Launch a robot connected to orchestrator with api

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Hi there!!,
We need to launch a robot from the orchestrator by clicking a button inside an aspx website.
How do I make an API call and launch a robot from there?

For more information check this picture

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@josesgar
The calls are done by submitting JSON requests to your server. Here’s a link example to start a job:

https://your.server.here/odata/Jobs/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.StartJobs

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do you have more details about this?

where do I find the releaseKey? do you have an example?

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@josesgar https://your.server/odata/Releases

You can also just go to https://your.server.here/odata to get a list of everything

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In this post, we have step by step procedure @josesgar

try

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Thank you for sharing, do you have documentation about authenticating and getting tentant?

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Right!

When you say “run the javascript code in the browser”, what do you mean?

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@josesgar you can make a JSON post asynchronysly to https://your.server.her/api/account/authenticate
Here’s a C# example of how I authenticate in a desktop app. The principals for any app are the same, only the language would be different:

			string token = "";
		string myJson = "{'tenancyName': 'YOUR_TENANT_NAME','usernameOrEmailAddress': 'YOUR_LOGON_ACCOUNT','password': 'YOUR_PASSWORD'}";
		using (var client = new HttpClient())
		{
			var response = await client.PostAsync(
				"https://YOUR.SERVER.HERE/api/account/authenticate",
				new StringContent(myJson, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"));

			toolStripTextBox1.Text = "Result: " + response.ReasonPhrase;

			if (response.ReasonPhrase == "Bad Request")
			{
				toolStripTextBox1.ToolTipText = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
				MessageBox.Show(toolStripTextBox1.ToolTipText = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result, "Bad Request", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
				return;
			}

			var items = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result.TrimStart('{').TrimEnd('}').Replace("\"", String.Empty).Split(',');

			foreach (var entry in items)
			{
				if (entry.Split(':')[0] == "result")
				{
					token = "Bearer " + entry.Split(':')[1]; <========GETS TOKEN
				}
			}

The token that you get is then passed to any JSON requests you make to the orchestrator, i.e.:

myJson = "{'startInfo':{'ReleaseKey':'YOUR-RELEASE-KEY-GOES-HERE','Strategy':'Specific','RobotIds':[YOUR_ROBOT_ID],'NoOfRobots':YOUR_NO_ROBOTS,'Source':'Manual'}}";
			client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", token); <=========USE TOKEN HERE
			response = await client.PostAsync(
				"https://YOUR.SERVER.HERE/odata/Jobs/UiPath.Server.Configuration.OData.StartJobs",
				new StringContent(myJson, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"));
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You have a URL there , copy the entire code and run it after opening that URL , I mean, if you open the URL in browser, it will ask you to paste the code and run it after pasting @josesgar

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thank you for answering! how do I connect without tenant id? I am using Community edition

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@josesgar I don’t know. I’ve only done it on Enterprise.

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I got it!!

I can make API Calls to jobs from Community orchestrator using a tenant:

  1. Create an account in platform “https://platform.uipath.com/”
  2. Register a tenant associated with email you connected “UiPath Orchestrator”

So… I have a problem, the orchestrator is directing me to the login page when I connect to a service :frowning_face: I think that the 2 accounts are missmatching

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Can you check login into that URL once and then open the URL as

https://platform.uipath.com/tenantname/tenantname

@josesgar