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How to trigger approval workflow when creating a record via REST API?

  • April 27, 2026
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Hello, I'm working on a MDM project and need help with workflow-governed record creation via the REST API.

I have an integration where record creation requests come in from a third party application with the required record details.
I pick up those details and use them to create a new master record in MDM via POST /api/rest/master/{viewName}/{typeName}
Currently the record gets created and published immediately, completely bypassing the workflow.
What I actually need is for this record creation to go through the workflow, meaning it should create a task in draft state with the actual record details, and then go through the configured approval workflow steps before being published.

Is there a way to achieve this via the REST API? Any workarounds or approaches others have used for this would be really helpful.