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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean
' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
' The following JSON is sent in the request body.
' {
' "startInfo": {
' "ReleaseKey": "f689e02d-f968-494f-8b37-409a1bd85534",
' "Strategy": "Specific",
' "RobotIds": [
' 9826
' ],
' "JobsCount": 0,
' "Source": "Manual"
' }
' }
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("startInfo.ReleaseKey","f689e02d-f968-494f-8b37-409a1bd85534")
json.UpdateString("startInfo.Strategy","Specific")
json.UpdateInt("startInfo.RobotIds[0]",9826)
json.UpdateInt("startInfo.JobsCount",0)
json.UpdateString("startInfo.Source","Manual")
http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
http.SetRequestHeader("X-UIPATH-OrganizationUnitId","{{folderId}}")
http.SetRequestHeader("X-UIPATH-TenantName","{{tenantName}}")
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.PostJson3("https://domain.com/odata/Jobs/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.StartJobs","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:")
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit())
Dim respStatusCode As Integer = resp.StatusCode
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:")
Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header)
Debug.WriteLine("Failed.")
Exit Sub
End If
' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
' {
' "@odata.context": "https://platform.uipath.com/odata/$metadata#Jobs",
' "value": [
' {
' "Key": "b98fd5c2-0f1d-4d73-903b-30dd22d08ee8",
' "StartTime": null,
' "EndTime": null,
' "State": "Pending",
' "Source": "Manual",
' "SourceType": "Manual",
' "BatchExecutionKey": "16d4ffb5-58d0-44ff-a39a-6cca1f36bc77",
' "Info": null,
' "CreationTime": "2018-07-16T08:30:56.4673722Z",
' "StartingScheduleId": null,
' "ReleaseName": "Process1_playground",
' "Type": "Unattended",
' "Id": 1649897
' }
' ]
' }
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Dim Key As String
Dim StartTime As String
Dim EndTime As String
Dim State As String
Dim Source As String
Dim SourceType As String
Dim BatchExecutionKey As String
Dim Info As String
Dim CreationTime As String
Dim StartingScheduleId As String
Dim ReleaseName As String
Dim v_Type As String
Dim Id As Integer
Dim odata_context As String = jResp.StringOf("""@odata.context""")
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim count_i As Integer = jResp.SizeOfArray("value")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
Key = jResp.StringOf("value[i].Key")
StartTime = jResp.StringOf("value[i].StartTime")
EndTime = jResp.StringOf("value[i].EndTime")
State = jResp.StringOf("value[i].State")
Source = jResp.StringOf("value[i].Source")
SourceType = jResp.StringOf("value[i].SourceType")
BatchExecutionKey = jResp.StringOf("value[i].BatchExecutionKey")
Info = jResp.StringOf("value[i].Info")
CreationTime = jResp.StringOf("value[i].CreationTime")
StartingScheduleId = jResp.StringOf("value[i].StartingScheduleId")
ReleaseName = jResp.StringOf("value[i].ReleaseName")
v_Type = jResp.StringOf("value[i].Type")
Id = jResp.IntOf("value[i].Id")
i = i + 1
End While
Curl Command
curl -X POST
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-H "X-UIPATH-TenantName: {{tenantName}}"
-H "X-UIPATH-OrganizationUnitId: {{folderId}}"
-d '{ "startInfo":
{ "ReleaseKey": "f689e02d-f968-494f-8b37-409a1bd85534",
"Strategy": "Specific",
"RobotIds": [ 9826 ],
"JobsCount": 0,
"Source": "Manual"
}
}'
https://domain.com/odata/Jobs/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.StartJobs
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Jobs - Start job",
"request": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "X-UIPATH-TenantName",
"value": "{{tenantName}}",
"type": "text"
},
{
"key": "X-UIPATH-OrganizationUnitId",
"value": "{{folderId}}",
"type": "text"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{ \"startInfo\":\r\n { \"ReleaseKey\": \"f689e02d-f968-494f-8b37-409a1bd85534\",\r\n \"Strategy\": \"Specific\",\r\n \"RobotIds\": [ 9826 ],\r\n \"JobsCount\": 0,\r\n \"Source\": \"Manual\" \r\n } \r\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{url}}/odata/Jobs/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.StartJobs",
"host": [
"{{url}}"
],
"path": [
"odata",
"Jobs",
"UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.StartJobs"
]
}
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Jobs - Start job",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "POST",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"disabled": false
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{ \"startInfo\":\r\n { \"ReleaseKey\": \"f689e02d-f968-494f-8b37-409a1bd85534\",\r\n \"Strategy\": \"Specific\",\r\n \"RobotIds\": [ 9826 ],\r\n \"JobsCount\": 0,\r\n \"Source\": \"Manual\" \r\n } \r\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "{{url}}/odata/Jobs/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.StartJobs",
"host": [
"{{url}}"
],
"path": [
"odata",
"Jobs",
"UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.StartJobs"
]
}
},
"status": "Created",
