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Getting Task Lists As an RSS or ATOM Feed

The list of tasks can be accessed as a RSS or ATOM feed using the REST based service located at

http://host:port/active-bpel/services/REST/AeB4PTaskFeed

. This endpoint also requires the principal username and password.

The

AeB4PTaskFeed

service implements the WSHT

getMyTasks()

operation. The request parameters should passed as part of the HTTP GET request query string:

Parameter Name	Value(s)	Description
format	rss or atom	Optional. The response feed format. Default value is atom.
role	user administrator initiator stakeholder	Optional. List tasks on behalf of a task role. The default value is user (which is equivalent to potential owners and actual owner).
filter	open unclaimed reserved reserved_started started suspended closed completed failed exited error obsolete	Optional. The default value is open, which mean list all open tasks (that is, tasks with status = READY, RESERVED, IN_PROGRESS or SUSPENDED).
maxTasks	integer	Optional. Number of tasks to return in the feed. The default value is 20.
taskIndexOffset	non negative integer	Optional. Index offset used for pagination. The default value is 0.
searchBy	percent encoded string	Optional search by string value.

Example 1

Lists all open tasks that are accessible to the user. Returns the ATOM response

http://localhost:8080/active-bpel/services/REST/AeB4PTaskFeed

Example 2

As above, but returns the RSS response. Note the

format=rss

query string value in the request.

http://localhost:8080/active-bpel/services/REST/AeB4PTaskFeed?format=rss

Example 3

Lists tasks that the user is currently working on (IN_PROGRESS). Returns its response as a RSS feed. Note the

filter=started

value in the query string.

http://localhost:8080/active-bpel/services/REST/AeB4PTaskFeed?filter=started&format=rss