projectal

A python client for the Projectal API.

Getting started

import projectal
import os

# Supply your Projectal server URL and account credentials
projectal.api_base = 'https://yourcompany.projectal.com'
projectal.api_username = os.environ.get('PROJECTAL_USERNAME')
projectal.api_password = os.environ.get('PROJECTAL_PASSWORD')

# Test communication with server
status = projectal.status()

# Test account credentials
projectal.login()
details = projectal.auth_details()

Changelog

6.0.1

  • Updated projectal.Staff.create_contract():
    • Fixed mutable default parameter (payload=None). Deep copies the payload to prevent accidental mutations.
    • Automatically includes calendarList: [] in the payload by default so calendars are not cloned when creating contracts.
    • Added include_calendars parameter (Default=False) to allow overriding this behavior and retaining/cloning calendars if desired.

6.0.0

Version 6.0.0 accompanies the release of Projectal 6.5.

  • Added the Timelog entity, new in Projectal 6.5. Replaces the original work effort/actual duration bucket style time tracking with individual Timelog entries. Timelogs require a Staff UUID as the holder argument on creation, and can optionally be linked to Activities, Projects or Tasks via the entityRef property. Timelog entities can also have Files, Notes and Tags linked to them.
  • Added the link_chunk_size global variable to allow configuration of generated link batch requests. This is mainly used to avoid gateway timeouts in certain instances.

5.3.3

  • Added configurable chunk size for linking requests generated during Entity.create() and Entity.update() using projectal.link_chunk_size, default value is 100.

5.3.2

  • Added batch_linking, disable_system_features, enable_system_features_on_exit parameters for Entity.save().
  • Added request chunking for Entity.query() using projectal.query_chunk_size, default value is 10000.

5.3.1

  • Add Entity.create flag parameters to overriding methods.

5.3.0

  • parameters: disable_system_features(Default: True), enable_system_features_on_exit(Default: True) for Entity.create() and Entity.update(). Allows for better performance during entity linking steps. With default flags, system features will be disabled and re-enabled after each internal query chunk. Better performance can be achieved by setting enable_system_features_on_exit to false, but system features must be manually re-enabled afterwards.
  • Parameter for Entity.query() to configure request timeout, default is 30 seconds.

5.2.0

  • Supported handling for new Projectal API rate limiting. When a request is rate limited, will pause for the required waiting period before retrying the request.

5.1.0

  • Added new Staff function: projectal.Staff.create_contract(). Allows creation of a new contract for the given Staff uuId. It's recommended to set a different Department, Position, Start/End Date or Pay Amount for new Contracts to differentiate them.

    Parameters:

    • UUID: uuId of the Source Staff
    • payload: Optional payload to specify updated fields for the new Staff contract
    • end_current_contract (Default=False): Source Staff Contract will have its End Date set to Current Date. Source Staff Start Date must be before Current Date.
    • start_new_contract (Default=False): New Staff Contract will have its Start Date set to Current Date.
  • Allow fetching Staff entities with "CONTRACT" link. Will return list of all Contracts for each Staff.

5.0.0

  • Updated projectal.login() to use a basic Dict to store the login cookie instead of an instance of the RequestsCookieJar object from the Python Requests library. This fixes an issue where an indefinite loop can occur when the stored cookie is cleared unexpectedly after attempting to login again after a token expired.
  • Update the stored cookie whenever a new cookie is returned by a successful request. This takes advantage of an updated Projectal implementation that refreshes the login cookie periodically. This should avoid the re-authentication procedure in most cases for scripts with long execution times.

4.3.2

  • Added CompanyType.Division enum, matching new system defaults.

4.3.1

  • Fixed typo in "Getting started" example.
  • Fixed typo in 4.3.0 Changelog.

