Heron Funder Submissions API

The Funder Submissions API from Heron — 3 operation(s) for funder submissions.

Operations 3

POST /api/funder_submissions/ Upsert a funder submission
GET /api/funder_submissions/{submission_heron_id}/ Get funder submission status
POST /api/funder_submissions/{submission_heron_id}/trigger/ Trigger a funder submission

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OpenAPI Specification

heron-funder-submissions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@herondata.io
    name: Support
  title: Heron Data Funder Submissions API
  version: '2021-07-19'
servers:
- description: Production
  url: https://app.herondata.io
security:
- ApiKeyAuth:
  - key_XXX
tags:
- name: Funder Submissions
paths:
  /api/funder_submissions/:
    post:
      description: 'Find or create a funder submission for the given end user and funder pair. Returns the existing submission if one already exists (unique per end_user + funder).

        '
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpsertFunderSubmissionRequestSchema'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FunderSubmissionSchema'
          description: Funder submission found or created
        '404':
          description: End user or funder not found
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Upsert a funder submission
      tags:
      - Funder Submissions
  /api/funder_submissions/{submission_heron_id}/:
    get:
      description: Returns the status and details of a funder submission. Use this to poll after triggering a submission.
      parameters:
      - description: The Heron ID of the funder submission
        in: path
        name: submission_heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FunderSubmissionSchema'
          description: Funder submission details
        '404':
          description: Funder submission not found
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Get funder submission status
      tags:
      - Funder Submissions
  /api/funder_submissions/{submission_heron_id}/trigger/:
    post:
      description: 'Triggers an async submission to a funder. Returns 202 immediately; poll via GET /funder_submissions/{submission_heron_id}/ to check progress.

        '
      parameters:
      - description: The Heron ID of the funder submission
        in: path
        name: submission_heron_id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubmitFunderSubmissionRequestSchema'
        required: true
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Submission accepted and queued for processing
        '400':
          description: Submission has a non-submittable status
        '404':
          description: Funder submission not found
        '409':
          description: Submission is already in progress
      security:
      - ApiKeyAuth: []
      summary: Trigger a funder submission
      tags:
      - Funder Submissions
components:
  schemas:
    Funder1:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        heron_id:
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        name:
          readOnly: true
          type: string
      type: object
    FunderSubmissionSchema:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        created:
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        end_user_heron_id:
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        funder:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Funder1'
          readOnly: true
        heron_id:
          readOnly: true
          type: string
        status:
          enum:
          - pending
          - in_progress
          - submitted_to_funder
          - invalid_data_for_funder
          - submission_failed
          - approved
          - declined
          - null
          readOnly: true
        submission_result:
          additionalProperties: {}
          readOnly: true
          type:
          - object
          - 'null'
        submitted_at:
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      type: object
    SubmitFunderSubmissionRequestSchema:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        use_sandbox:
          type: boolean
      required:
      - use_sandbox
      type: object
    UpsertFunderSubmissionRequestSchema:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        end_user_heron_id:
          type: string
        funder_heron_id:
          type: string
      required:
      - end_user_heron_id
      - funder_heron_id
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      in: header
      name: x-api-key
      type: apiKey
externalDocs:
  description: Read Tutorial
  url: https://docs.herondata.io/