Workflow Notification [VF 21.1 IG]

It is also possible to subscribe to certain workflow events in VidiFlow via the Notification API. The following describes the notification registration model.

Path Swagger Reference: Creating a new Workflow Notification

POST /v1/Workflow

Vidispine Notification Registration Model

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{
  "registrant": "string",
  "target": "string",
  "action": "string",
  "definition": "object"
}

Field	Type	Description	Example
Registrant	String	A unique name represents the party that subscribes to this notification.	YourSystemName
Definition	Object	The workflow notification definition (described further below).

Workflow Definition Model

Section	Field	Type	Description	Example
Trigger	Name	String	The workflow name. This is a mandatory field.	WatchfolderMediaIngest
	Version	String	The workflow version.	1.0
	State	String	The workflow state.	Started Completed CompletedWithError Failed Canceled
Action/Http	Url	String	The url to be invoked to deliver the notification.	http://server/notify
	Method	String	The HTTP method to be invoked to deliver the notification.	POST PUT
	TimeOut	Integer	Http call timeout (in seconds). Increase this value if the http server requires more time on processing the notification.	60
	Retry	Integer	Number of retries before the invoked call gives up.	5
	RetryInterval	Integer	Fixed interval (in seconds) before the next retry starts.	60
	ShowFullInfo	Boolean	Indicates whether to deliver full workflow information or simple workflow information. By default, simple workflow information is used.	Example below

Currently, VidiFlow only supports the possibility to notify workflow events changes via REST HTTP calls. The following are the different REST body based on the different scenarios.

Sample Workflow Notification Body (Full Info = true)

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{
      "Id": "f1328db6-b357-11ea-98f6-ce2dfadb085d",
      "WorkflowName": "NewTestAgent",
      "WorkflowVersion": "1.0",
      "WorkflowId": "NewTestAgent:1:f0fe3743-b357-11ea-98f6-ce2dfadb085d",
      "StartTime": "2020-06-21T00:41:27.851+0000",
      "EndTime": null,
      "StartedBy": "admin",
      "State": "Failed",
      "Description": null,
      "Data": {
        "InputParameters": [],
        "OutputParameters": [
          {
            "Name": "OutBool_23t64s4",
            "Value": null,
            "Type": "Unknown"
          },
          {
            "Name": "OutDateTime_11411lc",
            "Value": null,
            "Type": "Unknown"
          },
          {
            "Name": "OutDouble_0nhn4fo",
            "Value": null,
            "Type": "double"
          },
          {
            "Name": "OutFloat_0c7vbte",
            "Value": null,
            "Type": "double"
          },
          {
            "Name": "OutInt_3q6tuk4",
            "Value": null,
            "Type": "long"
          },
          {
            "Name": "OutLong_2r0fb3j",
            "Value": null,
            "Type": "long"
          },
          {
            "Name": "OutString_2u5113q",
            "Value": null,
            "Type": "string"
          }
        ]
      },
      "IsInvalid": false,
      "Priority": 100,
      "Status": {
        "TotalStepsExecuted": 1,
        "CurrentSteps": [
          {
            "Name": "Test task for new agent SDK",
            "Id": "Task_0tnqf7w",
            "Progress": 0,
            "Error": true,
            "ErrorMessage": "Agent task f1770fed-b357-11ea-98f6-ce2dfadb085d TestTask V1.0 failed: Missing mandatory parameter 'TriggerBoundaryEvent' for TaskProcessor TestTask V1.0."
          }
        ]
      },
      "Metadata": {},
      "ParentWorkflowId": null,
      "RootWorkflowId": null
 }

Sample Workflow Notification Body (Full Info = false)

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{
      "Id": "f1328db6-b357-11ea-98f6-ce2dfadb085d",
      "Name": "NewTestAgent",
      "Version": "1.0",
      "State": "Failed"
}