4.3.0

Breaking changes:

  • Added "PREDECESSOR_TASK" option when fetching projectal.Task with links
  • Predecessor tasks will be returned as a list of tasks under the taskList attribute
  • This attribute name is different to what you would see when using the REST API directly (planList). This change was necessary to allow for directly manipulating the list of links and then saving the task entity to commit any changes, since the REST API is expecting a different key for linking calls (taskList).
  • Existing Predecessor Task linking methods were also updated to match the new linking functionality. They now work as a reverse linker, automatically inverting the link relationship between the task entities. This more closely matches what you would expect to see based on the Web UI. I.e. When previously calling some_task.link_predecessor_task(another_task), some_task would be set as a predecessor for another_task instead of the other way around. Now another_task would be set as the predecessor for some_task.

4.2.2

  • projectal.User.current_user_permissions() fixed incorrect query.
  • projectal.Webhook.list() default limit increased to 1000.

4.2.1

  • Added classes allowing for the management of dynamic enums. The user must have the "List Management" permission to update enums.

    New classes:

    • projectal.CompanyTypes
    • projectal.SkillLevels
    • projectal.StaffTypes
    • projectal.PriorityLevels
    • projectal.ComplexityLevels
    • projectal.CurrencyList

    The current enum can be retrieved with get(), and updated with set(). For example, to return the current SkillLevels enum:

    projectal.SkillLevels.get()
    

    For each enum the entire list of key value pairs must be provided when calling set(), any existing values that are omitted from the dictionary will be removed, and any additional values will be added.

    To update the SkillLevels enum with a new value:

    new_value_added = {
        "Senior": 10,
        "Mid": 20,
        "Junior": 30,
        # new SkillLevel value "Beginner"
        "Beginner": 40,
    }
    projectal.SkillLevels.set(new_value_added)
    

    To change the name of a value, set a new key name for the original value:

    updated_value_name = {
        # changing "Senior" SkillLevel to "Expert"
        "Expert": 10,
        "Mid": 20,
        "Junior": 30,
    }
    projectal.SkillLevels.set(updated_value_name)
    

    To remove an existing value, call set on a dictionary with that value removed:

    value_removed = {
        "Senior": 10,
        "Mid": 20,
        # "Junior" SkillLevel removed
    }
    projectal.SkillLevels.set(new_value_added)
    

    Updating the CurrencyList works differently to the other enums, since the names of values must match the alphabetic currency code and the value must match the numeric currency code. This will cause an exception if you try to change the name for any values.

    Adding a new currency:

    new_currency_added = {
      "AED": 784
      ...
      # rest of the existing currencies
      ...
      # new currency to add with the alphabetic and numeric code
      "ZWL": 932,
    }
    projectal.CurrencyList.set(new_currency_added)
    

    Removing an existing currency requires you to provide the numeric code for the currency as a negative value.

    currency_removed = {
      # this currency will be removed
      "AED": -784
      ...
      # rest of the existing currencies
      ...
    }
    projectal.CurrencyList.set(currency_removed)
    

4.2.0

Version 4.2.0 accompanies the release of Projectal 4.1.0

  • Minimum Projectal version is now 4.1.0.

  • Changed order of applying link types when an entity is initialized, prevents a type error with reverse linking in certain situations.

  • projectal.Task.reset_duration() now supports adjustments with multi day calendar exceptions.

  • projectal.Task.reset_duration() location working days override base exceptions.

  • projectal.TaskTemplate.list() fixed incorrect query when using inherited method.

4.1.0

  • DateLimit.Max enum value changed from "9999-12-31" to "3000-01-01". This reflects changes to the Projectal backend that defines this as the maximum allowable date value. The front end typically considers this value as equivalent with having no end date.

  • Updated requirements.txt version for requests package

  • Minimum Projectal version is now 4.0.40

4.0.3

  • When a dict object is passed to the update class method, it will be converted to the corresponding Entity type. Allows for proper handling of keys that require being treated as links.

4.0.2

  • Booking entity is now fetched with project field and either staff or resource field.

