Steptypes.json Example

This example shows a steptypes.json file that describes three custom steps: a step defined using a task-oriented CommonJS module, a step defined using a legacy pipeline, and a step defined using a chunk-oriented CommonJS module.

To check the syntax of your steptypes.json file, access the steptypes.schema file here.

my_cartridge/steptypes.json  
{
  "step-types":
  {
    "script-module-step":
    [
      {
        "@type-id":"custom.MyCustomScriptStepType",
        "@supports-parallel-execution":"true",
        "@supports-site-context":"true",
        "@supports-organization-context":"false",
        "description":"My custom script step type",
        "module":"my_cartridge/cartridge/scripts/steps/myModule.ds",
        "function":"myFunctionName",
        "transactional":"false",
        "timeout-in-seconds":"900",
        "parameters":
        {
          "parameter":
          [
            {
              "@name":"MyParameter1",
              "@type":"boolean",
              "@required":"true",
              "description":"A required boolean parameter."
            },
            {
              "@name":"MyParameter2",
              "@type":"long",
              "@required":"false",
              "description":"An optional long parameter. The default value is 10 when not defined.",
              "default-value":"10"
            },
            {
              "@name":"MyParameter3",
              "@type":"double",
              "@required":"true",
              "@trim":"true",
              "description":"A required double parameter were the raw value is trimmed, value must be betwenn -10 and +10.",
              "min-value":"-10",
              "max-value":"10"
            },
            {
              "@name":"MyParameter4",
              "@type":"string",
              "@required":"false",
              "description":"An optional string parameter, length must be between 10 and 50",
              "min-length":"10",
              "max-length":"50"
            },
            {
              "@name":"MyParameter5",
              "@type":"string",
              "@required":"true",
              "@trim":"false",
              "description":"A required string parameter, must be one of One, Two or Three.",
              "enum-values":
              {
                "value":
                [
                  "One",
                  "Two",
                  "Three"
                ]
              }
            },
            {
              "@name":"MyParameter6",
              "@type":"datetime-string",
              "@required":"false",
              "@target-type":"date",
              "description":"An optional datetime parameter."
            },
            {
              "@name":"MyParameter7",
              "@type":"date-string",
              "@required":"false",
              "@target-type":"date",
              "description":"An optional date parameter."
            },
            {
              "@name":"MyParameter8",
              "@type":"time-string",
              "@required":"false",
              "@target-type":"long",
              "description":"An optional time parameter."
            }
          ]
        },
        "status-codes": 
        {
                  "status": 
          [
                      {
                          "@code": "ERROR",
                          "description": "Used when the step failed with an error."
                      },
                      {
                          "@code": "FINISHED",
              "description": "Used when the step finished successfully."
                      },
                      {
                          "@code": "FINISHED_WITH_WARNINGS",
              "description": "Used when the step finished with warnings."
                      }
                  ]
              }
      }
    ],
    "pipeline-step":
    [
      {
        "@type-id":"custom.MyCustomPipelineStepType",
        "@supports-parallel-execution":"false",
        "@supports-site-context":"false",
        "@supports-organization-context":"true",
        "pipeline":"MyProcessPipeline-MyStartNode",
        "description":"This is a custom pipeline step type",
        "parameters":
        {
          "parameter":
          [
            {
              "@name":"MyParameter1",
              "@type":"boolean",
              "@required":"true",
              "description":"A required boolean parameter."
            }
          ]
        },
        "status-codes": 
        {
                  "status": 
          [
                      {
                          "@code": "ERROR",
                          "description": "Used when the step failed with an error."
                      }
                  ]
              }
      }
    ],
    "chunk-script-module-step":
    [
      {
        "@type-id":"custom.MyCustomChunkScriptModuleStep",
        "@supports-parallel-execution":"false",
        "@supports-site-context":"true",
        "@supports-organization-context":"false",
        "description":"My custom chunk script step type",
        "module":"my_cartridge/cartridge/scripts/steps/myModule.ds",
        "before-step-function":"beforeStep",
        "total-count-function":"getTotalCount",
        "before-chunk-function":"beforeChunk",
        "read-function":"read",
        "process-function":"process",
        "write-function":"write",
        "after-chunk-function":"afterChunk",
        "after-step-function":"afterStep",
        "chunk-size":10,
        "transactional":"true",
        "parameters":
        {
          "parameter":
          [
            {
              "@name":"MyParameter",
              "@type":"boolean",
              "@required":"false"
            }
          ]
        },
        "status-codes": 
        {
                  "status": 
          [
                      {
                          "@code": "ERROR",
                          "description": "Used when the step failed with an error."
                      },
                      {
                          "@code": "OK",
              "description": "Used when the step finished successfully."
                      }
                  ]
              }
      }
    ]
  }
}
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