The EWActionButton operation runs an action button from a specified record, as an asynchronous call.

• Returns: the record ID and callback ID.
• Supported Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
• Compatible with EWAsyncStatus, which can be used to check the status of the call.
• Accepts a URL with URL-encoded parameters and record data. For more information about general URL conventions, see REST Interface.
• Additionally, the URL must contain the table name, the ID of the record, and the name of the field that contains the action button to run.

Example

Here is an example using the cUrl utility:

curl -is -X POST "https://your.server.com/ewws/async/EWActionButton?%24KB=Demo&%24login=admin&%24password=****&%24lang=en&%24table=case&name=ab_field&id=82"
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Type: charset=UTF-8;charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 48
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 10:12:53 GMT
 
EWREST_id='82';
EWREST_EWCALLBACK_ID='10100_1';