  • Added missing link methods for 'Booking' entity (Note, File)

  • Added missing link methods for 'Activity' entity (Booking, Note, File, Rebate)

  • Reduced maximum number of link methods to 100 for a single batch request to prevent timeouts under heavy load.

4.0.1

  • Minimum Projectal version is now 4.0.0.

4.0.0

Version 4.0.0 accompanies the release of Projectal 4.0.

  • Added the Activity entity, new in Projectal 4.0.

  • Added the Booking entity, new in Projectal 4.0.

3.1.1

  • Link requests generated by 'projectal.Entity.create()' and 'projectal.Entity.update()' are now executed in batches. This is enabled by default with the 'batch_linking=True' parameter and can be disabled to execute each link request individually. It is recommended to leave this parameter enabled as this can greatly reduce the number of network requests.

3.1.0

  • Minimum Projectal version is now 3.1.5.

  • Added projectal.Webhook.list_events(). See API doc for details on how to use.

  • Added deleted_at parameter to projectal.Entity.get(). This value should be a UTC timestamp from a webhook delete event.

  • Added projectal.ldap_sync() to initiate a user sync with the LDAP/AD service configured in the Projectal server settings.

  • Enhanced output of projectal.Entity.changes() function when reporting link changes. It no longer dumps the entire before-and-after list with the full content of each linked entity. Now reports three lists: added, updated, removed. Entities within the updated list follow the same old vs new dictionary model for the data attributes within them. E.g:

    resourceList: [
        'added': [],
        'updated': [
            {'uuId': '14eb4c31-0f92-49d1-8b4d-507ab939003e', 'resourceLink': {'utilization': {'old': 0.1, 'new': 0.9}}},
        ],
        'removed': []
    ]
    

    This should result in slimmer logs that are much easier to understand as the changes are clearly indicated.

3.0.2

  • Added projectal.Entity.get_link_definitions(). Exposes entity link definition dictionary. Consumers can inspect which links an Entity knows about and their internal settings. Link definitions that appear here are the links valid for links=[] parameters.

3.0.1

  • Fixed fetching project with links=['task'] not being available.

  • Improved Permission.list(). Now returns a dict with the permission name as key with Permission objects as the value (instead of list of uuIds).

  • Added a way to use the aliasing feature of the API (new in Projectal 3.0). Set projectal.api_alias = 'uuid' to the UUID of a User object and all requests made will be done as that user. Restore this value to None to resume normal operation. (Some rules and limitations apply. See API for more details.)

  • Added complete support for the Tags entity (including linkers).

3.0

Version 3.0 accompanies the release of Projectal 3.0.

Breaking changes:

  • The links parameter on Entity functions now consumes a list of entity names instead of a comma-separated string. For example:

    # Before:
    projectal.Staff.get('<uuid>', links='skill,location')  # No longer valid
    # Now:
    projectal.Staff.get('<uuid>', links=['skill', 'location'])
    

  • The projectal.enums.SkillLevel enum has had all values renamed to match the new values used in Projectal (Junior, Mid, Senior). This includes the properties on Skill entities indicating work time for auto-scheduling (now juniorLevel, midLevel, seniorLevel).

Other changes:

  • Working with entity links has changed in this release. The previous methods are still available and continue to work as before, but there is no need to interact with the projectal.linkers methods yourself anymore.

    You can now modify the list of links within an entity and save the entity directly. The library will automatically determine how the links have been modified and issue the correct linker methods on your behalf. E.g., you can now do:

    staff = projectal.Staff.get('<uuid>', links=['skill'])
    staff['firstName'] = "New name"  # Field update
    staff['skillList'] = [skill1, skill2, skill3]  # Link update
    staff.save()  # Both changes are saved
    
    task = projectal.Task.get('<uuid>', links=['stage'])
    task['stage'] = stage1  # Uses a single object instead of list
    task.save()
    

    See examples/linking.py for a more complete demonstration of linking capabilities and limitations.

