How to model external service tasks in Camunda 8?

[albx79]

Hi all,

I’m modelling a process that I would like to execute using a number of external workers written in Rust.

Unfortunately, from the docs and tutorials, I am still unable to figure out how to do it:

What value shall I set the task type as? (I’ve checked Service tasks | Camunda Platform 8 Docs but couldn’t figure it out)

And what API should the workers use to get the task list? (I’ve checked https://docs.camunda.io/docs/apis-tools without finding anything really appropriate)

Perhaps I’m thinking too much in terms of C7? Can anyone with C8 experience give me a hand?

Thanks
Alberto

[Ingo_Richtsmeier]

Hi @albx79,

@albx79

What value shall I set the task type as?

You can set the type to any value you like. It has to be used in your client as well when you activate the job for the task: Zeebe API (gRPC) | Camunda 8 Docs.

A good practice is to use a name that describes what the worker is doing (e.g. credit-card-charging).

@albx79

And what API should the workers use to get the task list?

See my link above.

Hope this helps, Ingo

[albx79]

Hi Ingo,

Yes, that answers all my questions, thanks!!!

I’ll get to work on it next week.

Kind regards,
Alberto