Request Syntax URI Request Parameters Request Body Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

StartBatchJob

Starts a batch job and returns the unique identifier of this execution of the batch job. The associated application must be running in order to start the batch job.

Request Syntax


POST /applications/applicationId/batch-job HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "batchJobIdentifier": { ... },
   "jobParams": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   }
}

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

applicationId

The unique identifier of the application associated with this batch job.

Pattern: ^\S{1,80}$

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

batchJobIdentifier

The unique identifier of the batch job.

Type: BatchJobIdentifier object

Note: This object is a Union. Only one member of this object can be specified or returned.

Required: Yes

jobParams

The collection of batch job parameters. For details about limits for keys and values, see Coding variables in JCL.

Type: String to string map

Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 500 items.

Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 32.

Key Pattern: ^[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9]{1,7}$

Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 80.

Required: No

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "executionId": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

executionId

The unique identifier of this execution of the batch job.

Type: String

Pattern: ^\S{1,80}$

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

The account or role doesn't have the right permissions to make the request.

HTTP Status Code: 403

ConflictException

The parameters provided in the request conflict with existing resources.

HTTP Status Code: 409

InternalServerException

An unexpected error occurred during the processing of the request.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ResourceNotFoundException

The specified resource was not found.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ThrottlingException

The number of requests made exceeds the limit.

HTTP Status Code: 429

ValidationException

One or more parameters provided in the request is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400