  • Linkers (projectal.linkers) can now be given a list of Entities (of one type) to link/unlink/relink in bulk. E.g:

    staff.unlink_skill(skill1)  # Before
    staff.unlink_skill([skill1, skill2, skill3])  # This works now too
    

  • Linkers now strip the payload to only the required fields instead of passing on the entire Entity object. This cuts down on network traffic significantly.

  • Linkers now also work in reverse. The Projectal server currently only supports linking entities in one direction (e.g., Company to Staff), which often means writing something like:

    staff.link_location(location)
    company.link_staff(staff)
    

    The change in direction is not very intuitive and would require you to constantly verify which direction is the one available to you in the documentation.

    Reverse linkers hide this from you and figure out the direction of the relationship for you behind the scenes. So now this is possible, even though the API doesn't strictly support it:

    staff.link_location(location)
    staff.link_company(company)
    

    Caveat: the documentation for Staff will not list Company links. You will still have to look up the Company documentation for the link description.

  • Requesting entity links with the links= parameter will now always ensure the link field (e.g., taskList) exists in the result, even if there are no links. The server may not always return a value, but we can use a default value ([] for lists, None for dicts).

  • Added a Permission entity to correctly type Permissions in responses.

  • Added a Tag entity, new in Projectal 3.0.

  • Added links parameter to Company.get_primary_company()

  • Department.tree(): now consumes a holder Entity object instead of a uuId.

  • Department.tree(): added generic_staff parameter, new in Projectal 3.0.

  • Don't break on trailing slash in Projectal URL

  • When creating tasks, populate the projectRef and parent fields in the returned Task object.

  • Added convenience functions for matching on fields where you only want one result (e.g match_one()) which return the first match found.

  • Update the entity history() method for Projectal 3.0. Some new parameters allow you to restrict the history to a particular range or to get only the changes for a webhook timestamp.

  • Entity objects can call .history() on themselves.

  • The library now keeps a reference to the User account that is currently logged in and using the API: projectal.api_auth_details.

Known issues:

  • You cannot save changes to Notes or Calendars via their holding entity. You must save the changes on the Note or Calendar directly. To illustrate:

staff = projectal.Staff.get(<uuid>, links=['calendar'])
calendar = staff['calendarList'][0]
calendar['name'] = 'Calendar 2'

# Cannot do this - will not pick up the changes
staff.save()

# You must do this for now
calendar.save()

This will be resolved in a future release.

  • When creating Notes, the created and modified values may differ by 1ms in the object you have a reference to compared to what is actually stored in the database.

  • Duration calculation is not precise yet (mentioned in 2.1.0)

2.1.0

Breaking changes:

  • Getting location calendar is now done on an instance instead of class. So projectal.Location.calendar(uuid) is now simply location.calendar()
  • The CompanyType.Master enum has been replaced with CompanyType.Primary. This was a leftover reference to the Master Company which was renamed in Projectal several versions ago.

Other changes:

  • Date conversion functions return None when given None or empty string
  • Added Task.reset_duration() as a basic duration calculator for tasks. This is a work-in-progress and will be gradually improved. The duration calculator takes into consideration the location to remove non-work days from the estimate of working duration. It currently does not work for the time component or isWorking=True exceptions.
  • Change detection in Entity.changes() now excludes cases where the server has no value and the new value is None. Saving this change has no effect and would always detect a change until a non-None value is set, which is noisy and generates more network activity.

2.0.3

  • Better support for calendars.
    • Distinguish between calendar containers ("Calendar") and the calendar items within them ("CalendarItem").
    • Allow CalendarItems to be saved directly. E.G item.save()
  • Fix 'holder' parameter in contact/staff/location/task_template not permitting object type. Now consumes uuId or object to match rest of the library.
  • Entity.changes() has been extended with an old=True flag. When this flag is true, the set of changes will now return both the original and the new values. E.g.
task.changes()
# {'name': 'current'}
task.changes(old=True)
# {'name': {'old': 'original', 'new': 'current'}}
  • Fixed entity link cache causing errors when deleting a link from an entity which has not been fetched with links (deleting from empty list).

