Accessing NIFI processors through rest api

[Vibhath Ileperuma <vi...@gmail.com>]

Hi all,

I'm currently developing an external script to work with a NIFI flow using
NIFI rest api. To access processors/controllers etc. it is required to know
the UUID.
But I notice that it is possible for UUIDs to be changed if the NIFI flow
is imported to another NIFI instance through a template.
Is there a way to define the UUIDs which are not changing? Or is it
possible to access a processor using the name or a custom defined id ?

Thanks & Regards

*Vibhath Ileperuma*

Re: Accessing NIFI processors through rest api

[Daniel Chaffelson <ch...@gmail.com>]

You cannot prevent the UUIDs from changing, it is generally good practice
to enforce unique names and use those as your lookup values.

On Wed, 21 Apr 2021, 10:10 Vibhath Ileperuma, <vi...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently developing an external script to work with a NIFI flow using
> NIFI rest api. To access processors/controllers etc. it is required to know
> the UUID.
> But I notice that it is possible for UUIDs to be changed if the NIFI flow
> is imported to another NIFI instance through a template.
> Is there a way to define the UUIDs which are not changing? Or is it
> possible to access a processor using the name or a custom defined id ?
>
> Thanks & Regards
>
> *Vibhath Ileperuma*
>
>
>
>