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; This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
; See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
Local $bSuccess

; 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": "5b754c63-5d1a-4c37-bb9b-74b69e4934bf",
;     "Strategy": "Specific",
;     "RobotIds": [
;       1553
;     ],
;     "NoOfRobots": 0,
;     "Source": "Manual",
;     "InputArguments": "{\"greeting\":\"Aloha\"}"
;   }
; }

$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
$oJson.UpdateString("startInfo.ReleaseKey","5b754c63-5d1a-4c37-bb9b-74b69e4934bf")
$oJson.UpdateString("startInfo.Strategy","Specific")
$oJson.UpdateInt("startInfo.RobotIds[0]",1553)
$oJson.UpdateInt("startInfo.NoOfRobots",0)
$oJson.UpdateString("startInfo.Source","Manual")
$oJson.UpdateString("startInfo.InputArguments","{""greeting"":""Aloha""}")

$oHttp.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"
; Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
$oHttp.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
$oHttp.SetRequestHeader "X-UIPATH-OrganizationUnitId","{{folderId}}"
$oHttp.SetRequestHeader "X-UIPATH-TenantName","{{tenantName}}"

Local $oResp = $oHttp.PostJson3("https://domain.com/odata/Jobs/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.StartJobs","application/json",$oJson)
If ($oHttp.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oSbResponseBody = ObjCreate("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
$oResp.GetBodySb($oSbResponseBody)

$oJResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
$oJResp.LoadSb($oSbResponseBody)
$oJResp.EmitCompact = False

ConsoleWrite("Response Body:" & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite($oJResp.Emit() & @CRLF)

Local $iRespStatusCode = $oResp.StatusCode
ConsoleWrite("Response Status Code = " & $iRespStatusCode & @CRLF)
If ($iRespStatusCode >= 400) Then
    ConsoleWrite("Response Header:" & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite($oResp.Header & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("Failed." & @CRLF)

    Exit
EndIf

; Sample JSON response:
; (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

; {
;   "@odata.context": "https://beta.uipath.com/odata/$metadata#Jobs",
;   "value": [
;     {
;       "Key": "b618cdfd-8714-4dbf-9a00-0586a8953c90",
;       "StartTime": null,
;       "EndTime": null,
;       "State": "Pending",
;       "Source": "Manual",
;       "SourceType": "Manual",
;       "BatchExecutionKey": "abbbb5de-d46a-4b9b-8f73-8a3247be0a0e",
;       "Info": null,
;       "CreationTime": "2018-09-21T13:28:31.1449691Z",
;       "StartingScheduleId": null,
;       "ReleaseName": "Heyyo_playground",
;       "Type": "Unattended",
;       "InputArguments": "{\"message\":\"Aloha\"}",
;       "OutputArguments": null,
;       "Id": 160856
;     }
;   ]
; }

; Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
; Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code

Local $sKey
Local $sStartTime
Local $sEndTime
Local $sState
Local $sSource
Local $sSourceType
Local $sBatchExecutionKey
Local $sInfo
Local $sCreationTime
Local $sStartingScheduleId
Local $sReleaseName
Local $sV_Type
Local $sInputArguments
Local $sOutputArguments
Local $iId

Local $sOdata_context = $oJResp.StringOf("""@odata.context""")
Local $i = 0
Local $iCount_i = $oJResp.SizeOfArray("value")
While $i < $iCount_i
    $oJResp.I = $i
    $sKey = $oJResp.StringOf("value[i].Key")
    $sStartTime = $oJResp.StringOf("value[i].StartTime")
    $sEndTime = $oJResp.StringOf("value[i].EndTime")
    $sState = $oJResp.StringOf("value[i].State")
    $sSource = $oJResp.StringOf("value[i].Source")
    $sSourceType = $oJResp.StringOf("value[i].SourceType")
    $sBatchExecutionKey = $oJResp.StringOf("value[i].BatchExecutionKey")
    $sInfo = $oJResp.StringOf("value[i].Info")
    $sCreationTime = $oJResp.StringOf("value[i].CreationTime")
    $sStartingScheduleId = $oJResp.StringOf("value[i].StartingScheduleId")
    $sReleaseName = $oJResp.StringOf("value[i].ReleaseName")
    $sV_Type = $oJResp.StringOf("value[i].Type")
    $sInputArguments = $oJResp.StringOf("value[i].InputArguments")
    $sOutputArguments = $oJResp.StringOf("value[i].OutputArguments")
    $iId = $oJResp.IntOf("value[i].Id")
    $i = $i + 1
Wend

