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Act-On Custom Data Dataset API

Custom Data Dataset API

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Operations 12

POST /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId} Creates a new dataset for a Custom Data schema #

GET /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId}/{identifier} Retrieves the details for a dataset using its ID or name #

POST /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId}/{identifier} Updates a dataset's name and description #

DELETE /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId}/{identifier} Deletes the dataset based on the provided dataset Id #

POST /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId}/{identifier}/json Ingests a JSON stream for a specific dataset or object #

POST /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId}/{identifier}/file Ingests a CSV or JSON file for a specific dataset or object #

POST /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId}/validate Validates a file against a schema without ingesting data #

GET /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId}/all Retrieves a list of all datasets for a specific schema #

GET /v1/{accountId}/data/status/{jobId} Retrieve the status for the Job Id #

GET /v1/{accountId}/data/report/{jobId} Download the report for the provided Job Id #

GET /v1/{accountId}/data/all Retrieves a list of all datasets for the account #

DELETE /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId}/{identifier}/ids Delete records from a dataset based on the provided IDs or ID range #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Custom Objects Service Custom Data Dataset Custom Data Dataset API
  description: API to manage and import custom objects
  version: 3.4.3
servers:
- url: https://api.actonsoftware.com/custom-objects
  description: Generated server url
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Custom Data Dataset API
  description: Custom Data Dataset API
paths:
  /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId}:
    post:
      tags:
      - Custom Data Dataset API
      summary: Creates a new dataset for a Custom Data schema
      description: Creates an empty dataset for a specific Custom Data schema
      operationId: createDataset
      parameters:
      - name: accountId
        in: path
        description: The Act-On account Id for this request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: objectId
        in: path
        description: The schema ID for this request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateDatasetRequestDTO'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error.
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
  /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId}/{identifier}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Custom Data Dataset API
      summary: Retrieves the details for a dataset using its ID or name
      description: Returns detailed information about a dataset
      operationId: describeDataset
      parameters:
      - name: accountId
        in: path
        description: The Act-On account Id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: objectId
        in: path
        description: The Custom Object Id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: identifier
        in: path
        description: The dataset ID or name
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Dataset details retrieved successfully
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '404':
          description: Dataset not found
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
    post:
      tags:
      - Custom Data Dataset API
      summary: Updates a dataset's name and description
      description: Modifies metadata for an existing dataset
      operationId: updateDataset
      parameters:
      - name: accountId
        in: path
        description: The Act-On account Id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: objectId
        in: path
        description: The Custom Object Id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: identifier
        in: path
        description: The dataset ID or name
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateDatasetRequestDTO'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Dataset successfully updated
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Bad request - invalid name format
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '404':
          description: Dataset not found
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '409':
          description: Dataset name already exists
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
    delete:
      tags:
      - Custom Data Dataset API
      summary: Deletes the dataset based on the provided dataset Id
      description: Permanently removes a dataset and all its data
      operationId: deleteDataset
      parameters:
      - name: accountId
        in: path
        description: The Act-On account Id for the deletion request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: objectId
        in: path
        description: The Custom Object Id for the deletion request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: identifier
        in: path
        description: The custom object dataset Id or dataset name for the deletion request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error.
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
  /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId}/{identifier}/json:
    post:
      tags:
      - Custom Data Dataset API
      summary: Ingests a JSON stream for a specific dataset or object
      description: Processes a JSON data stream for the specified dataset
      operationId: ingestJsonStream
      parameters:
      - name: accountId
        in: path
        description: The Act-On account Id for this request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: objectId
        in: path
        description: The Custom ObjectId for this request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: identifier
        in: path
