Submitting a Job

A job request has four fields:

Field	Required	Description
recipe or recipe_id	yes	The pipeline to run
inputs	yes	Artifact map — the data to process
params	only if steps need it	Per-step runtime values
outputs	no	Where to write final results in MinIO

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Full example

Reproject a survey dataset, then build an EPT tileset:

curl -X POST https://dev.mapprism.com/ordo/jobs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "recipe": {
      "name": "reproject-ept",
      "version": "3.0.0",
      "definition": {
        "recipe": [
          {
            "id": "reproject",
            "type": "REPROJECT_LAS",
            "inputs":  { "input_las": "job:input_las" },
            "outputs": { "output_las": "step:reproject.output_las" },
            "param_keys": ["source_epsg", "target_epsg"]
          },
          {
            "id": "build_ept",
            "type": "BUILD_EPT",
            "inputs":  { "input_las": "step:reproject.output_las" },
            "outputs": { "output_ept": "step:build_ept.output_ept" }
          },
          {
            "id": "dataset_info",
            "type": "DATASET_INFO",
            "inputs":  { "input_las": "step:reproject.output_las" },
            "outputs": { "metadata": "step:dataset_info.metadata" }
          }
        ],
        "on_exit": {
          "id": "call_webhook",
          "type": "CALL_WEBHOOK",
          "inputs": { "waits_for": "step:dataset_info.metadata" },
          "param_keys": ["webhook_url"]
        }
      }
    },
    "inputs": {
      "job:input_las": {
        "type": "las",
        "uri": "development/pineydam/mbes.las",
        "hash": "abc123def456"
      }
    },
    "params": {
      "reproject": {
        "source_epsg": "EPSG:2271",
        "target_epsg": "EPSG:3857"
      },
      "call_webhook": {
        "webhook_url": "https://myapp.example.com/hooks/processing-done"
      }
    },
    "outputs": {
      "step:build_ept.output_ept": {
        "path": "development/results/piney-dam/ept"
      }
    }
  }'

Response (201):

{ "id": 4 }

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inputs field

Keys are namespaced artifact references matching the recipe's job: inputs. Each value:

{
  "type": "las",
  "uri": "development/pineydam/mbes.las",
  "hash": "abc123def456"
}

Field	Required	Description
type	yes	Artifact type: las, tif, ept, potree, json
uri	yes	Path within MinIO (no bucket prefix)
hash	yes	Content hash or stable identifier for the file

hash is stored by Ordo but not validated. It can be an MD5, SHA256, or any stable string you use to track file identity.

You must provide exactly the inputs that the recipe requires — no more, no less.

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params field

Keyed by step ID. Only needed for steps that declare param_keys. Each step's params are a flat key-value map.

"params": {
  "reproject": {
    "source_epsg": "EPSG:2271",
    "target_epsg": "EPSG:3857"
  },
  "call_webhook": {
    "webhook_url": "https://myapp.example.com/hooks/done"
  }
}

Missing a required param returns 400.

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outputs field

Declares the MinIO directory each produced artifact is delivered to once the job finishes. Optional — artifacts are still tracked in Ordo if this field is omitted.

"outputs": {
  "step:build_ept.output_ept": {
    "path": "development/results/piney-dam/ept"
  }
}

Keys are namespaced artifact references. Values have a single path field. Only artifacts that are actually producible by the recipe can be referenced here.

path is a directory, not a filename. The executor chooses the delivered filename. See MinIO Outputs for the delivered name of each executor and how folder outputs differ.

Ordo stores the declaration. n8n performs the actual write to MinIO.

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Using an existing recipe by ID

If a recipe is already registered in Ordo, reference it by ID instead of sending the full definition:

{
  "recipe_id": 7,
  "inputs": { ... },
  "params": { ... },
  "outputs": { ... }
}