Moving a record through the workflow

Workflow Stages Definition

For records that contain a workflow, the stages defined for that workflow are described in the package configuration in home/harvest. See the configuring a workflow section of the set up a new workflow documentation for an example of a definition.

The workflow.metadata datastream

The workflow.metadata stream defines the current workflow state in JSON format. To modify the workflow state, you will need to retrieve this datastream and modify it's values. A sample of the datastream is below

Example (Curl)

1. Get the workflow.metadata datastream

Request

curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" -H "Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxxx" "http://localhost:9000/redbox/api/v1/datastream/e0220ec80b52e04da72813801b934da8?datastreamId=workflow.metadata"

Response

2. Update the workflow.metadata datastream

Request

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer xxxxxxxxxxxxx" -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" -F "content=@workflow.metadata" "http://localhost:9000/redbox/api/v1/datastream/e0220ec80b52e04da72813801b934da8?datastreamId=workflow.metadata"

Response