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Entity API / updateReqTimeline

Operation Information

Application Reference: com.hornbill.servicemanager
Scope: Entity - Requests
Class: Entity
Required Privilege Level: guest
Required Rights: none

Description

This operation posts an update to a Request's Timeline.

Request Parameters

The updateReqTimeline API takes the following input parameters. It is important to note that the parameters must satisfy the requirement of the input validation checks.

Name	Type	Required	Description
`requestId`	`xs:string`	Yes	This parameter must be set with the Id of a Request.
`action`	`xs:string`	No	This parameter is deprecated.
`source`	`xs:string`	No	This parameter is deprecated.
`content`	`xs:string`	Yes	This parameter must be set with the content of the Timeline entry.
`extra`	`xs:string`	No	A JSON structure representing additional content for the Timeline entry.
`visibility`	`xs:string`	No	This parameter must be set with the visibility of the Timeline entry. The options are public, trustedGuest, colleague, manager and owner.
`imageUrl`	`xs:string`	No	This parameter can be set with the URL of an image that is associated to the Timeline entry.
`activityType`	`xs:string`	No	This parameter can be set with activity type that is associated to the Timeline entry. For example, "System" is used for generic updates.
`skipBpm`	`xs:boolean`	No	This parameter determines whether the Request's process is resumed following the Timeline update. By default, this parameter is set to "false".

Response Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`outcome`	`xs:string`	This parameter is set with the outcome of the operation. The options are "success" and "failure".
`activityId`	`xs:string`	This parameter is set with the activity Id that is generated after posting a new Timeline entry.
`exceptionName`	`xs:string`	This parameter captures any validation errors. The options are "failedTimelinePost" and "failedTimelineImagePost".
`exceptionDescription`	`xs:string`	This parameter will be set with an exception's description, thrown by an API.

Code Examples

      curl -X POST 'https://api.hornbill.com/yourinstanceid/xmlmc/apps/com.hornbill.servicemanager/Requests' \
   -H 'Authorization: ESP-APIKEY yourHornbillAPIKey' \
   -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
   -d '{"@service":"apps/com.hornbill.servicemanager/Requests","@method":"updateReqTimeline","params":{"requestId":"xs:string","action":"xs:string","source":"xs:string","content":"xs:string","extra":"xs:string","visibility":"xs:string","imageUrl":"xs:string","activityType":"xs:string","skipBpm":false}}'

      package main
import (
    "fmt"
    apiLib "github.com/hornbill/goApiLib"
)
func main() {
	hornbillAPI := apiLib.NewXmlmcInstance("yourinstanceid")
	hornbillAPI.SetAPIKey("yourHornbillAPIKey")
	hornbillAPI.SetJSONResponse(true)
	hornbillAPI.SetParam("requestId", "xs:string")
	hornbillAPI.SetParam("action", "xs:string")
	hornbillAPI.SetParam("source", "xs:string")
	hornbillAPI.SetParam("content", "xs:string")
	hornbillAPI.SetParam("extra", "xs:string")
	hornbillAPI.SetParam("visibility", "xs:string")
	hornbillAPI.SetParam("imageUrl", "xs:string")
	hornbillAPI.SetParam("activityType", "xs:string")
	hornbillAPI.SetParam("skipBpm", "xs:boolean")
	responseBody, apiError := hornbillAPI.Invoke("apps/com.hornbill.servicemanager/Requests", "updateReqTimeline")
	if apiError != nil {
		fmt.Println(apiError)
		return
	}
	fmt.Println(responseBody)
}

      const endpoint = "https://api.hornbill.com/yourinstanceid/xmlmc/apps/com.hornbill.servicemanager/Requests";
const payload = {
  "@service": "apps/com.hornbill.servicemanager/Requests",
  "@method": "updateReqTimeline",
  "params": {
    "requestId": "xs:string",
    "action": "xs:string",
    "source": "xs:string",
    "content": "xs:string",
    "extra": "xs:string",
    "visibility": "xs:string",
    "imageUrl": "xs:string",
    "activityType": "xs:string",
    "skipBpm": false
  }
};
fetch(endpoint, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "ESP-APIKEY yourHornbillAPIKey"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify(payload)
}).then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res));

      const axios = require('axios');
const endpoint = "https://api.hornbill.com/yourinstanceid/xmlmc/apps/com.hornbill.servicemanager/Requests";
const payload = {
  "@service": "apps/com.hornbill.servicemanager/Requests",
  "@method": "updateReqTimeline",
  "params": {
    "requestId": "xs:string",
    "action": "xs:string",
    "source": "xs:string",
    "content": "xs:string",
    "extra": "xs:string",
    "visibility": "xs:string",
    "imageUrl": "xs:string",
    "activityType": "xs:string",
    "skipBpm": false
  }
};
const axiosConfig = {
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "ESP-APIKEY yourHornbillAPIKey"
  }
};
axios.post(endpoint, payload, axiosConfig)
.then((res) => {
    console.log("RESPONSE RECEIVED: ", res);
})
.catch((err) => {
    console.log("AXIOS ERROR: ", err);
})

      $endpoint = "https://api.hornbill.com/yourinstanceid/xmlmc/apps/com.hornbill.servicemanager/Requests";
$payload = (object) [
    '@service' => 'apps/com.hornbill.servicemanager/Requests',
    '@method' => 'updateReqTimeline',
    'params' => (object) [
        'requestId' => 'xs:string',
        'action' => 'xs:string',
        'source' => 'xs:string',
        'content' => 'xs:string',
        'extra' => 'xs:string',
        'visibility' => 'xs:string',
        'imageUrl' => 'xs:string',
        'activityType' => 'xs:string',
        'skipBpm' => 'xs:boolean',
    ]
];
$headers = [
    'Authorization: ESP-APIKEY yourHornbillAPIKey',
    'Content-Type: application/json'
];
$curl = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $endpoint);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($payload));
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
$resp = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
echo $resp;

      $Endpoint = "https://api.hornbill.com/yourinstanceid/xmlmc/apps/com.hornbill.servicemanager/Requests"
$Body = @{
	"@service" = "apps/com.hornbill.servicemanager/Requests"
	"@method" = "updateReqTimeline"
	params = @{
		requestId = "xs:string"
		action = "xs:string"
		source = "xs:string"
		content = "xs:string"
		extra = "xs:string"
		visibility = "xs:string"
		imageUrl = "xs:string"
		activityType = "xs:string"
		skipBpm = "xs:boolean"
	}
}
$Header = @{
	"Authorization" = "ESP-APIKEY yourHornbillAPIKey"
}
$Parameters = @{
	Method      = "POST"
	Uri         = $Endpoint
	Headers     = $Header
	Body        = ($Body | ConvertTo-Json)
	ContentType = "application/json"
}
Invoke-RestMethod @Parameters

      import requests
import json
endpoint = "https://api.hornbill.com/yourinstanceid/xmlmc/apps/com.hornbill.servicemanager/Requests"
headers = {   
    "Authorization": "ESP-APIKEY yourHornbillAPIKey"
}
payload={
        "@service":"apps/com.hornbill.servicemanager/Requests",
        "@method":"updateReqTimeline",
        "params":{
            "requestId":"xs:string",
            "action":"xs:string",
            "source":"xs:string",
            "content":"xs:string",
            "extra":"xs:string",
            "visibility":"xs:string",
            "imageUrl":"xs:string",
            "activityType":"xs:string",
            "skipBpm":"xs:boolean",
        },
}
response = requests.request("POST", endpoint, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)

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