How to use the action command from Resource PC command

[GopalBhaire]

Hi Team,

I see and 'action' command in a list of Resource PC command list, The description for which is 

Either 'action <sessionid> <actionname>' to run an action on the specified session, or 'action last <actionname>'
to run an action on the last session created on this connection. The response is 'STARTED' or an error code.

From the description I was not able to identify what the command does, if anyone has used it please let me know the purpose of it.

Thanks

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Gopal Bhaire
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[John__Carter]

It's not the most helpful explanation is it? If I remember correctly it relates to calling a business object via HTTP, where you create a session and get the session ID in return, then use that to call VBO actions.

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John Carter
Professional Services
Blue Prism
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[ewilson · Accepted solution]

Hi @GopalBhaire,

@John Carter is correct on both points. The documentation is not helpful and the action command is used to run an action on a VBO. So the general steps would be:

1. Login via the HTTP interface (ex. http://loalhost:8181/user name jdoe&password NotSecure)
2. Create a new session (ex. http://loalhost:8181/create name MyObject)
   1. There are different forms to this. I find this one is easier as it just takes the name of the VBO as opposed to it's ID.
3. Call an action on the VBO (ex. http://localhost:8181/action abe74fef-c9db-4992-8e12-07a68d113fd0 MyTestAction)

NOTE: When you do this in the real world the whitespace between the parts of the URL will be replaced with %20. 
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Cheers,​​

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Eric Wilson
Director, Integrations and Enablement
Blue Prism Digital Exchange
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[GopalBhaire]

Thank you @ewilson & @John Carter this really does help. ​​

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Gopal Bhaire
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