title: Starting a mule flow programmatically using groovy
body: <p>I need to control the execution of a flow manually through a HTTP call.</p>
  
  <p>I have been told I can disable the flow from executing during startup using the <code>initialState="stopped"</code> attribute on the flow. (<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15387745/how-to-stop-a-mule-flow-from-running-after-startup">How to stop a mule flow from running after startup</a>)</p>
  
  <p>I need to know how to start the flow back using a groovy script.</p>
  
  <p>Using mule 3.2.2.</p>