The following example shows a request body for archiving process instances.

{
    "composites":{
        "compositeDN":["development/SimpleUserTaskSample!12.0*soa_974c4e61-d978-4736-add1-8cab2acf6ebb"]},
        "compositeStates":{"compositeState":["4","5","6","7","8","9","10"]},
        "properties":{
            "property":[
                {"name":"auditPayloadIncluded","value":true},
                {"name":"auditImageIncluded","value":true},
                {"name":"taskHistoryIncluded","value":true},
                {"name":"rulesHistoryIncluded","value":"true"},
                {"name":"notificationAddress","value":"john.steinbeck@example.com"}
            ]},
        "deleteInstances":true,
        "deleteRetention":"2014-09-23"
}

For information about using cURL to send requests, see Use cURL