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Calling a WFA Workflow Using Rest over HTTPS

sheelnidhig — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 13:25:40 GMT

Hello Guys,

I am new to the Workflow Rest API. all seems to be working weel when i write the code in powershell and execute.

but then i put the same code on Workflow command it gives me the below error:

"The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send."

I am plaving the below lines in the code to work with SSL/TLS, and as i mentioned it works well with simple Powershell Script, but not though Workflow engine. specially when using HTTPS connection. Http connection is no problems.

[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::ServerCertificateValidationCallback = {$true}
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12;

I am also attaching the workflow which calls another workflow with this post.

Any possible support suggestations would help me taking it further.

,Sheelnidhi

Re: Calling a WFA Workflow Using Rest over HTTPS

Damien_Queen — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:30:57 GMT

Are you sure you do not have any troubles related to WFA using a self-signed certificate?

Re: Calling a WFA Workflow Using Rest over HTTPS

sheelnidhig — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 08:54:29 GMT

Nops, i dont have any issues with Self Signed Certificates. as i can easily open the HTTPS page and also able to execute the Workflow using REST API using powershell CLI.

but i get this error then i put the same powershell command in WFA.

,Sheelnidhi

Re: Calling a WFA Workflow Using Rest over HTTPS

GregGuignard — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:24:21 GMT

Are you providing credentials in the header of the REST call via PowerShell? If not, you'll need to add that. One way to do that is with a base64 encoded encoded Basic Authorization header like this example.

# Create base64 encoded credential
$mycred = Get-Credential
$EncodedAuthorization = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($mycred.username + ':' + $mycred.GetNetworkCredential().password)
$EncodedPassword = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($EncodedAuthorization)
$Headers = @{"Authorization"="Basic $($EncodedPassword)"}

Use the created $Headers in the call to the workflow vie Invoke-WebRequest or Invoke-RestMethod

Invoke-WebRequest -Method GET -Uri $URi -Headers $Headers
Invoke-RestMethod -Method GET -Uri $URi -Headers $Headers

Re: Calling a WFA Workflow Using Rest over HTTPS

sheelnidhig — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:27:32 GMT

Hello,

I did some more powershell and it seems that i have found a way, added the below code:

[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12;

add-type @"
using System.Net;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
public class TrustAllCertsPolicy : ICertificatePolicy {
public bool CheckValidationResult(
ServicePoint srvPoint, X509Certificate certificate,
WebRequest request, int certificateProblem) {
return true;
}
}
"@
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy = New-Object TrustAllCertsPolicy

function Get-BasicAuthCreds {
param([string]$Username,[string]$Password)
$AuthString = "{0}:{1}" -f $Username,$Password
$AuthBytes = [System.Text.Encoding]::Ascii.GetBytes($AuthString)
return [Convert]::ToBase64String($AuthBytes)
}
$BasicCreds = Get-BasicAuthCreds -Username $user -Password $pass
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($user, (ConvertTo-SecureString $pass -AsPlainText -Force))

,Sheelnidhi