This service will perform the same action found on the "Deployment Request Form" off the application screen. It will initiate a request to deploy the application selected in the qualifiedApplicationName. The service will return the workflowRequestId which can be used by the getWorkflowRequestStatus call to determine when the workflow is complete.

API URL

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/workflow/deployApplication

Sample JSON Request

{
   "authentication":
    {
      "userId": "fdadmin",
      "password": "password123"
    },
   "applicationVersion": "1.5",
   "environmentCode": "DEV",
   "exceptionToWindow": "true",
   "forceDeploy": "true",
   "qualifiedApplicationName": "/FlexDeploy/test20",
   "startTime": "2015-03-16T23:17:52-06:00",
   "flexFields": [
    {
      "name": "field1","value": "xyz"
    },
    {
      "name": "field2","value": "123"
    }],
   "projectSettings": [
    {
       "projectName": "SimpleProj",
       "inputs": [
        {
          "name": "i1", "value": "dfg"
        },
        {
          "name": "i2", "value": "wer"
        }]
    },
    {
       "projectName": "SimpleTest",
       "inputs": [
        {
          "name": "input1",
          "value": "asd"
        },
        {
          "name": "input2",
          "value": "zxc"
        }]
   }]
}

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
authentication	Y		See Common Parameters
environmentCode	Y	String	This is the environment code, not the environment name that you see on most screens.
exceptionToWindow		Boolean	Values are true or false. Indicates that the deployment is an exception to the deployment window.
forceBuild		Boolean	Values are true or false. Indicates that the build should occur even if there are not SCM changes
qualifiedApplicationName	Y	String	The qualified application name starts with /FlexDeploy and includes any sub folders, and finally the project.
StartTime		DateTime	The time when the deployment will be started.
ProjectSettings			The project settings is a list of the projects by name and includes the 2 sub-parameters below. If all values can be defaulted, the project setting for that project does not need to be included.
projectName			The project name
inputs			See Common Parameters
flexFields			See Common Parameters

Authentication

The authentication parameter is comprised of 2 fields.

userId – a valid user id for FlexDeploy
password – the associated password

Inputs

This is a list of name/value pairs for the inputs. Not all inputs need to be supplied. If an input has a default value that is acceptable for the workflow to run, it does not need to be changed.

Flex Fields

Applicable only for deployProject and deployApplication. This is a list of name (Display Name of FlexField)/value pairs for the FlexFields. Not all FlexFields need to be supplied. If a flex field has a default value or options that are acceptable for the workflow to run, it does not need to be changed.

InstanceCodes

The list of instances where the deployment will occur.