2.0.2

  • Fixed updating Webhook entities

2.0.1

  • Fixed application ID not being used correctly.

2.0.0

  • Version 2.0 accompanies the release of Projectal 2.0. There are no major changes since the previous release.
  • Expose Entity.changes() function. It returns a list of fields on an entity that have changed since fetching it. These are the changes that will be sent over to the server when an update request is made.
  • Added missing 'packaging' dependency to requirements.

1.2.0

Breaking changes:

  • Renamed request_timestamp to response_timestamp to better reflect its purpose.
  • Automatic timestamp conversion into dates (introduced in 1.1.0) has been reverted. All date fields returned from the server remain as UTC timestamps.

    The reason is that date fields on tasks contain a time component and converting them into date strings was erasing the time, resulting in a value that does not match the database.

    Note: the server supports setting date fields using a date string like 2022-04-05. You may use this if you prefer but the server will always return a timestamp.

    Note: we provide utility functions for easily converting dates from/to timestamps expected by the Projectal server. See: projectal.date_from_timestamp(),projectal.timestamp_from_date(), and projectal.timestamp_from_datetime().

Other changes:

  • Implement request chunking - for methods that consume a list of entities, we now automatically batch them up into multiple requests to prevent timeouts on really large request. Values are configurable through projectal.chunk_size_read and projectal.chunk_size_write. Default values: Read: 1000 items. Write: 200 items.
  • Added profile get/set functions on entities for easier use. Now you only need to supply the key and the data. E.g:
key = 'hr_connector'
data = {'staff_source': 'company_z'}
task.profile_set(key, data)
  • Entity link methods now automatically update the entity's cached list of links. E.g: a task fetched with staff links will have task['staffList'] = [Staff1,Staff2]. Before, doing a task.link_staff(staff) did not modify the list to reflect the addition. Now, it will turn into [Staff1,Staff2,Staff3]. The same applies for update and delete.

    This allows you to modify links and continue working with that object without having to fetch it again to obtain the most recent link data. Be aware that if you acquire the object without requesting the link data as well (e.g: projectal.Task.get(id, links='STAFF')), these lists will not accurately reflect what's in the database, only the changes made while the object is held.

  • Support new applicationId property on login. Set with: projectal.api_application_id. The application ID is sent back to you in webhooks so you know which application was the source of the event (and you can choose to filter them accordingly).

  • Added Entity.set_readonly() to allow setting values on entities that will not be sent over to the server when updating/saving the entity.

    The main use case for this is to populate cached entities which you have just created with values you already know about. This is mainly a workaround for the limitation of the server not sending the full object back after creating it, resulting in the client needing to fetch the object in full again if it needs some of the fields set by the server after creation.

    Additionally, some read-only fields will generate an error on the server if included in the update request. This method lets you set these values on newly created objects without triggering this error.

    A common example is setting the projectRef of a task you just created.

1.1.1

  • Add support for 'profiles' API. Profiles are a type of key-value storage that target any entity. Not currently documented.
  • Fix handling error message parsing in ProjectalException for batch create operation
  • Add Task.update_order() to set task order
  • Return empty list when GETing empty list instead of failing (no request to server)
  • Expose the timestamp returned by requests that modify the database. Use projectal.request_timestamp to get the value of the most recent request (None if no timestamp in response)

1.1.0

  • Minimum Projectal version is now 1.9.4.

Breaking changes:

  • Entity list() now returns a list of UUIDs instead of full objects. You may provide an expand parameter to restore the previous behavior: Entity.list(expand=True). This change is made for performance reasons where you may have thousands of tasks and getting them all may time out. For those cases, we suggest writing a query to filter down to only the tasks and fields you need.
  • Company.get_master_company() has been renamed to Company.get_primary_company() to match the server.
  • The following date fields are converted into date strings upon fetch: startTime, closeTime, scheduleStart, scheduleFinish. These fields are added or updated using date strings (like 2022-03-02), but the server returns timestamps (e.g: 1646006400000) upon fetch, which is confusing. This change ensures they are always date strings for consistency.

