---
title: "Fire system action by name"
method: PUT
path: "/api/v1/workflow/actions/default/fire/{systemAction}"
tags: ["Workflow"]
---

# Fire system action by name

`PUT /api/v1/workflow/actions/default/fire/{systemAction}`

Fire a [default system action](https://www.dotcms.com/docs/latest/managing-workflows#DefaultActions) by name on a target contentlet.

Returns a map of the resultant contentlet, with an additional `AUTO_ASSIGN_WORKFLOW` property, which can be referenced by delegate services that handle automatically assigning workflow schemes to content with none.

## Path parameters

- `systemAction` 'NEW' | 'EDIT' | 'PUBLISH' | 'UNPUBLISH' | 'ARCHIVE' | 'UNARCHIVE' | 'DELETE' | 'DESTROY', required

## Query parameters

- `inode` string
- `identifier` string
- `indexPolicy` 'DEFER' | 'WAIT_FOR' | 'FORCE'
- `language` string

## Request body

- FireActionByNameForm
  - `comments` string
  - `assign` string
  - `publishDate` string
  - `publishTime` string
  - `expireDate` string
  - `expireTime` string
  - `neverExpire` string
  - `whereToSend` string
  - `filterKey` string
  - `query` string
  - `pathToMove` string
  - `timezoneId` string
  - `individualPermissions` object
  - `actionName` string
  - `iwantTo` string
  - `contentlet` object

## Response `200`

Fired action successfully

- ResponseEntityView
  - `errors` ErrorEntity[]
    - `errorCode` string
    - `message` string
    - `fieldName` string
  - `entity` object
  - `messages` MessageEntity[]
    - `message` string
  - `i18nMessagesMap` object
  - `permissions` string[]
  - `pagination` Pagination
    - `currentPage` integer
    - `perPage` integer
    - `totalEntries` integer

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request
- `401` — Invalid User
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Content not found
- `406` — Not Acceptable
- `415` — Unsupported Media Type
- `500` — Internal Server Error

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