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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool success;
// 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\"}"
// }
// }
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.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}}");
Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://domain.com/odata/Jobs/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.StartJobs","application/json",json);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
return;
}
Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());
int respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
Debug.WriteLine(resp.Header);
Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");
return;
}
// 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
string Key;
string StartTime;
string EndTime;
string State;
string Source;
string SourceType;
string BatchExecutionKey;
string Info;
string CreationTime;
string StartingScheduleId;
string ReleaseName;
string v_Type;
string InputArguments;
string OutputArguments;
int Id;
string odata_context = jResp.StringOf("\"@odata.context\"");
int i = 0;
int 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}"
}
]
}
