Start Process Instance from react app

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Hello,

Is it possible to start a process instance from react app? I am currently implementing this with a spring boot service but I don’t want to use a third party application. Is this just a rest call?

*self managed docker-compose setup

Thank you!

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Hello @camunda_kon ,

to start a process instance, a grpc call is required. Without knowing about js libraries that. can handle this, there should be a way to execute this call.

However, I would always recommend to have a backend in place. This backend can be scoped towards the business logic of your app and abstract calls towards Camunda 8.

Jonathan

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@jonathan.lukas Thank you for the response! Is there any resource I can look into because I could not find any useful information? Thanks again!

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Hello @camunda_kon ,

after following a similar discussion, it appears that you cannot execute gRPC calls from a browser but only from a backend service. So having a Spring-Boot App in place is just the setup I can recommend.

Jonathan

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Thank you @jonathan.lukas . Since this is the case, I will try to switch from Spring Boot to .NET since it better suites my needs.

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Hello @camunda_kon ,

good to know. There is a very nice implementation of a Zeebe Client in the Community hub:

I hope this helps

Jonathan

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Thanks a lot!