Other changes:

  • When updating an entity, only the fields that have changed are sent to the server. When updating a list of entities, unmodified entities are not sent to the server at all. This dramatically reduces the payload size and should speed things up.
  • When fetching entities, entity links are now typed as well. E.g. project['rebateList'] contains a list of Rebate instead of dict.
  • Added date_from_timestamp() and timestamp_from_date() functions to help with converting to/from dates and Projectal timestamps.
  • Entity history now uses desc by default (index 0 is newest)
  • Added Project.tasks() to list all task UUIDs within a project.

1.0.3

  • Fix another case of automatic JWT refresh not working

1.0.2

  • Entity instances can save() or delete() on themselves
  • Fix broken dict methods (get() and update()) when called from Entity instances
  • Fix automatic JWT refresh only working in some cases

1.0.1

  • Added list() function for all entities
  • Added search functions for all entities (match-, search, query)
  • Added Company.get_master_company()
  • Fixed adding template tasks
  1"""
  2A python client for the [Projectal API](https://projectal.com/docs/latest).
  3
  4## Getting started
  5
  6```
  7import projectal
  8import os
  9
 10# Supply your Projectal server URL and account credentials
 11projectal.api_base = 'https://yourcompany.projectal.com'
 12projectal.api_username = os.environ.get('PROJECTAL_USERNAME')
 13projectal.api_password = os.environ.get('PROJECTAL_PASSWORD')
 14
 15# Test communication with server
 16status = projectal.status()
 17
 18# Test account credentials
 19projectal.login()
 20details = projectal.auth_details()
 21```
 22
 23----
 24
 25## Changelog
 26
 27### 6.0.1
 28- Updated `projectal.Staff.create_contract()`:
 29  - Fixed mutable default parameter (`payload=None`). Deep copies the payload to prevent accidental mutations.
 30  - Automatically includes `calendarList: []` in the payload by default so calendars are not cloned when creating contracts.
 31  - Added `include_calendars` parameter (Default=False) to allow overriding this behavior and retaining/cloning calendars if desired.
 32
 33### 6.0.0
 34
 35Version 6.0.0 accompanies the release of Projectal 6.5.
 36
 37- Added the `Timelog` entity, new in Projectal 6.5. Replaces the original work effort/actual duration bucket style
 38  time tracking with individual Timelog entries. Timelogs require a Staff UUID as the holder argument on creation,
 39  and can optionally be linked to Activities, Projects or Tasks via the entityRef property. Timelog entities can also
 40  have Files, Notes and Tags linked to them.
 41- Added the link_chunk_size global variable to allow configuration of generated link batch requests. This is mainly
 42  used to avoid gateway timeouts in certain instances.
 43
 44### 5.3.3
 45- Added configurable chunk size for linking requests generated during Entity.create() and Entity.update() using
 46  projectal.link_chunk_size, default value is 100.
 47
 48### 5.3.2
 49- Added batch_linking, disable_system_features, enable_system_features_on_exit parameters for Entity.save().
 50- Added request chunking for Entity.query() using projectal.query_chunk_size, default value is 10000.
 51
 52### 5.3.1
 53- Add Entity.create flag parameters to overriding methods.
 54
 55### 5.3.0
 56- parameters: disable_system_features(Default: True), enable_system_features_on_exit(Default: True)
 57  for Entity.create() and Entity.update().
 58  Allows for better performance during entity linking steps. With default flags, system features will be disabled
 59  and re-enabled after each internal query chunk. Better performance can be achieved by setting
 60  enable_system_features_on_exit to false, but system features must be manually re-enabled afterwards.
 61- Parameter for Entity.query() to configure request timeout, default is 30 seconds.
 62
 63### 5.2.0
 64- Supported handling for new Projectal API rate limiting. When a request is rate limited,
 65  will pause for the required waiting period before retrying the request.
 66
 67### 5.1.0
