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

Method

GET /process-definition

Parameters

Query Parameters

Name	Description
processDefinitionId	Filter by process definition id.
processDefinitionIdIn	Filter by process definition ids.
name	Filter by process definition name.
nameLike	Filter by process definition names that the parameter is a substring of.
deploymentId	Filter by the deployment the id belongs to.
deployedAfter	Filter by the deploy time of the deployment the process definition belongs to. Only selects process definitions that have been deployed after (exclusive) a specific time.
deployedAt	Filter by the deploy time of the deployment the process definition belongs to. Only selects process definitions that have been deployed at a specific time (exact match).
key	Filter by process definition key, i.e., the id in the BPMN 2.0 XML. Exact match.
keysIn	Filter by process definition keys.
keyLike	Filter by process definition keys that the parameter is a substring of.
category	Filter by process definition category. Exact match.
categoryLike	Filter by process definition categories that the parameter is a substring of.
version	Filter by process definition version.
latestVersion	Only include those process definitions that are latest versions. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.
resourceName	Filter by the name of the process definition resource. Exact match.
resourceNameLike	Filter by names of those process definition resources that the parameter is a substring of.
startableBy	Filter by a user name who is allowed to start the process.
active	Only include active process definitions. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.
suspended	Only include suspended process definitions. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.
incidentId	Filter by the incident id.
incidentType	Filter by the incident type. See the User Guide for a list of incident types.
incidentMessage	Filter by the incident message. Exact match.
incidentMessageLike	Filter by the incident message that the parameter is a substring of.
tenantIdIn	Filter by a comma-separated list of tenant ids. A process definition must have one of the given tenant ids.
withoutTenantId	Only include process definitions which belong to no tenant. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.
includeProcessDefinitionsWithoutTenantId	Include process definitions which belong to no tenant. Can be used in combination with tenantIdIn. Value may only be true, as false is the default behavior.
versionTag	Filter by the version tag.
versionTagLike	Filter by the version tag that the parameter is a substring of.
withoutVersionTag	Only include process definitions without a versionTag
startableInTasklist	Filter by process definitions which are startable in Tasklist.
notStartableInTasklist	Filter by process definitions which are not startable in Tasklist.
startablePermissionCheck	Filter by process definitions which the user is allowed to start in Tasklist. If the user doesn't have these permissions the result will be empty list. The permissions are: * CREATE permission for all Process instances * CREATE_INSTANCE and READ permission on Process definition level
sortBy	Sort the results lexicographically by a given criterion. Valid values are category, key, id, name, version, deploymentId, deployTime, tenantId and versionTag. Must be used in conjunction with the sortOrder parameter. Note: Sorting by versionTag is string based. The version will not be interpreted. As an example, the sorting could return v0.1.0, v0.10.0, v0.2.0.
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 process definition objects. Each process definition object has the following properties:

Name	Type	Description
id	String	The id of the process definition.
key	String	The key of the process definition, i.e., the id of the BPMN 2.0 XML process definition.
category	String	The category of the process definition.
description	String	The description of the process definition.
name	String	The name of the process definition.
version	Number	The version of the process definition that the engine assigned to it.
resource	String	The file name of the process definition.
deploymentId	String	The deployment id of the process definition.
diagram	String	The file name of the process definition diagram, if it exists.
suspended	Boolean	A flag indicating whether the definition is suspended or not.
tenantId	String	The tenant id of the process definition.
versionTag	String	The version tag of the process or null when no version tag is set
historyTimeToLive	Number	History time to live value of the process definition. Is used within History cleanup.
startableInTasklist	Boolean	A flag indicating whether the process definition is startable in Tasklist or not.

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 /process-definition?keyLike=invoice&sortBy=version&sortOrder=asc

Response

  [
    {
      "id": "invoice:1:c3a63aaa-2046-11e7-8f94-34f39ab71d4e",
      "key": "invoice",
      "category": "http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/MODEL",
      "description": null,
      "name": "Invoice Receipt",
      "version": 1,
      "resource": "invoice.v1.bpmn",
      "deploymentId": "c398cd26-2046-11e7-8f94-34f39ab71d4e",
      "diagram": null,
      "suspended": false,
      "tenantId": null,
      "versionTag": null,
      "historyTimeToLive": 5,
      "startableInTasklist": true
    },
    {
      "id": "invoice:2:c3e1bd16-2046-11e7-8f94-34f39ab71d4e",
      "key": "invoice",
      "category": "http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/MODEL",
      "description": null,
      "name": "Invoice Receipt",
      "version": 2,
      "resource": "invoice.v2.bpmn",
      "deploymentId": "c3d82020-2046-11e7-8f94-34f39ab71d4e",
      "diagram": null,
      "suspended": false,
      "tenantId": null,
      "versionTag": null,
      "historyTimeToLive": null,
      "startableInTasklist": true
    }
  ]