Accela

Accela Records API

A record is a fundamental Civic Platform object that captures an agency's daily process tranactions, such as applications, permits, cases, licenses, service requests, and work orders.

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
Permits, Licences & Authorisations Management BC-3240

Operations 14

GET /v4/records Get All Records #
POST /v4/records Create Record #
GET /v4/records/describe/create Describe Required Record Attributes #
POST /v4/records/initialize Create Partial Record #
GET /v4/records/mine Get My Records #
DELETE /v4/records/{ids} Delete Records #
GET /v4/records/{ids} Get Records #
PUT /v4/records/{id} Update Record #
GET /v4/records/{recordId}/additional Get Additional Details for Record #
PUT /v4/records/{recordId}/additional Update Additional Details for Record #
POST /v4/records/{recordId}/finalize Finalize Record #
GET /v4/records/{recordId}/related Get All Related Details for Record #
POST /v4/records/{recordId}/related Create Related Details for Record #
DELETE /v4/records/{recordId}/related/{childRecordIds} Delete Related Details from Record #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.accela.com/docs/
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APIReference
https://developer.accela.com/docs/api_reference/api-index.html
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Documentation
https://developer.accela.com/docs/construct-apiAuth.html
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Authentication
https://artifacts.apis.io/accela/authentication/accela-authentication.yml

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/accela/openapi/accela-records-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Conventions
https://artifacts.apis.io/accela/conventions/accela-conventions.yml
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ErrorCatalog
https://artifacts.apis.io/accela/errors/accela-problem-types.yml
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DataModel
https://artifacts.apis.io/accela/data-model/accela-data-model.yml
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OAuthScopes
https://artifacts.apis.io/accela/scopes/accela-scopes.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

accela-records-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: Accela API for transactional records and related record resources
  title: Records API
  version: v4
servers:
- url: https://apis.accela.com/
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/accela/openapi/accela-records-api-openapi.yml