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Orchestrator API guide

Generic Tasks requests

API request examples for creating external tasks linked to systems such as JIRA or Salesforce

External tasks

Create external task

Create a new external tasks for operations performed in external systems, such as JIRA or Salesforce.

POST

https://{yourDomain}/tasks/GenericTasks/CreateTask

Request headers
KeyValue
AuthorizationBearer
Request body
{
  "type": "ExternalTask",
  "externalTag": "JIRA",
  "title": "Close Ticket",
  "priority": "High",
  "data": {},
  "taskCatalogName": "Tickets"
}
{
  "type": "ExternalTask",
  "externalTag": "JIRA",
  "title": "Close Ticket",
  "priority": "High",
  "data": {},
  "taskCatalogName": "Tickets"
}
Response code

201 Created

Response body
{
    "status": 0,
    "data": {},
    "action": null,
    "externalTag": "JIRA",
    "id": 1378
}
{
    "status": 0,
    "data": {},
    "action": null,
    "externalTag": "JIRA",
    "id": 1378
}

Complete external task

Complete an external task based on the taskId. The taskId must be included in the body of the request as in the example below.

POST

https://{yourDomain}/tasks/GenericTasks/CompleteTask

Request headers
KeyValue
AuthorizationBearer
Request body
{
  "taskId": 1378,
  "data": {},
  "action": "close"
}
{
  "taskId": 1378,
  "data": {},
  "action": "close"
}
Response code

204 No Content

Document Validation tasks

Create Document Validation task

Create a document validation task in Orchestrator enabling users to validate document extraction results.

POST

https://{yourDomain}/tasks/GenericTasks/CreateTask

Request headers
KeyValue
AuthorizationBearer
Request body
{
  "type": "DocumentValidationTask",
  "externalTag": "DV",
  "title": "Build Certificate",
  "priority": "Low",
    "data": {
        "BucketId": 25,
        "DocumentId": "Construction Tender Document",
        "DocumentPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\Construction Tender Document.zip",
        "EncodedDocumentPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\encoded.zip",
        "TextPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\text.zip",
        "DocumentObjectModelPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\dom.zip",
        "TaxonomyPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\taxonomy.zip",
        "AutomaticExtractionResultsPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\input_results.zip",
        "ValidatedExtractionResultsPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\output_results.zip",
        "Version": "1.0"
    },
    "taskCatalogName": "MinodoraCertificates"
}
{
  "type": "DocumentValidationTask",
  "externalTag": "DV",
  "title": "Build Certificate",
  "priority": "Low",
    "data": {
        "BucketId": 25,
        "DocumentId": "Construction Tender Document",
        "DocumentPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\Construction Tender Document.zip",
        "EncodedDocumentPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\encoded.zip",
        "TextPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\text.zip",
        "DocumentObjectModelPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\dom.zip",
        "TaxonomyPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\taxonomy.zip",
        "AutomaticExtractionResultsPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\input_results.zip",
        "ValidatedExtractionResultsPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\output_results.zip",
        "Version": "1.0"
    },
    "taskCatalogName": "MinodoraCertificates"
}
Response code

201 Created

Response body
{
    "status": 0,
    "data": {
        "BucketId": 25,
        "DocumentId": "Construction Tender Document",
        "DocumentPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\Construction Tender Document.zip",
        "EncodedDocumentPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\encoded.zip",
        "TextPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\text.zip",
        "DocumentObjectModelPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\dom.zip",
        "TaxonomyPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\taxonomy.zip",
        "AutomaticExtractionResultsPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\input_results.zip",
        "ValidatedExtractionResultsPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\output_results.zip",
        "Version": "1.0"
    },
    "action": null,
    "externalTag": "DV",
    "organizationUnitId": 1424,
    "id": 27627
}
{
    "status": 0,
    "data": {
        "BucketId": 25,
        "DocumentId": "Construction Tender Document",
        "DocumentPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\Construction Tender Document.zip",
        "EncodedDocumentPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\encoded.zip",
        "TextPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\text.zip",
        "DocumentObjectModelPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\dom.zip",
        "TaxonomyPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\taxonomy.zip",
        "AutomaticExtractionResultsPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\input_results.zip",
        "ValidatedExtractionResultsPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\output_results.zip",
        "Version": "1.0"
    },
    "action": null,
    "externalTag": "DV",
    "organizationUnitId": 1424,
    "id": 27627
}

Retrieve Document Validation task

Return a document validation task details based on the taskId. The taskId must be included in the request. For example, https://{yourDomain}/tasks/GenericTasks/GetTaskDataById?taskId=1378.

GET

https://{yourDomain}/tasks/GenericTasks/GetTaskDataById?taskId=1378

Request headers
KeyValue
AuthorizationBearer
Response code

200 OK

Response body
{
    "status": 0,
    "data": {
        "BucketId": 25,
        "DocumentId": "Construction Tender Document",
        "DocumentPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\Construction Tender Document.zip",
        "EncodedDocumentPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\encoded.zip",
        "TextPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\text.zip",
        "DocumentObjectModelPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\dom.zip",
        "TaxonomyPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\taxonomy.zip",
        "AutomaticExtractionResultsPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\input_results.zip",
        "ValidatedExtractionResultsPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\output_results.zip",
        "Version": "1.0"
    },
    "action": null,
    "externalTag": null,
    "organizationUnitId": 828,
    "id": 1378
}
{
    "status": 0,
    "data": {
        "BucketId": 25,
        "DocumentId": "Construction Tender Document",
        "DocumentPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\Construction Tender Document.zip",
        "EncodedDocumentPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\encoded.zip",
        "TextPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\text.zip",
        "DocumentObjectModelPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\dom.zip",
        "TaxonomyPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\taxonomy.zip",
        "AutomaticExtractionResultsPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\input_results.zip",
        "ValidatedExtractionResultsPath": "default\\bc40e5c8-3e5d-4a4e-8beb-8ed4595c265d\\output_results.zip",
        "Version": "1.0"
    },
    "action": null,
    "externalTag": null,
    "organizationUnitId": 828,
    "id": 1378
}
  • External tasks
  • Create external task
  • Complete external task
  • Document Validation tasks
  • Create Document Validation task
  • Retrieve Document Validation task

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