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List of exposed processes

Bala_KrishnaVep — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:43:00 GMT

Hi,

We have a requirement to read all the list of exposed processes in Blue Prism. Currently we parse http://localhost:8181/ws/ using HTML parser in Java. But we are concerned if this a fool proof approach or not. Is it guaranteed that the HTML structure of that page remains same? if not, is there a way to get list of exposed processes?

We tried http://localhost:8181/proclist but it returns all the existing processes
We also tried created a process at Blue Prism side, which reads list of processes from DB where wspublishname is not null. But with this approach, once exposed but now concealed processes are also shown in that list.
Please advice.

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Thanks,
Bala Krishna
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RE: List of exposed processes

shashank.kumar280 — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 10:21:00 GMT

Hi Bala,

Please use the asset here https://digitalexchange.blueprism.com/dx/entry/9648/solution/process-information-utility-2 to retrieve the necessary info.

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Shashank Kumar
DX Integrations Partner Consultant
Blue Prism
Singapore
+6581326707
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RE: List of exposed processes

Bala_KrishnaVep — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 12:47:00 GMT

Hi Shashank,

Thank you for the suggestion. One thing I noticed is that, the Get Processes action returns processes that are once exposed but later concealed as well. Is there any way to get only currently exposed processes?

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Bala Krishna Vepuri
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RE: List of exposed processes

PatrickAucoin — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 15:33:00 GMT

Hi Bala,

See Processes/objects – exposure
https://bpdocs.blueprism.com/bp-6-9/en-us/frmWebServiceExpose.htm

http://[machinename]:[port]/ws/
is the URL listed in the documentation for confirming exposed web services, so I would say it is stable. Out of caution, I'd still recommend re-testing your approach during version upgrades, changing port settings, or enabling/disabling transport security (SSL/TLS certificates).

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Patrick Aucoin
Senior Product Consultant
Blue Prism
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RE: List of exposed processes

shashank.kumar280 — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 15:33:00 GMT

Hi Bala,

I couldn't replicate your issue. Are you able to step through the Get Processes action and see what you get in the "Results" collection?

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Shashank Kumar
DX Integrations Partner Consultant
Blue Prism
Singapore
+6581326707
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RE: List of exposed processes

Bala_KrishnaVep — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 07:51:00 GMT

Hi Patrick,

Thanks for the suggestion, currently we use the url that you have suggested and parse it using a HTML parser. My question is, is there a better way to get the exposed processes list in another format, say json or even xml?

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Bala Krishna Vepuri
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