Create workflow definition

POST

/api/admin/workflow/definitions

const url = 'https://example.com/api/admin/workflow/definitions';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"connectionId":"camunda-prod","name":"Content Approval","description":"Standard content approval workflow","initialTriggerUrl":"/webhook/12345678-abcd-efgh-ijkl-1234567890ab/start","processDefinitionKey":"content-approval-v1"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

curl --request POST \
  --url https://example.com/api/admin/workflow/definitions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "connectionId": "camunda-prod", "name": "Content Approval", "description": "Standard content approval workflow", "initialTriggerUrl": "/webhook/12345678-abcd-efgh-ijkl-1234567890ab/start", "processDefinitionKey": "content-approval-v1" }'

Creates a new workflow definition

Authorizations

bearerAuth

Request Body

application/json

object

connectionId

required

References parent workflow connection

string

Example

camunda-prod

name

required

Human-readable workflow name

string

Example

Content Approval

description

Workflow description

string

Example

Standard content approval workflow

initialTriggerUrl

URL to trigger the start of the workflow

string

Example

/webhook/12345678-abcd-efgh-ijkl-1234567890ab/start

processDefinitionKey

External engine process definition key

string

Example

content-approval-v1

Responses

201

Definition created successfully

application/json

object

required

Unique workflow identifier

string

connectionId

required

References parent workflow connection

string

name

required

Human-readable workflow name

string

description

Workflow description

string

processDefinitionKey

External engine process definition key

string

initialTriggerUrl

URL to trigger the start of the workflow

string

Example

{
  "id": "content-approval",
  "connectionId": "camunda-prod",
  "name": "Content Approval",
  "description": "Standard content approval workflow",
  "processDefinitionKey": "content-approval-v1",
  "initialTriggerUrl": "/webhook/12345678-abcd-efgh-ijkl-1234567890ab/start"
}

400

Invalid request body or connection not found

application/json

object

error

required

Indicates an error occurred

boolean

message

required

Error message describing what went wrong

string

Example

{
  "error": true,
  "message": "Item not found"
}

409

Definition with this ID already exists

application/json

object

error

required

Indicates an error occurred

boolean

message

required

Error message describing what went wrong

string

Example

{
  "error": true,
  "message": "Item not found"
}

500

Internal server error

application/json

object

error

required

Indicates an error occurred

boolean

message

required

Error message describing what went wrong

string

Example

{
  "error": true,
  "message": "Item not found"
}