Actions and Periods

Retrieve tasks, to-do items, checklists, and incidents that occur within your organization, with support for pagination.

Overview

In ALO, tasks, incidents, requests, and checklists are referred to as Actions. Actions are associated with personalizable forms; when added to your request, these form fields can also be retrieved along with Action data.

Periods are used to represent specific timeframes within your team. All dates are in UTC and follow the ISO 8601 format (e.g., 2024-01-01T01:01:00.000Z)

By specifying a Period, you can retrieve a list of Actions for your team.

Get Periods

Get all periods, optionally within a specified date range.

GET /periods

Query Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
start_date	None	Specifies the start date for the period in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.sssZ). This parameter is optional.
end_date	None	Specifies the end date for the period in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.sssZ). This parameter is optional.

Success Response

A successful response will have an HTTP status of 200.

Response Properties

Property	Description
periods	A collection of period objects matching the specified date range (if specified). Dates are in ISO 8601 format and UTC.

Example Response

The sample response below shows periods retrieved successfully within a specified date range.

{
    "periods": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "Example Period",
            "start_date": "2024-07-18T18:30:00.000Z",
            "end_date": "2024-07-18T20:30:00.000Z",
            "created_at": "2024-07-18T19:26:16.624Z",
            "updated_at": "2024-07-26T06:02:03.257Z"
            "markers": {
                  "name": "Example Period Marker",
                  "timestamp":"2024-07-18T18:40:00.000Z"
        }
    ]
}

Get Actions for a Period

Get actions occurring during a period within your team. You can optionally specify form fields to include additional custom data in the action responses. All dates must be in ISO 8601 format (e.g., 2024-08-12T11:58:19.349Z) and are returned in UTC.

GET /periods/{period_id}/actions

Query Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
form_fields	None	Optional. Specifies an array of strings representing the form fields to be included in the output. These must be URL-encoded.

The form_fields parameter allows you to request specific custom fields associated with the actions in the period. These fields should be provided as an array of strings and must be URL-encoded when included in the request. Only the fields specified will be returned in the response. If a requested field is not found for a action, a note will be included in the response under the notes property indicating which fields were missing.

Ensure that the entire array is URL-encoded when included in the request.

Example:

Array to be used: [ "department", "budget", "priority" ]

The above array, when URL-encoded, will look like this:

%5B%22department%22%2C%22budget%22%2C%22priority%22%5D

Success Response

A successful response will have an HTTP status of 200.

Response Properties

Property	Description
actions	A collection of action objects associated with the specified period. Each object includes relevant action details such as status, times, and user information. Dates are in ISO 8601 format and UTC.

Example Request

GET /periods/{period_id}/actions?form_fields=%5B%22department%22%2C%22budget%22%2C%22priority%22%5D

Example Response

The sample response below indicates that actions have been retrieved successfully. All dates are in ISO 8601 format and UTC.

{
    "actions": [
        {
            "periodId": "Example Period ID",
            "periodName": "Example Period Name",
            "periodActionId": "Example Action ID in Period",
            "actionId": "Example Action ID",
            "status": "Example Status",
            "createdTime": "2024-08-12T11:58:19.349Z",
            "createdByUserName": "Example User Name",
            "periodMarker": "Example Period Marker",
            "assignedUserNames": "Example Assigned User Names",
            "department": [
                "Maintenance"
            ],
            "budget": [
                "$5000"
            ],
            "priority": [
                "High"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Error Responses

If there was an issue with the request, you might receive one of the following error responses:

Invalid period_id

{
    "message": "Invalid period_id. It must be a valid integer for your team."
}

Period Not Found

{
    "message": "Period not found"
}

Invalid form_fields

{
    "message": "Invalid form_fields. It must be an array of strings."
}

Internal Server Error

{
    "message": "An error occurred while processing your request"
}