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Entity actions

Entity describes a class of objects for which representation and editable fields can be customized. For example, you can add your own custom fields to places entity or rearrange existing fields.

entity is:

<entity> = {
    "id": 123, //identifier
    "type": "place", //currently, only "place" is supported
    "settings": {
        "layout": { //describes layout of fields for entity.
                "sections": [ //each section can contain one or more fields. At least one section must exist in layout.
                  {
                    "label": "Section label",
                    "field_order": [ //built-in fields and ids of custom fields (as strings)
                      "label",
                      "location",
                      "131212",
                      "tags",
                      "description"
                    ]
                  }
                ]
              }
    }
}

Entity Types: * place - a place object, the same that is available through place API

Builtin fields:

  • label
  • location
  • tags
  • description

  • task - a task object, the same that is available through task API

Builtin fields:

* employee
* status
* label
* location
* period
* status_change_date
* arrival_date
* tags
* stay_duration
* description
* external_id
* form

list

Get list of entities which are available for customization.

parameters

none

response

{
    "success": true,
    "list": [ <entity>, ... ]
}

errors

Standard errors only.

read

Get entity by id or by type

parameters

name description type
id ID of an entity int
type type of an entity entity type string, see above

Exactly one of these parameters must be specified. They can't be both null or both non-null.

response

{
    "success": true,
    "entity": <entity>, 
    "fields": [ //fields associated with this entity
        <field>,
        ...
    ]
}

errors

  • 201 (Not found in database) – if there is no entity with such ID

update(entity)

Updates settings of customizable entity. Entity must have a valid id.

required subuser rights: places_custom_fields_update for entities with type place

WARNING: entity.settings.layout.sections must contain ids of all builtin and custom fields which are associated with this entity. No fields can be omitted from layout, only reordering is allowed. Fields cannot be duplicated, even in different sections.

parameters

name description type
entity Entity object with valid id and settings object

errors

  • 201 (Not found in database) – if there is no entity with such ID
  • 7 (Invalid parameters) - if entity object violates restrictions described above

response

{
    "success": true
}

Last update: February 25, 2021