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LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loJson
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL loSbResponseBody
LOCAL loJResp
LOCAL lnRespStatusCode
LOCAL lcKey
LOCAL lcStartTime
LOCAL lcEndTime
LOCAL lcState
LOCAL lcSource
LOCAL lcSourceType
LOCAL lcBatchExecutionKey
LOCAL lcInfo
LOCAL lcCreationTime
LOCAL lcStartingScheduleId
LOCAL lcReleaseName
LOCAL lcV_Type
LOCAL lcInputArguments
LOCAL lcOutputArguments
LOCAL lnId
LOCAL lcOdata_context
LOCAL i
LOCAL lnCount_i

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

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Http')
loHttp = CreateObject('Chilkat.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\"}"
*   }
* }

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJson = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJson.UpdateString("startInfo.ReleaseKey","5b754c63-5d1a-4c37-bb9b-74b69e4934bf")
loJson.UpdateString("startInfo.Strategy","Specific")
loJson.UpdateInt("startInfo.RobotIds[0]",1553)
loJson.UpdateInt("startInfo.NoOfRobots",0)
loJson.UpdateString("startInfo.Source","Manual")
loJson.UpdateString("startInfo.InputArguments",'{"greeting":"Aloha"}')

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

loResp = loHttp.PostJson3("https://domain.com/odata/Jobs/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.StartJobs","application/json",loJson)
IF (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJson
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder')
loSbResponseBody = CreateObject('Chilkat.StringBuilder')
loResp.GetBodySb(loSbResponseBody)

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject')
loJResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJResp.LoadSb(loSbResponseBody)
loJResp.EmitCompact = 0

? "Response Body:"
? loJResp.Emit()

lnRespStatusCode = loResp.StatusCode
? "Response Status Code = " + STR(lnRespStatusCode)
IF (lnRespStatusCode >= 400) THEN
    ? "Response Header:"
    ? loResp.Header
    ? "Failed."
    RELEASE loResp
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loJson
    RELEASE loSbResponseBody
    RELEASE loJResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

RELEASE loResp

* 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

lcOdata_context = loJResp.StringOf('"@odata.context"')
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJResp.SizeOfArray("value")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJResp.I = i
    lcKey = loJResp.StringOf("value[i].Key")
    lcStartTime = loJResp.StringOf("value[i].StartTime")
    lcEndTime = loJResp.StringOf("value[i].EndTime")
    lcState = loJResp.StringOf("value[i].State")
    lcSource = loJResp.StringOf("value[i].Source")
    lcSourceType = loJResp.StringOf("value[i].SourceType")
    lcBatchExecutionKey = loJResp.StringOf("value[i].BatchExecutionKey")
    lcInfo = loJResp.StringOf("value[i].Info")
    lcCreationTime = loJResp.StringOf("value[i].CreationTime")
    lcStartingScheduleId = loJResp.StringOf("value[i].StartingScheduleId")
    lcReleaseName = loJResp.StringOf("value[i].ReleaseName")
    lcV_Type = loJResp.StringOf("value[i].Type")
    lcInputArguments = loJResp.StringOf("value[i].InputArguments")
    lcOutputArguments = loJResp.StringOf("value[i].OutputArguments")
    lnId = loJResp.IntOf("value[i].Id")
    i = i + 1
ENDDO

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loJson
RELEASE loSbResponseBody
RELEASE loJResp

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}"
    }
  ]
}