        description: The dataset ID or name
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: ingestMode
        in: query
        description: The ingest mode (upsert, replace, or delete)
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: abortOnInvalidRow
        in: query
        description: Whether to abort processing on invalid data
        required: true
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: description
        in: query
        description: Optional description for the dataset
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: createNewDataset
        in: query
        description: Whether to create a new dataset
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '409':
          description: JSON Validation failed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '415':
          description: Unsupported Media Type.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error.
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
  /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId}/{identifier}/file:
    post:
      tags:
      - Custom Data Dataset API
      summary: Ingests a CSV or JSON file for a specific dataset or object
      description: Uploads and processes a data file for the specified dataset
      operationId: ingestFile
      parameters:
      - name: accountId
        in: path
        description: The Act-On account Id for this request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: objectId
        in: path
        description: The Custom ObjectId for this request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: identifier
        in: path
        description: The dataset ID or name
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: ingestMode
        in: query
        description: The ingest mode (UPSERT, REPLACE, or DELETE)
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: UPSERT
          enum:
          - UPSERT
          - REPLACE
          - DELETE
          - DELETE_DATASET
      - name: createNewDataset
        in: query
        description: Whether to create a new dataset
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: abortOnInvalidRow
        in: query
        description: Whether to abort on invalid row
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      - name: description
        in: query
        description: Dataset description
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fileType
        in: query
        description: File type (csv or json)
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: csv
      requestBody:
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
              required:
              - file
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '409':
          description: CSV Validation failed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '415':
          description: Unsupported Media Type.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error.
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
  /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId}/validate:
    post:
      tags:
      - Custom Data Dataset API
      summary: Validates a file against a schema without ingesting data
      description: Checks if a file is valid for the specified schema
      operationId: validateFile
      parameters:
      - name: accountId
        in: path
        description: The Act-On account Id for this request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: objectId
        in: path
        description: The schema Id for this request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationRequestDTO'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '409':
          description: CSV Validation failed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '415':
          description: Unsupported Media Type.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error.
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
  /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId}/all:
    get:
      tags:
      - Custom Data Dataset API
      summary: Retrieves a list of all datasets for a specific schema
      description: Returns all datasets for a specific custom object schema
      operationId: listDatasetsBySchemaId
      parameters:
      - name: accountId
        in: path
        description: The Act-On account Id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: objectId
        in: path
        description: The schema Id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error.
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
  /v1/{accountId}/data/status/{jobId}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Custom Data Dataset API
      summary: Retrieve the status for the Job Id
      description: If complete and not successful, also retrieves the report download endpoint
      operationId: getJobStatus
      parameters:
      - name: accountId
        in: path
        description: The Act-On account Id for this request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: jobId
        in: path
        description: The custom object job Id for this request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '415':
          description: Unsupported Media Type.
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error.
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
  /v1/{accountId}/data/report/{jobId}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Custom Data Dataset API
      summary: Download the report for the provided Job Id
      description: Returns a report for a completed job
      operationId: getJobReport
      parameters:
      - name: accountId
        in: path
        description: The Act-On account Id for this request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: jobId
        in: path
        description: The custom object job Id for this request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
        '415':
          description: Unsupported Media Type.
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error.
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
  /v1/{accountId}/data/all:
    get:
      tags:
      - Custom Data Dataset API
