How to read external json/properties file in inline javascript/groovy?

[sindhu_veladi]

Hi,

I need to trigger a http request from scipt task in Camunda. I have to read configurations from a .json/.properties file which is available in configuration folder of wildfly or some other place where camunda engine is deployed.

any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Sindhu.

[StephenOTT]

Process variables used for Process configuration stored in JSON/YML?

@kontrag Here is a full function that you can drop in: /** * Load configuration file as a SPIN JSON variable in-memory and optionally as a process variable. * * @param string fileName The name of the configuration file in the deployment. * @param string key The top level JSON key in the configuration file that will be saved, and other keys/objects are omitted. * @param boolean persist Whether to save the configuration as a process variable. * @return SPIN JSON Object */ function loadCon…

How to read external configuration file in service task?

Hi @StephenOTT Thanks for the reply !!! So I dont want to write a script at start event instead i want to read a file placea at some external location in my script task. Script Type is Javascript. Is there any way in which we can read external files ? My use case is I want to assign some value to variable which is not workflow dependent and which a user can change at any point of time without changing the bpmn file.

I would argue that most common use cases have been posted by myself on the forum when they are scripting related ;). Went through many over the years. Best to search the forum a bit as there are many examples.