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

# Fire system action by name over multiple contentlets

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

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

Returns a list of resultant contentlet maps, each 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

## Request body

- FireMultipleActionForm
  - `comments` string
  - `assign` string
  - `publishDate` string
  - `publishTime` string
  - `expireDate` string
  - `expireTime` string
  - `neverExpire` string
  - `whereToSend` string
  - `filterKey` string
  - `timezoneId` string
  - `iwantTo` string
  - `contentlet` object[]

## Response `200`

Fired action successfully

## 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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