Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

Antonio Lamanna — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 06:58:02 GMT

Currently I have solved in this way, but I don't understand how to update Nexus repository, if I click on the upgrade link it takes me back to the sonatype page from which I can download a zip file. How can I update the repository if it is on the Appian cloud?

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

jesusp0002 — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:33:07 GMT

Please change in your pom.xml

<parent>
<groupId>com.novayre.jidoka.robot</groupId>
<artifactId>jidoka-robot-parent</artifactId>
<version>7.0.0</version> 
</parent>

I think it is going to work...Please talk to your administrator to upload the version 7.1.0 to your repository....

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

Antonio Lamanna — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:03:53 GMT

Yes, I have access to repository but the version 7.1.0 there isn't.

If there is not what should I do?

Thank you

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

David Catalan — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 14:12:15 GMT

The jidoka-robot-parent-7.1.0.pom artifact must be downloaded from your Appian RPA repository, in your example https://company.appiancloud.com/rpa-repo/repository/jidoka/ .

If maven try to look for the artifact in https://repo.maven.apache.org/ is due to it was not found in the previous repository.

Do you have access to your Appian RPA repository using the Web Browser?

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

Antonio Lamanna — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 09:46:41 GMT

The problem is that maven try to download jidoka-robot-parent from:

Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/novayre/jidoka/robot/jidoka-robot-parent/7.1.0/jidoka-robot-parent-7.1.0.pom

but in that address repo.maven.apache.org/.../ there isn't novayre folder:

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

Antonio Lamanna — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 09:19:08 GMT

Not works...

C:\Users\myUser\Desktop\RPA\TAD ROBOTS\RobotBrowserClass - Package - 2020-09-09_0804\RobotBrowserClass>mvn clean install
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
Downloading from jidoka: https://company.appiancloud.com/rpa-repo/repository/jidoka/com/novayre/jidoka/robot/jidoka-robot-parent/7.1.0/jidoka-robot-parent-7.1.0.pom
Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/com/novayre/jidoka/robot/jidoka-robot-parent/7.1.0/jidoka-robot-parent-7.1.0.pom
[ERROR] [ERROR] Some problems were encountered while processing the POMs:
[FATAL] Non-resolvable parent POM for com.novayre.jidoka.robot.test:RobotBrowserClass:0.0.1: Could not find artifact com.novayre.jidoka.robot:jidoka-robot-parent:pom:7.1.0 in jidoka (https://company.appiancloud.com/rpa-repo/repository/jidoka/) and 'parent.relati
vePath' points at wrong local POM @ line 12, column 10
 @
[ERROR] The build could not read 1 project -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR]   The project com.novayre.jidoka.robot.test:RobotBrowserClass:0.0.1 (C:\Users\myUser\Desktop\RPA\TAD ROBOTS\RobotBrowserClass - Package - 2020-09-09_0804\RobotBrowserClass\pom.xml) has 1 error
[ERROR]     Non-resolvable parent POM for com.novayre.jidoka.robot.test:RobotBrowserClass:0.0.1: Could not find artifact com.novayre.jidoka.robot:jidoka-robot-parent:pom:7.1.0 in jidoka (https://company.appiancloud.com/rpa-repo/repository/jidoka/) and 'parent.re
lativePath' points at wrong local POM @ line 12, column 10 -> [Help 2]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/ProjectBuildingException
[ERROR] [Help 2] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/UnresolvableModelException

At the line 12 of pom there is a parent element with version.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

	<groupId>com.novayre.jidoka.robot.test</groupId>
	<artifactId>RobotBrowserClass</artifactId>
	<packaging>jar</packaging>
	<version>0.0.1</version>

	<name>browser</name>

	<parent>
		<groupId>com.novayre.jidoka.robot</groupId>
		<artifactId>jidoka-robot-parent</artifactId>
		<version>7.1.0</version> <!-- VC -->
	</parent>

	<profiles>
		<profile>
			<id>jidoka-repo</id>

			<activation>
				<activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
			</activation>

			<repositories>
				<repository>
					<id>jidoka</id>
					<url>https://company.appiancloud.com/rpa-repo/repository/jidoka/</url>
					<releases>
					</releases>
					<snapshots>
					</snapshots>
				</repository>
			</repositories>

