Passing Parameters when Invoking a Process via SOAP

[Harvin Dy]

Is there a way to pass parameters when invoking a process via a SOAP call?

 

I have a Clarity process that runs a gel script and it takes the project ID as a parameter called p_projectID.

 

At the moment, when I pass the SOAP call below, the process is successfully triggered in Clarity, but it does not use the value provided for p_projectID. My guess it I'm using the <request> tag incorrectly, but I haven't found a guide yet.

 

Any tips would be appreciated!

 

SOAP SAMPLE:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:obj="http://wwws.niku.com/xog/Object" xmlns:tns="http://www.niku.com/xog/InvokeAction">;
      <soapenv:Header>
         <obj:Auth>
            <obj:SessionID>************************</obj:SessionID>
         </obj:Auth>
      </soapenv:Header>

      

      <soapenv:Body>
         <tns:Process>
               <code>mgl_process_name</code>
         <request>
               <p_projectID="PR12345" />
         </request>
         </tns:Process>
      </soapenv:Body>

 

</soapenv:Envelope>

[Roland Parrotte]

You could create a custom attribute - Run Process X, and have Process X to automatically start using the new custom attribute.  You would then use SOAP to updated Project PR12345, setting the new attribute to be 1 (for example), which will then start Process X.

 

I don't think you can use SOAP to run a process in the way you have described.

[Harvin Dy]

Managed to make this work. Two things were needed to allow a process to accept a parameter from a SOAP call:

 

The format for the request node should be similar to below:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:obj="http://wwws.niku.com/xog/Object" xmlns:tns="http://www.niku.com/xog/InvokeAction">; \

 

<soapenv:Header>
   <obj:Auth>
      <obj:SessionID>************************</obj:SessionID>
   </obj:Auth>
 </soapenv:Header>

 

<soapenv:Body>
   <tns:Process>
      <code>mgl_process_name</code>
      <request>
         <objparam objType="projectID">PR12345</objparam>
      </request>
   </tns:Process>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

 

The process GEL also needs to grab the XML and pull off the parameter from it:

<!-- Grab the xml passed in via the webService -->
<gel:getDocument var="requestXml"/>
<gel:set select="$requestXml" var="request" asString="true"/>
<gel:log>"entire xml in start =" ${request}</gel:log>

 

<!-- Pull off the objparam -->
<gel:set select="$requestXml//request/objparam" var="objNode" asString="false"/>

 

<!-- Pull off the objCode and objId -->
<gel:set select="$objNode//@objCode" var="objCode" asString="true"/>
<gel:set select="$objNode//text()" var="p_projectID" asString="true"/>
<gel:log>"Object Id in start = ${p_projectID}"</gel:log>

<gel:log category="OUTPUT" level="INFO">VARIABLE VALUE: ${p_projectID}</gel:log>

I got the above code from scouring through posts from here. I'd love to link it, but for some reason I can't find it again!