      summary: Retrieves a list of all datasets for the account
      description: Returns all datasets available for the account
      operationId: listAllDatasets
      parameters:
      - name: accountId
        in: path
        description: The Act-On account Id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                type: object
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
  /v1/{accountId}/data/{objectId}/{identifier}/ids:
    delete:
      tags:
      - Custom Data Dataset API
      summary: Delete records from a dataset based on the provided IDs or ID range
      description: Delete records from a dataset based on the provided IDs or ID range
      operationId: deleteIds
      parameters:
      - name: accountId
        in: path
        description: The Act-On account Id for the deletion request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: objectId
        in: path
        description: The custom object schema Id for the deletion request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: identifier
        in: path
        description: The custom object dataset Id or name for the deletion request
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteRecordsRequestDTO'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '400':
          description: Bad request
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error.
          content:
            '*/*':
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpErrorResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    CreateDatasetRequestDTO:
      type: object
      description: The dataset creation details
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the dataset
        description:
          type: string
          description: Description of the dataset
        isDefault:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether to set the dataset as the default for the custom object
    UpdateDatasetRequestDTO:
      type: object
      description: The dataset update details
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the dataset
        description:
          type: string
          description: Description of the dataset
        isDefault:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether to set the dataset as the default for the custom object
    HttpErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        errorId:
          type: string
        requestUri:
          type: string
        errorMessage:
          type: string
        errorList:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - 100 CONTINUE
          - 101 SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS
          - 102 PROCESSING
          - 103 EARLY_HINTS
          - 103 CHECKPOINT
          - 200 OK
          - 201 CREATED
          - 202 ACCEPTED
          - 203 NON_AUTHORITATIVE_INFORMATION
          - 204 NO_CONTENT
          - 205 RESET_CONTENT
          - 206 PARTIAL_CONTENT
          - 207 MULTI_STATUS
          - 208 ALREADY_REPORTED
          - 226 IM_USED
          - 300 MULTIPLE_CHOICES
          - 301 MOVED_PERMANENTLY
          - 302 FOUND
          - 302 MOVED_TEMPORARILY
          - 303 SEE_OTHER
          - 304 NOT_MODIFIED
          - 305 USE_PROXY
          - 307 TEMPORARY_REDIRECT
          - 308 PERMANENT_REDIRECT
          - 400 BAD_REQUEST
          - 401 UNAUTHORIZED
          - 402 PAYMENT_REQUIRED
          - 403 FORBIDDEN
          - 404 NOT_FOUND
          - 405 METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED
          - 406 NOT_ACCEPTABLE
          - 407 PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED
          - 408 REQUEST_TIMEOUT
          - 409 CONFLICT
          - 410 GONE
          - 411 LENGTH_REQUIRED
          - 412 PRECONDITION_FAILED
          - 413 PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE
          - 413 REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE
          - 414 URI_TOO_LONG
          - 414 REQUEST_URI_TOO_LONG
          - 415 UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE
          - 416 REQUESTED_RANGE_NOT_SATISFIABLE
          - 417 EXPECTATION_FAILED
          - 418 I_AM_A_TEAPOT
          - 419 INSUFFICIENT_SPACE_ON_RESOURCE
          - 420 METHOD_FAILURE
          - 421 DESTINATION_LOCKED
          - 422 UNPROCESSABLE_ENTITY
          - 423 LOCKED
          - 424 FAILED_DEPENDENCY
          - 425 TOO_EARLY
          - 426 UPGRADE_REQUIRED
          - 428 PRECONDITION_REQUIRED
          - 429 TOO_MANY_REQUESTS
          - 431 REQUEST_HEADER_FIELDS_TOO_LARGE
          - 451 UNAVAILABLE_FOR_LEGAL_REASONS
          - 500 INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
          - 501 NOT_IMPLEMENTED
          - 502 BAD_GATEWAY
          - 503 SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE
          - 504 GATEWAY_TIMEOUT
          - 505 HTTP_VERSION_NOT_SUPPORTED
          - 506 VARIANT_ALSO_NEGOTIATES
          - 507 INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE
          - 508 LOOP_DETECTED
          - 509 BANDWIDTH_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
          - 510 NOT_EXTENDED
          - 511 NETWORK_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED
    ValidationRequestDTO:
      type: object
      description: The validation request details
      properties:
        file:
          type: string
          format: binary
          description: The file to validate.
        fileType:
          type: string
          description: The type of file being ingested. Either csv or json. Default is csv.
      required:
      - file
    DeleteRecordsRequestDTO:
      type: object
      description: The record deletion details
      properties:
        ids:
          type: string
          description: One or more unique identifiers for the records to delete separated by comas
        firstId:
          type: string
          description: The first unique identifier for a range of records to delete
        lastId:
          type: string
          description: The last unique identifier for a range of records to delete
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
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