Process instance initiator in REST

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msvelev

Hello everyone!
I have a case where I want to send an email, to the person who started the process, if the process failes. The process is started through the REST api. This is the how I'm trying to get the initiator's email:

String processInstanceId = execution.getProcessInstanceId();

      String userId = (String) execution.getEngineServices()
            .getRuntimeService()
            .getVariable("initiatingUser", processInstanceId);

      String userEmail = execution.getEngineServices().getIdentityService()
            .getUserInfo(userId, "email");
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But I get null on the userId and then as expected on the userEmail. This is my start event in my process definition:

 <startEvent id="startevent1" name="Start" activiti:initiator="initiatingUser"></startEvent>
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I start the process as follows:

http://localhost:8352/activiti-experiments/runtime/process-instances
{
  "processDefinitionKey":"mailTest"
}
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jbarrez

Did you check your database, whether the user is stored in the variables table?