			<pluginRepositories>
				<pluginRepository>
					<id>jidoka</id>
					<url>https://company.appiancloud.com/rpa-repo/repository/jidoka/</url>
					<releases>
					</releases>
					<snapshots>
					</snapshots>
				</pluginRepository>
			</pluginRepositories>
			<distributionManagement>
				<repository>
					<id>jidoka</id>
					<url>https://company.appiancloud.com/rpa-repo/repository/jidoka/</url>
					<layout>default</layout>
				</repository>
			</distributionManagement>
		</profile>

	</profiles>

	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>com.novayre.jidoka.module</groupId>
			<artifactId>jidoka-browser-api</artifactId>
			<version>${jidoka.version}</version>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>
</project>

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

jesusp0002 — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 12:56:10 GMT

Hi Antonio,

The best way to fix it is to delete the contents of the C: /Users/your.user/.m2/repository folder.

Once you delete the content, do a #mvn clean install

I hope this help

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

Antonio Lamanna — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 08:00:09 GMT

Thank you David, I did as you said and I get this error

[ERROR] Non-resolvable parent POM for com.novayre.jidoka.robot.test:TestBrowserWebApi:0.0.1: Failure to find com.novayre.jidoka.robot:jidoka-robot-parent:pom:7.1.0 in appiandemo.appiancloud.com/.../ was cached in the local r
epository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of jidoka has elapsed or updates are forced and 'parent.relativePath' points at wrong local POM @ line 12, column 10 -> [Help 2]

...

Caused by: org.eclipse.aether.resolution.ArtifactResolutionException: Failure to find com.novayre.jidoka.robot:jidoka-robot-parent:pom:7.1.0 in https://appiandemo.appiancloud.com/rpa-repo/repository/jidoka/ was cached in the local repository, resolution will
not be reattempted until the update interval of jidoka has elapsed or updates are forced

Should I update the repository? How can I solve?
Thank you

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

David Catalan — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 12:49:06 GMT

Hi Antonio:

It is not necessary re-download the configurator.

Try to create a new robot from template, for example using "Hello World". You will get the source code in a zip file. Import the code in your IDE and check that the jidoka-robot-parent for this robot is the 7.1.0 version. If yes, try to execute the "mvn clean deploy" command. This command should download the artifact com.novayre.jidoka.robot:jidoka-robot-parent:pom:7.1.0 to your local maven directory ( ${user.home}\.m2\repository )

If it doesn't work with the template either, ask for your Appian administrator to review if this version of Appian RPA is available in your environment.

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

Antonio Lamanna — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 11:27:40 GMT

Yes, thank you. I'm using jidoka-parent 7.1.0.

But when I programmed the robot (a few months ago) there was still version 7.0.0, so the configurator.exe also had version 7.0.0
Now what should I do, re-download the configurator and install everything again? Or redo the robot from scratch?

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

Irene Monge — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 11:10:01 GMT

Version 20.2 uses the jidoka-parent 7.1.0 library, to make sure it is available in your environment, you can look at the Javadoc of your RPA console.

I hope this help!

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

Antonio Lamanna — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 10:55:52 GMT

Give me this error: Could not find artifact com.novayre.jidoka.robot:jidoka-robot-parent:pom:7.1.0 in jidoka

Now I have version 7.0.0

What should I do?

Thank you

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

Irene Monge — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 10:22:52 GMT

Hi Antonio,

To use IWebApiResponse, you need to import the class com.novayre.jidoka.client.api.appian.webapi.IWebApiResponse which is found in the version 7.1.0 of the jidoka-robot-parent library.

<parent>
<groupId>com.novayre.jidoka.robot</groupId>
<artifactId>jidoka-robot-parent</artifactId>
<version>7.1.0</version>
</parent>

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

Antonio Lamanna — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 08:29:46 GMT

Hi Jesus, my robot cannot resolve IWebApiResponse class, I'm using 20.2 version. Do you know what it could be?

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

Antonio Lamanna — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 22:21:06 GMT

Thanks jesusp0002!

RE: Way to call Appian process directly from java robot

jesusp0002 — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 21:58:03 GMT

Hi Antonio,

To do that, you need to design a web Api object and then call it from a robot implementing the interface IWebApiResponse.

There is a example:

https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/20.2/rpa/rpa_in_apps/sync-pattern.html

I hope this help.