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GET
/
process-instance
/
{id}
/
variables
/
{varName}
/
data
Get Process Variable (Binary)
curl --request GET \
  --url http://{host}:{port}/{contextPath}/process-instance/{id}/variables/{varName}/data \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>'
"Content-Type: application/octet-stream"

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Basic authentication header of the form Basic <encoded-value>, where <encoded-value> is the base64-encoded string username:password.

Path Parameters

​
id
string
required

The id of the process instance to retrieve the variable for.

​
varName
string
required

The name of the variable to retrieve.

Response

Request successful. For binary variables or files without any MIME type information, a byte stream is returned. File variables with MIME type information are returned as the saved type. Additionally, for file variables the Content-Disposition header will be set.

For binary variables or files without any MIME type information, a byte stream is returned.