Posts

Known as 'Updates' in the API.

Get a Post by ID

GET https://api.tiny.plus/v2/updates/{{id}}

This endpoint allows you to get a single news feed post.

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
id	number	ID of the contact

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Description
with_related	boolean	Can be either 1 or 0. Default is 1. When passed, information about the related records to the requested record are also returned, in a 'related' object. If you don't need the related records, set this to 0 for a performance improvement.

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	Your access token.

200 Update successfully retrieved.

{
    "id": 1241
    "name": "Adam Adamson",
    "first_name": "Adam",
    "last_name": "Adamson",
    "email_address": "[e-mail]",
    "primary_company": 1237,
    "title": "CEO",
    "assigned_user": 1231,
    ...
}

404 Could not find a post matching the provided ID.

Example Usage

jQuery

var settings = {
  "url": "https://api.tiny.plus/v2/updates/{{id}}",
  "method": "GET",
  "headers": {
    "Authorization": "{{user_access_token}}"
  }
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

PHP

List Posts

GET https://api.tiny.plus/v2/updates

This endpoint allows you to get a paginated list of News Feed Posts, optionally filtered by criteria.

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Description
{{field_name}}	string	You can provide any {{field_name}} listed in the Fields Reference as a filter to the projects returned. You can also provide a minimum or maximum value by prepending a < or > before your value, which is useful for returning records modified or created after a certain datetime stamp. To return all posts made by user 1232: /updates/?created_user=1232 To return all posts made after a date: /updates/?created_date=>2020-01-01 14:00:00
me	boolean	If this key is present, it will limit the results to only records where the user associated with the API key is the assigned_user.
subscribed	string	Similar to the me parameter, this parameter when present returns all records for the user associated with the API key is the assigned_user, or is in the Related Team Members, or is a subscriber to the record.
limit	number	Used for pagination. Limit is the number of records to return from the full resultset. The default is 15.
start	number	Used for pagination. Set this value to the cursor position into the total resultset to return this time. eg. to receive the 101st to the 115th record, set this to 100 and the limit parameter to 15. Default is 0.
sort	string	Provide a field name and optionally a direction separated by a space to sort the returned results. For example, modified_date desc to return the most recently modified records. The two directions available are asc and desc. If you do not provide a direction asc is assumed. You can sort by any Number, Date or Text field in the Fields Reference below. The default sort for Posts is id desc.
return_format	string	Can be either array or object. The default is object. When set to array, you will receive a simple JSON array of records objects. When set to object, you will receive a JSON object containing record objects as properties keyed by each record's ID.

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	Your access token.

200

Example Usage

jQuery

var settings = {
  "url": "https://api.tiny.plus/v2/updates?me&return_format=array",
  "method": "GET",
  "headers": {
    "Authorization": "{{user_access_token}}"
  }
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

Create a Post

POST https://api.tiny.plus/v2/updates

You can create a new news feed post with this endpoint.

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Description
return_record	boolean	Add this parameter to get a copy of the newly created record. Save yourself a call!

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Accepts	string	Use application/json
Content-Type	string	Use application/json
Authorization	string	Your access token.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
description	string	The content of the new post you want to make. Do not include HTML.
related_id	integer	A single record id of a project, company, contact or other tiny+ record which this post relates to.
extra_ids	string	Pass optional extra ids, separated by a comma (,) of any supported record type(s) to also relate the post to these records. You may pass up to 5 record ids in this way. eg: 2555,2264,2222
created_user	integer	The user id who should be attributed to this post. The default is the user related to the access token.

200 A JSON object is returned with your new tiny+ record ID.

{
    id: [your new ID]
}

400 If there was a problem adding the record, you'll receive a 400 response.

403 If you do not have permission to add the record, you'll receive a 403 response.

Delete a Post

DELETE https://api.tiny.plus/v2/updates/{{id}}

Delete a News Feed Post.

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
id	string	ID of the post.

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	Your access token.

200

Posts Field Reference

Field	Type	Details	Permission
id	Number	Unique record identifier.	Read-only
name	Auto-generated String	This is an auto-generated shortening of the start of the description field, with all non-printable characters removed.	Full
description	String REQUIRED	The body of the post.	Full
description_HTML	String	The description field but with certain HTML elements intact, such as embedded videos.	Read-only
created_date	String (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss)	Date record was first created.	Read-only
modified_date	String (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss)	Date record was last modified.	Read-only
created_user	Number	ID of user who made the record.	Read-only
modified_user	Number	ID of user who last edited the record.	Read-only
assigned_user	Number	ID of assigned user.	Full
record_url	String	The fully qualified URI of the record.	Read-only
created_user_record	Object	An object containing details about the created_user.	Read-only
attached	Object	An array of objects containing all the related records attached to this post.	Read-only
images	Object	An array of objects containing details of any images associated with this post.	Read-only
social	Object	Refer below.	Read-only
broadcast	Boolean	Whether to show this post in the main tiny+ news feed. Either true or false. Default is true.	Full