Actionstep File Notes API
The File Notes API from Actionstep — 2 operation(s) for file notes.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Action (Matter) Bill Settings Action Bill Settings File Notes API
description: For retrieving Action Bill Settings. For historical reasons Matters are referred to as *actions* in this version of the API. For information of how to construct requests utilising fieldsets, sorting, paging, filters, and '*includes*', please refer to the API Developer Portal. E&OE.
version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://api.actionstep.com
description: Base URL reconciled from apis.yml
tags:
- name: File Notes
paths:
/filenotes:
get:
description: Returns a collection of file notes.
tags:
- File Notes
responses:
'200':
description: OK.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PagedFileNotes'
post:
description: Create a new file note.
tags:
- File Notes
requestBody:
$ref: '#/components/requestBodies/CreateFileNote'
responses:
'200':
description: OK.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FileNote'
/filenotes/{id}:
get:
description: Returns a single file note.
tags:
- File Notes
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
description: Unique identifier for a file note.
required: true
schema:
type: integer
format: int32
example: 9287
responses:
'200':
description: OK.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FileNote'
put:
description: Update a file note.
tags:
- File Notes
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
description: Unique identifier for a file note.
required: true
schema:
type: integer
format: int32
example: 608
requestBody:
$ref: '#/components/requestBodies/UpdateFileNote'
responses:
'200':
description: OK.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FileNote'
delete:
description: Delete a file note.
tags:
- File Notes
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
description: Unique identifier for a file note.
required: true
schema:
type: integer
format: int32
example: 608
responses:
'204':
description: Success, No Content.
components:
schemas:
FileNotesPageData:
type: object
properties:
recordCount:
description: The total number of file notes returned by the underlying query.
type: integer
example: 2487
pageCount:
description: The total number of pages generated by the underlying query.
type: integer
example: 50
page:
description: The page number for this page of file notes.
type: integer
example: 2
pageSize:
description: Page size.
type: integer
example: 50
prevPage:
description: A URL to the previous page of file notes.
type: string
example: https://ap-southeast-2.actionstep.com/api/rest/filenotes?page=1
nextPage:
description: A URL to the next page of file notes.
type: string
example: https://ap-southeast-2.actionstep.com/api/rest/filenotes?page=3
FileNote:
type: object
properties:
id:
description: Unique identifier for the file note.
example: 2347
type: integer
readOnly: true
enteredTimestamp:
description: The date and time the file note is entered.
example: 2022-05-03 00:09:00+12:00
format: timestamp
type: string
readOnly: true
text:
description: Content of the file note.
example: Client is requesting follow up meeting this week.
type: string
enteredBy:
description: The Actionstep user who entered the file note.
example: Smith, John
type: string
readOnly: true
source:
description: Indicates the source of the file note.
enum:
- System
- User
example: User
type: string
noteTimestamp:
description: The date and time for the file note.
example: 2023-06-03 00:09:30+12:00
format: timestamp
type: string
links:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FileNoteLinks'
UpdateFileNote:
type: object
required:
- text
properties:
text:
description: Content of the file note.
example: Client is requesting follow up meeting this week.
type: string
noteTimestamp:
description: The date and time for the file note.
example: 2023-06-03 00:09:30+12:00
format: timestamp
type: string
links:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateFileNoteLinks'
CreateFileNoteLinks:
type: object
required:
- action
properties:
action:
description: Unique identifier of the matter to which the file note is associated.
example: 34
type: integer
document:
description: Unique identifier of a document associated to the file note.
example: 8376
type: integer
tags:
description: Zero or more tags to be associated with the file note. Each tag is the unique identifier for the tag.
example:
- 1283
- 1934
type: array
items:
type: integer
UpdateFileNoteLinks:
type: object
properties:
action:
description: Unique identifier of the matter to which the file note is associated.
example: 34
type: integer
document:
description: Unique identifier of a document associated to the file note.
example: 8376
type: integer
tags:
description: Zero or more tags to be associated with the file note. Each tag is the unique identifier for the tag. The supplied list of tags will replace in totality any existing tags. To remove all tags specify an empty array.
example:
- 1283
- 1934
type: array
items:
type: integer
CreateFileNote:
type: object
required:
- text
properties:
text:
description: Content of the file note.
example: Client is requesting follow up meeting this week.
type: string
source:
description: Indicates the source of the file note.
enum:
- System
- User
example: User
type: string
noteTimestamp:
description: The date and time for the file note.
example: 2023-06-03 00:09:30+12:00
format: timestamp
type: string
links:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateFileNoteLinks'
PagedFileNotes:
type: object
properties:
filenotes:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FileNote'
meta:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PageMetaData'
PageMetaData:
type: object
properties:
paging:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PagingData'
PagingData:
type: object
properties:
filenotes:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FileNotesPageData'
FileNoteLinks:
type: object
properties:
action:
description: Unique identifier of the matter to which the file note is associated.
example: 34
type: integer
document:
description: Unique identifier of a document associated to the file note.
example: 8376
type: integer
participant:
description: Unique identifier of the Actionstep user who created the file note.
example: 546
type: integer
readOnly: true
tags:
description: Zero or more tags associated with the file note. Each tag is the unique identifier for the tag.
example:
- 1283
- 1934
type: array
items:
type: integer
requestBodies:
UpdateFileNote:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateFileNote'
CreateFileNote:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateFileNote'
externalDocs:
description: API Developer Portal - Constructing API Requests
url: https://docs.actionstep.com/api-requests/