In this tutorial you will learn how to setup a simple workflow that allows you to handle any type of documents in a safe and semi-automatic way.

The workflow in this tutorial will consist of two steps:

• automatic prediction

• manual verification

Prerequisites

• Download the lucidtech CLI​

• Create a remote component tutorial​

Manual approval (manual transition)

To create a manual step you first need a remote component that will serve as a user interface. For an example on a simple remote component see This tutorial​

$ las assets create remote_component.js

Create a json file with the following structure,

{
  "assets": {
    "jsRemoteComponent": "las:asset:<hex-uuid>" 
  }
}

Now you are ready to create the manual step

las transitions create manual params.json

Automatic prediction (docker transition)

An automatic step is made by creating a docker image that will perform a task without any user involved. Check out our sample images for inspiration and best practices.

The first step is to build a docker image and push it to some repository

$ docker build . -t <image-url> && docker push <image-url>

Note:

It is recommended to place the docker image in a private repository, if that is the case you need to store your credentials as a secret.

$ las secrets create  username=<username> password=<password> --description 'docker credentials'

The next step is to create a json-file that contains the parameters you need to run the docker image. Note that secretId is only needed if you are using a private image.

{
  "imageUrl": "<image-url>",
  "secretId": "las:secret:<hex-uuid>"
}

Now we are ready to create the transition

las transitions create docker params.json

Creating the workflow

Now that we have created the two transitions we are ready to put them together in a single workflow. The workflow definition must be provided using Amazon States Language.

{
  "definition": {
    "Comment": "A workflow for prediction and approval", 
    "StartAt": "Predict",
    "States": {
      "Predict": {
        "Type": "Task",
        "Resource": "las:transition:<docker-hex>",
        "Next": "Approve" 
      },
      "Approve": {
        "Type": "Task",
        "Resource": "las:transition:<manual-hex>",
        "End": true
      }
    }   
  }
}

store the file and use it as input for creating the workflow

$ las workflows create workflow.json --name 'Predict and Approve'