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Networking Scripting Examples
Workflow scripted elements, actions, and policies require scripting of common networking tasks. You can cut,
paste, and adapt these examples into your scripted elements.
Obtain Text from a URL
The following JavaScript example accesses a URL, obtains text, and converts it to a string.
var url = new URL("http://www.vmware.com") ;
var htmlContentAsString = url.getContent() ;
Workflow Scripting Examples
Workflow scripted elements, actions, and policies require scripting examples of common workflow tasks. You
can cut, paste, and adapt these examples into your scripted elements.
Return All Workflows Run by the Current User
The following JavaScript example obtains all workflow runs from the server and checks whether they belong
to the current user. You can use this scripting with Webview components.
var allTokens = Server.findAllForType('WorkflowToken');
var currentUser = Server.getCredential().username;
var res = [];
for(var i = 0; i<res.length; i++){
if(allTokens[i].runningUserName == currentUser){
res.push(allTokens[i]);
}
}
return res;
Access the Current Workflow Token
You can access the current workflow token by using the workflow variable. It is an object of type
WorkflowToken that provides access to the current workflow run. The following JavaScript example gets the ID
of the workflow token and its start date.
System.log("Current workflow run ID: " + workflow.id);
System.log("Current workflow run start date: "+workflow.startDate);
Schedule a Workflow
The following JavaScript example starts a workflow with a given set of properties, and then schedules it to
start one hour later.
var workflowToLaunch = myWorkflow ;
// create parameters
var workflowParameters = new Properties() ;
workflowParameters.put("name","John Doe") ;
// change the task name
workflowParameters.put("__taskName","Workflow for John Doe") ;
// create scheduling date one hour in the future
var workflowScheduleDate = new Date() ;
var time = workflowScheduleDate.getTime() + (60*60*1000) ;
workflowScheduleDate.setTime(time) ; var scheduledTask =
workflowToLaunch.schedule(workflowParameters,workflowScheduleDate);
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