Execute Workflow via External Trigger

POST 
/workflows/execute/external/:id

This endpoint allows a service outside of IdentityNow to initiate a workflow that uses the "External Trigger" step. The external service will invoke this endpoint with the input data it wants to send to the workflow in the body.

Request

Path Parameters

id stringrequired

Id of the workflow

application/json

Body

input object

The input for the workflow

Responses

200

The Workflow object

application/json

Schema

Schema

workflowExecutionId string

The workflow execution id

message string

An error message if any errors occurred

Example (from schema)

{
  "workflowExecutionId": "0e11cefa-96e7-4b67-90d0-065bc1da5753",
  "message": "Workflow was not executed externally. Check enabled flag on workflow definition"
}

400

Client Error - Returned if the request body is invalid.

application/json

Schema

Schema

detailCode string

Fine-grained error code providing more detail of the error.

trackingId string

Unique tracking id for the error.

messages

object[]

Generic localized reason for error

Array [

locale stringnullable

The locale for the message text, a BCP 47 language tag.

localeOrigin LocaleOrigin (string)nullable

Possible values: [DEFAULT, REQUEST, null]

An indicator of how the locale was selected. DEFAULT means the locale is the system default. REQUEST means the locale was selected from the request context (i.e., best match based on the Accept-Language header). Additional values may be added in the future without notice.

text string

Actual text of the error message in the indicated locale.

]

causes

object[]

Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field

Array [

locale stringnullable

The locale for the message text, a BCP 47 language tag.

localeOrigin LocaleOrigin (string)nullable

Possible values: [DEFAULT, REQUEST, null]

An indicator of how the locale was selected. DEFAULT means the locale is the system default. REQUEST means the locale was selected from the request context (i.e., best match based on the Accept-Language header). Additional values may be added in the future without notice.

text string

Actual text of the error message in the indicated locale.

]

Example (from schema)

{
  "detailCode": "400.1 Bad Request Content",
  "trackingId": "e7eab60924f64aa284175b9fa3309599",
  "messages": [
    {
      "locale": "en-US",
      "localeOrigin": "DEFAULT",
      "text": "The request was syntactically correct but its content is semantically invalid."
    }
  ],
  "causes": [
    {
      "locale": "en-US",
      "localeOrigin": "DEFAULT",
      "text": "The request was syntactically correct but its content is semantically invalid."
    }
  ]
}

401

Unauthorized - Returned if there is no authorization header, or if the JWT token is expired.

application/json

Schema

Schema

error

A message describing the error

Example (from schema)

{
  "error": "JWT validation failed: JWT is expired"
}

403

Forbidden - Returned if the user you are running as, doesn't have access to this end-point.

application/json

Schema

Schema

detailCode string

Fine-grained error code providing more detail of the error.

trackingId string

Unique tracking id for the error.

messages

object[]

Generic localized reason for error

Array [

locale stringnullable

The locale for the message text, a BCP 47 language tag.

localeOrigin LocaleOrigin (string)nullable

Possible values: [DEFAULT, REQUEST, null]

An indicator of how the locale was selected. DEFAULT means the locale is the system default. REQUEST means the locale was selected from the request context (i.e., best match based on the Accept-Language header). Additional values may be added in the future without notice.

text string

Actual text of the error message in the indicated locale.

]

causes

object[]

Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field

Array [

locale stringnullable

The locale for the message text, a BCP 47 language tag.

localeOrigin LocaleOrigin (string)nullable

Possible values: [DEFAULT, REQUEST, null]

An indicator of how the locale was selected. DEFAULT means the locale is the system default. REQUEST means the locale was selected from the request context (i.e., best match based on the Accept-Language header). Additional values may be added in the future without notice.

text string

Actual text of the error message in the indicated locale.

]

Example (from schema)

{
  "detailCode": "400.1 Bad Request Content",
  "trackingId": "e7eab60924f64aa284175b9fa3309599",
  "messages": [
    {
      "locale": "en-US",
      "localeOrigin": "DEFAULT",
      "text": "The request was syntactically correct but its content is semantically invalid."
    }
  ],
  "causes": [
    {
      "locale": "en-US",
      "localeOrigin": "DEFAULT",
      "text": "The request was syntactically correct but its content is semantically invalid."
    }
  ]
}

403

An example of a 403 response object

{
  "detailCode": "403 Forbidden",
  "trackingId": "b21b1f7ce4da4d639f2c62a57171b427",
  "messages": [
    {
      "locale": "en-US",
      "localeOrigin": "DEFAULT",
      "text": "The server understood the request but refuses to authorize it."
    }
  ]
}

429

Too Many Requests - Returned in response to too many requests in a given period of time - rate limited. The Retry-After header in the response includes how long to wait before trying again.

application/json

Schema

Schema

message

A message describing the error

Example (from schema)

{
  "message": " Rate Limit Exceeded "
}

500

Internal Server Error - Returned if there is an unexpected error.

application/json

Schema

Schema

detailCode string

Fine-grained error code providing more detail of the error.

trackingId string

Unique tracking id for the error.

messages

object[]

Generic localized reason for error

Array [

locale stringnullable

The locale for the message text, a BCP 47 language tag.

localeOrigin LocaleOrigin (string)nullable

Possible values: [DEFAULT, REQUEST, null]

An indicator of how the locale was selected. DEFAULT means the locale is the system default. REQUEST means the locale was selected from the request context (i.e., best match based on the Accept-Language header). Additional values may be added in the future without notice.

text string

Actual text of the error message in the indicated locale.

]

causes

object[]

Plain-text descriptive reasons to provide additional detail to the text provided in the messages field

Array [

locale stringnullable

The locale for the message text, a BCP 47 language tag.

localeOrigin LocaleOrigin (string)nullable

Possible values: [DEFAULT, REQUEST, null]

An indicator of how the locale was selected. DEFAULT means the locale is the system default. REQUEST means the locale was selected from the request context (i.e., best match based on the Accept-Language header). Additional values may be added in the future without notice.

text string

Actual text of the error message in the indicated locale.

]

Example (from schema)

{
  "detailCode": "400.1 Bad Request Content",
  "trackingId": "e7eab60924f64aa284175b9fa3309599",
  "messages": [
    {
      "locale": "en-US",
      "localeOrigin": "DEFAULT",
      "text": "The request was syntactically correct but its content is semantically invalid."
    }
  ],
  "causes": [
    {
      "locale": "en-US",
      "localeOrigin": "DEFAULT",
      "text": "The request was syntactically correct but its content is semantically invalid."
    }
  ]
}

500

An example of a 500 response object

{
  "detailCode": "500.0 Internal Fault",
  "trackingId": "b21b1f7ce4da4d639f2c62a57171b427",
  "messages": [
    {
      "locale": "en-US",
      "localeOrigin": "DEFAULT",
      "text": "An internal fault occurred."
    }
  ]
}

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