"code": 201,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "CF-RAY",
"value": "43b31c105eefbf07-FRA",
"name": "CF-RAY",
"description": "Custom header"
},
{
"key": "Cache-Control",
"value": "no-store, must-revalidate, no-cache, max-age=0",
"name": "Cache-Control",
"description": "Tells all caching mechanisms from server to client whether they may cache this object. It is measured in seconds"
},
{
"key": "Connection",
"value": "keep-alive",
"name": "Connection",
"description": "Options that are desired for the connection"
},
{
"key": "Content-Length",
"value": "425",
"name": "Content-Length",
"description": "The length of the response body in octets (8-bit bytes)"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json; odata.metadata=minimal",
"name": "Content-Type",
"description": "The mime type of this content"
},
{
"key": "Date",
"value": "Mon, 16 Jul 2018 08:30:56 GMT",
"name": "Date",
"description": "The date and time that the message was sent"
},
{
"key": "Expect-CT",
"value": "max-age=604800, report-uri=\"https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct\"",
"name": "Expect-CT",
"description": "Custom header"
},
{
"key": "OData-Version",
"value": "4.0",
"name": "OData-Version",
"description": "Custom header"
},
{
"key": "Server",
"value": "cloudflare",
"name": "Server",
"description": "A name for the server"
},
{
"key": "Set-Cookie",
"value": "; SameSite=lax",
"name": "Set-Cookie",
"description": "an HTTP cookie"
},
{
"key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
"value": "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains",
"name": "Strict-Transport-Security",
"description": "A HSTS Policy informing the HTTP client how long to cache the HTTPS only policy and whether this applies to subdomains."
},
{
"key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
"value": "nosniff",
"name": "X-Content-Type-Options",
"description": "The only defined value, \"nosniff\", prevents Internet Explorer from MIME-sniffing a response away from the declared content-type"
},
{
"key": "X-Frame-Options",
"value": "DENY",
"name": "X-Frame-Options",
"description": "Clickjacking protection: \"deny\" - no rendering within a frame, \"sameorigin\" - no rendering if origin mismatch"
},
{
"key": "api-supported-versions",
"value": "5.0",
"name": "api-supported-versions",
"description": "Custom header"
}
],
"cookie": [
{
"expires": "Wed Dec 19 2018 11:35:02 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": true,
"domain": "uipath.com",
"path": "/",
"secure": true,
"value": "d3b89a558feb68050f4b847c971f595771513704902",
"key": "__cfduid"
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/odata/QueueProcessingRecords",
"secure": false,
"value": "",
"key": ""
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/api/RobotsService",
"secure": false,
"value": "",
"key": ""
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/odata/Processes",
"secure": false,
"value": "",
"key": ""
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/odata/Settings",
"secure": false,
"value": "",
"key": ""
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/odata/Robots",
"secure": false,
"value": "",
"key": ""
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/odata/Queues",
"secure": false,
"value": "",
"key": ""
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/odata/Assets",
"secure": false,
"value": "",
"key": ""
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/api/Account",
"secure": false,
"value": "",
"key": ""
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/odata/Users",
"secure": false,
"value": "",
"key": ""
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/odata/Jobs",
"secure": false,
"value": "",
"key": ""
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/api/Logs",
"secure": false,
"value": "",
"key": ""
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/Account",
"secure": false,
"value": "",
"key": ""
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/odata",
"secure": false,
"value": "",
"key": ""
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/api",
"secure": false,
"value": "",
"key": ""
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/",
"secure": false,
"value": "",
"key": ""
},
{
"expires": "Mon Jan 18 2038 21:14:07 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time)",
"httpOnly": false,
"domain": "platform.uipath.com",
"path": "/",
"secure": false,
"value": "GC-osp2U-YDhoXTOqXnUp3DaN1cN_siVCaNVue_jljOcqJLYHQrRk5msz52KHL8XauydRYx_3JyjLtLDpItypCPdEL20jFnxlF2g-f86Qk41",
"key": "__RequestVerificationToken"
}
],
"body": "{\n \"@odata.context\": \"https://platform.uipath.com/odata/$metadata#Jobs\",\n \"value\": [\n {\n \"Key\": \"b98fd5c2-0f1d-4d73-903b-30dd22d08ee8\",\n \"StartTime\": null,\n \"EndTime\": null,\n \"State\": \"Pending\",\n \"Source\": \"Manual\",\n \"SourceType\": \"Manual\",\n \"BatchExecutionKey\": \"16d4ffb5-58d0-44ff-a39a-6cca1f36bc77\",\n \"Info\": null,\n \"CreationTime\": \"2018-07-16T08:30:56.4673722Z\",\n \"StartingScheduleId\": null,\n \"ReleaseName\": \"Process1_playground\",\n \"Type\": \"Unattended\",\n \"Id\": 1649897\n }\n ]\n}"
}
]
}
