Add an API Task directly in a process

Invoke an API Task directly in a process to make calls to APIs that are asynchronous.

Prerequisites

You must have a Bot Creator license.
You must have created an API Task (for example: database API Task).

In this example after the ZIP Code form is called in a process a new database API Task is attached to the process. This database API Task makes an API call to insert each of the records (for example, the ZIP code record) into a database. Unlike the API Task in the form (which is pre-warmed), the API Task called within a process is deployed in the cloud during run time. You can attach API Tasks in a process that are specific to your use case.

Procedure

You can create a new process as specified in Add a form in a process or open an existing process.
Drag an API Task element to the process from the Element panel. You will be able to select an API Task which will run on the cloud.
From the Task: API Task panel on the right side, perform these steps:
Click Save.
Click Run to run the process.

The Place and State that are retrieved from the previously described form are stored as a record in the specified database.

Next steps

You must check-in the API Task before configuring the API Task in an API device pool.

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Add an API Task directly in a process