Python / Orchestrator / Jobs - Start job with inputs
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import sys
import chilkat2
# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
http = chilkat2.Http()
# 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\"}"
# }
# }
json = chilkat2.JsonObject()
json.UpdateString("startInfo.ReleaseKey","5b754c63-5d1a-4c37-bb9b-74b69e4934bf")
json.UpdateString("startInfo.Strategy","Specific")
json.UpdateInt("startInfo.RobotIds[0]",1553)
json.UpdateInt("startInfo.NoOfRobots",0)
json.UpdateString("startInfo.Source","Manual")
json.UpdateString("startInfo.InputArguments","{\"greeting\":\"Aloha\"}")
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}}")
# resp is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PostJson3("https://domain.com/odata/Jobs/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.StartJobs","application/json",json)
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == False):
print(http.LastErrorText)
sys.exit()
sbResponseBody = chilkat2.StringBuilder()
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
jResp = chilkat2.JsonObject()
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False
print("Response Body:")
print(jResp.Emit())
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
if (respStatusCode >= 400):
print("Response Header:")
print(resp.Header)
print("Failed.")
sys.exit()
# 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
odata_context = jResp.StringOf("\"@odata.context\"")
i = 0
count_i = 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")
InputArguments = jResp.StringOf("value[i].InputArguments")
OutputArguments = jResp.StringOf("value[i].OutputArguments")
Id = jResp.IntOf("value[i].Id")
i = i + 1
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}"
}
]
}
