Creates an attachment for a task.

Method

POST /task/{id}/attachment/create

Parameters

Path Parameters

Name	Description
id	The id of the task to add the attachment to.

Request Body

A multipart form submit with the following parts:

Form Part Name	Content Type	Description
attachment-name	text/plain	The name of the attachment.
attachment-description	text/plain	The description of the attachment.
attachment-type	text/plain	The type of the attachment.
url	text/plain	The url to the remote content of the attachment.
content	text/plain	The content of the attachment.

Result

A JSON object corresponding to the Attachment interface in the engine. Its properties are as follows:

Name	Type	Description
id	String	The id of the task attachment.
name	String	The name of the task attachment.
taskId	String	The id of the task to which the attachment belongs.
description	String	The description of the task attachment.
type	String	Indication of the type of content that this attachment refers to. Can be MIME type or any other indication.
url	String	The url to the remote content of the task attachment.
createTime	String	The time the variable was inserted. Default format* yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ.
removalTime	String	The time after which the attachment should be removed by the History Cleanup job. Default format* yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ.
rootProcessInstanceId	String	The process instance id of the root process instance that initiated the process containing the task.

* For further information, please see the documentation.

Response codes

Code	Media type	Description
200	application/json	Request successful.
400	application/json	The task does not exists or task id is null. No content or url to remote content exists. See the Introduction for the error response format.
403	application/json	The history of the engine is disabled. See the Introduction for the error response format.

Example

Request

Post data for a new task attachment:

POST /task/aTaskId/attachment/create

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Content-Disposition: form-data; name="url"

http://my-attachment-content-url.de
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Content-Disposition: form-data; name="attachment-name"

attachmentName
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Content-Disposition: form-data; name="attachment-description"

attachmentDescription
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Content-Disposition: form-data; name="attachment-type"

attachmentType
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Response

Status 200.

{
  "links": [
    {
      "method": "GET",
      "href": "http://localhost:38080/rest-test/task/aTaskId/attachment/aTaskAttachmentId",
      "rel": "self"
    }
  ],
    "id": "attachmentId",
    "name": "attachmentName",
    "taskId": "aTaskId",
    "description": "attachmentDescription",
    "type": "attachmentType",
    "url": "http://my-attachment-content-url.de",
    "createTime":"2017-02-10T14:33:19.000+0200",
    "removalTime":"2018-02-10T14:33:19.000+0200",
    "rootProcessInstanceId": "aRootProcessInstanceId"
}