Force.com REST API Developer Guide
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Get a List of All Approval Processes
Submit a Record for Approval
Approve a Record
Reject a Record
Bulk Approvals
Get a List of Process Rules
Get a Particular Process Rule
Trigger Process Rules
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Working with Approval Processes and Process Rules
The examples in this section use REST API resources to work with approval
processes and process rules.
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Get a List of All Approval Processes
Use the Process Approvals resource to get information about approvals. -
Submit a Record for Approval
Use the Process Approvals resource to submit a record or a collection of records for approval. Each call takes an array of requests. -
Approve a Record
Use the Process Approvals resource to approve a record or a collection of records. Each call takes an array of requests. The current user must be an assigned approver. -
Reject a Record
Use the Process Approvals resource to reject a record or a collection of records. Each call takes an array of requests. The current user must be an assigned approver. -
Bulk Approvals
Use the Process Approvals resource to do bulk approvals. You can specify a collection of different Process Approvals requests to have them all executed in bulk. -
Get a List of Process Rules
Use the Process Rules resource to get information about process rules. -
Get a Particular Process Rule
Use the Process Rules resource and specify theSObjectName and workflowRuleId of the rule you want to get the metadata for. -
Trigger Process Rules
Use the Process Rules resource to trigger process rules. All rules associated with the specified ID will be evaluated, regardless of the evaluation criteria. All IDs must be for records on the same object.