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": "5b754c63-5d1a-4c37-bb9b-74b69e4934bf",
     "Strategy": "Specific",
     "RobotIds": [ 1553 ],
     "NoOfRobots": 0,
     "Source": "Manual",
     "InputArguments": "{\"greeting\":\"Aloha\"}"
   } 
}'
https://domain.com/odata/Jobs/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.StartJobs

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Jobs - Start job with inputs",
  "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\": \"5b754c63-5d1a-4c37-bb9b-74b69e4934bf\",\r\n     \"Strategy\": \"Specific\",\r\n     \"RobotIds\": [ 1553 ],\r\n     \"NoOfRobots\": 0,\r\n     \"Source\": \"Manual\",\r\n     \"InputArguments\": \"{\\\"greeting\\\":\\\"Aloha\\\"}\"\r\n   } \r\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{url}}/odata/Jobs/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.StartJobs",
      "host": [
        "{{url}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "odata",
        "Jobs",
        "UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.StartJobs"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Starting in v2018.3, jobs can accept input parameters."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "Jobs - Start job with inputs",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "POST",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{ \"startInfo\":\r\n   { \"ReleaseKey\": \"5b754c63-5d1a-4c37-bb9b-74b69e4934bf\",\r\n     \"Strategy\": \"Specific\",\r\n     \"RobotIds\": [ 1553 ],\r\n     \"NoOfRobots\": 0,\r\n     \"Source\": \"Manual\",\r\n     \"InputArguments\": \"{\\\"message\\\":\\\"Aloha\\\"}\"\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": "",
      "header": [
        {
          "key": "CF-RAY",
          "value": "43b31c105eefbf07-FRA",
          "name": "CF-RAY",
          "description": "",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "Cache-Control",
          "value": "no-store, must-revalidate, no-cache, max-age=0",
          "name": "Cache-Control",
          "description": "",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "Connection",
          "value": "keep-alive",
          "name": "Connection",
          "description": "",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Length",
          "value": "425",
          "name": "Content-Length",
          "description": "",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "Content-Type",
          "value": "application/json; odata.metadata=minimal",
          "name": "Content-Type",
          "description": "",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "Date",
          "value": "Mon, 16 Sep 2018 08:30:56 GMT",
          "name": "Date",
          "description": "",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "Expect-CT",
          "value": "max-age=604800, report-uri=\"https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct\"",
          "name": "Expect-CT",
          "description": "",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "OData-Version",
          "value": "4.0",
          "name": "OData-Version",
          "description": "",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "Server",
          "value": "cloudflare",
          "name": "Server",
          "description": "",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "Set-Cookie",
          "value": "; SameSite=lax",
          "name": "Set-Cookie",
          "description": "",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "value": "max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains",
          "name": "Strict-Transport-Security",
          "description": "",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "value": "nosniff",
          "name": "X-Content-Type-Options",
          "description": "",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "X-Frame-Options",
          "value": "DENY",
          "name": "X-Frame-Options",
          "description": "",
          "type": "text"
        },
        {
          "key": "api-supported-versions",
          "value": "5.0",
          "name": "api-supported-versions",
          "description": "",
          "type": "text"
        }
      ],
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"@odata.context\": \"https://beta.uipath.com/odata/$metadata#Jobs\",\n    \"value\": [\n        {\n            \"Key\": \"b618cdfd-8714-4dbf-9a00-0586a8953c90\",\n            \"StartTime\": null,\n            \"EndTime\": null,\n            \"State\": \"Pending\",\n            \"Source\": \"Manual\",\n            \"SourceType\": \"Manual\",\n            \"BatchExecutionKey\": \"abbbb5de-d46a-4b9b-8f73-8a3247be0a0e\",\n            \"Info\": null,\n            \"CreationTime\": \"2018-09-21T13:28:31.1449691Z\",\n            \"StartingScheduleId\": null,\n            \"ReleaseName\": \"Heyyo_playground\",\n            \"Type\": \"Unattended\",\n            \"InputArguments\": \"{\\\"message\\\":\\\"Aloha\\\"}\",\n            \"OutputArguments\": null,\n            \"Id\": 160856\n        }\n    ]\n}"
    }
  ]
}