quickstarts/tutorials/workflow/csharp/workflow-management/README.md

Workflow Management

This tutorial demonstrates the various APIs to manage a workflow instance, these methods include:

• Scheduling a workflow instance
• Getting the workflow instance state
• Suspending the workflow instance
• Resuming the workflow instance
• Terminating the workflow instance
• Purging the workflow instance

For more information on workflow management, see the Dapr docs.

Inspect the code

Open the Program.cs file in the tutorials/workflow/csharp/workflow-management/WorkflowManagement folder. This file contains the endpoint definitions that use the workflow management API. The workflow that is being managed is named NeverEndingWorkflow and is a counter that will keep running once it's started.

Run the tutorial

1. Use a terminal to navigate to the tutorials/workflow/csharp/workflow-management folder.

2. Build the project using the .NET CLI.

   dotnet build ./WorkflowManagement/
   

3. Use the Dapr CLI to run the Dapr Multi-App run file

   ```bash
   

   dapr run -f .

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4. Use the first POST request in the workflowmanagement.http file to start the workflow.

5. Use other requests in the workflowmanagement.http file to perform other actions on the workflow, such as:

   • Getting the workflow instance state.
   • Suspending & resuming the workflow instance.
   • Terminating the workflow instance.
   • Purging the workflow instance.

6. Stop the Dapr Multi-App run process by pressing Ctrl+C.