben

Hi guys,

i coming back to my "problem" months ago.

Currently i want to start a workflow from outside Automic passing some Prompset variables to the RestMethod.

my script:

$user = "XX"
$pass= "XX"
$uri = "http://vXXXX:8088/ae/api/v1/1***/executions"

$Headers = @{Authorization = 'Basic ' + [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes("$($user):$($pass)"))};

$json =
@{
object_name ="JOBS.XX.XX"

"ENVIRONMENT#" ="PRD"
"EXEC_LOGLEVEL#" ="DEBUG"

} | ConvertTo-Json

Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $uri -Headers $headers -ContentType "application/json" -Method Post -Body $json

Error message:

Invoke-RestMethod : {
"code" : 45106,
"error" : "The request is invalid and cannot be processed by the Automation Engine.",
"details" : "Unrecognized field \"EXEC_LOGLEVEL#\" (class com.automic.rest.executions.executeobject.InExecutionParameters), not marked as ignorable (3 known
properties: \"inputs\", \"object_name\", \"execution_option\"])\n at [Source: org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpInput@76ee87ea; line: 2, column: 25] (through reference
chain: com.automic.rest.executions.executeobject.InExecutionParameters[\"EXEC_LOGLEVEL#\"])"
}
At line:21 char:1
+ Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $uri -Headers $headers -ContentType "applicati ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-RestMethod], WebException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeRestMethodCommand

I want to start JOBS "JOBS.XX.XX with promptset varialbes ENVIRONMENT#=PRD and EXEC_LOGLEVEL#=DEBUG

When i do it in Postman its working fine. Postman syntax:

{
"object_name": "JOBS.XX.XX",
"inputs":
{
"ENVIRONMENT#":"PRD",
"EXEC_LOGLEVEL#":"DEBUG"
}
}

Anyone here who solved this using powershell Invoke-RestMethod ?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Ben