Queries for case definitions that fulfill given parameters. Parameters may be the properties of case definitions, such as the name, key or version. The size of the result set can be retrieved by using the Get Case Definition Count method.

Method

GET /case-definition

Parameters

Query Parameters

Name	Description
caseDefinitionId	Filter by case definition id.
caseDefinitionIdIn	Filter by case definition ids.
name	Filter by case definition name.
nameLike	Filter by case definition names that the parameter is a substring of.
deploymentId	Filter by the deployment the id belongs to.
key	Filter by case definition key, i.e., the id in the CMMN XML. Exact match.
keyLike	Filter by case definition keys that the parameter is a substring of.
category	Filter by case definition category. Exact match.
categoryLike	Filter by case definition categories that the parameter is a substring of.
version	Filter by case definition version.
latestVersion	Only include those case definitions that are latest versions. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.
resourceName	Filter by the name of the case definition resource. Exact match.
resourceNameLike	Filter by names of those case definition resources that the parameter is a substring of.
tenantIdIn	Filter by a comma-separated list of tenant ids. A case definition must have one of the given tenant ids.
withoutTenantId	Only include case definitions which belong to no tenant. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.
includeCaseDefinitionsWithoutTenantId	Include case definitions which belong to no tenant. Can be used in combination with tenantIdIn. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.
sortBy	Sort the results lexicographically by a given criterion. Valid values are category, key, id, name, version, deploymentId and tenantId. Must be used in conjunction with the sortOrder parameter.
sortOrder	Sort the results in a given order. Values may be asc for ascending order or desc for descending order. Must be used in conjunction with the sortBy parameter.
firstResult	Pagination of results. Specifies the index of the first result to return.
maxResults	Pagination of results. Specifies the maximum number of results to return. Will return less results if there are no more results left.

Result

A JSON array of case definition objects. Each case definition object has the following properties:

Name	Type	Description
id	String	The id of the case definition.
key	String	The key of the case definition, i.e., the id of the CMMN XML case definition.
category	String	The category of the case definition.
name	String	The name of the case definition.
version	Number	The version of the case definition that the engine assigned to it.
resource	String	The file name of the case definition.
deploymentId	String	The deployment id of the case definition.
tenantId	String	The tenant id of the case definition.
historyTimeToLive	Number	History time to live value of the case definition. Is used within History cleanup.

Response Codes

Code	Media type	Description
200	application/json	Request successful.
400	application/json	Returned if some of the query parameters are invalid, for example if a sortOrder parameter is supplied, but no sortBy. See the Introduction for the error response format.

Example

Request

GET /case-definition?keyLike=Key&sortBy=category&sortOrder=asc

Response

[
  {
    "id":"aCaseDefinitionId",
    "key":"aKey",
    "category":"aCategory",
    "name":"aName",
    "version":2,
    "resource":"aResourceName",
    "deploymentId":"aDeploymentId",
    "tenantId":null,
    "historyTimeToLive": 5
  }
]