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This is unreleased documentation for Camunda 8 Docs 8.7 (unreleased) version.

For up-to-date documentation, see the latest version (8.6).

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ProcessDefinition
Get process definition by key

Version: 8.7 (unreleased)

Get process definition by key

GET /v1/process-definitions/:key

Get process definition by key

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