cURL Access
The examples in this document use cURL to demonstrate how to access the Oracle Business Process Management REST API.
To use cURL to access the Oracle Business Process Management REST API:
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Install cURL, as described in Quick Start.
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In a command window, set the cURL environment variable,
CURL_CA_BUNDLE
, to the location of your local CA certificate bundle. For more information about CA certificate verification using cURL, see: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html. -
Invoke cURL and specify one or more of the command-line options defined in the following table, as required, to direct its execution.
cURL Option Description -d, --data '{"name":"value"}'
-d, --data @file.json
Identifies the request document, in JSON format, on the local machine. -F, --form @file.json
Identifies form data, in JSON format, on the local machine. -H, --header
Defines the content type of the request data. -i
Displays response header information. -u, --user username:password
Specifies the user name and password for the Oracle Business Process Management account. -X, --request
Indicates the type of request (for example, GET, POST, and so on).
The following example cURL command posts a comment to the task with the ID 123456:
curl -u jstein:welcome1 -H "Content-Type:application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -X POST -d '{"commentStr":"add test Comment"}' https://example.com/bpm/api/1.0/tasks/123456/comments