 68- Added new Staff function: `projectal.Staff.create_contract()`.
 69  Allows creation of a new contract for the given Staff uuId. It's recommended to set a different
 70  Department, Position, Start/End Date or Pay Amount for new Contracts to differentiate them.
 71
 72  Parameters:
 73  - UUID: uuId of the Source Staff
 74  - payload: Optional payload to specify updated fields for the new Staff contract
 75  - end_current_contract (Default=False): Source Staff Contract will have its End Date set to Current Date.
 76    Source Staff Start Date must be before Current Date.
 77  - start_new_contract (Default=False): New Staff Contract will have its Start Date set to Current Date.
 78
 79- Allow fetching Staff entities with "CONTRACT" link. Will return list of all Contracts for each Staff.
 80
 81### 5.0.0
 82- Updated `projectal.login()` to use a basic Dict to store the login cookie instead of an instance
 83  of the RequestsCookieJar object from the Python Requests library. This fixes an issue where an
 84  indefinite loop can occur when the stored cookie is cleared unexpectedly after attempting to login
 85  again after a token expired.
 86- Update the stored cookie whenever a new cookie is returned by a successful request. This takes
 87  advantage of an updated Projectal implementation that refreshes the login cookie periodically.
 88  This should avoid the re-authentication procedure in most cases for scripts with long execution
 89  times.
 90
 91### 4.3.2
 92- Added CompanyType.Division enum, matching new system defaults.
 93
 94### 4.3.1
 95- Fixed typo in "Getting started" example.
 96- Fixed typo in 4.3.0 Changelog.
 97
 98### 4.3.0
 99
100**Breaking changes:**
101
102- Added "PREDECESSOR_TASK" option when fetching projectal.Task with links
103- Predecessor tasks will be returned as a list of tasks under the taskList attribute
104- This attribute name is different to what you would see when using the REST API directly
105  (planList). This change was necessary to allow for directly manipulating
106  the list of links and then saving the task entity to commit any changes,
107  since the REST API is expecting a different key for linking calls (taskList).
108- Existing Predecessor Task linking methods were also updated to match the new linking functionality.
109  They now work as a reverse linker, automatically inverting the link relationship between
110  the task entities. This more closely matches what you would expect to see based on the Web UI.
111  I.e. When previously calling `some_task.link_predecessor_task(another_task)`,
112  some_task would be set as a predecessor for another_task instead of the other way around.
113  Now another_task would be set as the predecessor for some_task.
114
115### 4.2.2
116- `projectal.User.current_user_permissions()` fixed incorrect query.
117- `projectal.Webhook.list()` default limit increased to 1000.
118
119### 4.2.1
120- Added classes allowing for the management of dynamic enums. The user must have the "List Management"
121  permission to update enums.
122
123  New classes:
124  - `projectal.CompanyTypes`
125  - `projectal.SkillLevels`
126  - `projectal.StaffTypes`
127  - `projectal.PriorityLevels`
128  - `projectal.ComplexityLevels`
129  - `projectal.CurrencyList`
130
131  The current enum can be retrieved with get(), and updated with set().
132  For example, to return the current SkillLevels enum:
133
134  ```
135  projectal.SkillLevels.get()
136  ```
137
138  For each enum the entire list of key value pairs must be provided when calling set(),
139  any existing values that are omitted from the dictionary will be removed,
140  and any additional values will be added.
141
142  To update the SkillLevels enum with a new value:
143
144  ```
145  new_value_added = {
146      "Senior": 10,
147      "Mid": 20,
148      "Junior": 30,
149      # new SkillLevel value "Beginner"
150      "Beginner": 40,
151  }
152  projectal.SkillLevels.set(new_value_added)
153  ```
154
155  To change the name of a value, set a new key name for the original value:
156
157  ```
158  updated_value_name = {
159      # changing "Senior" SkillLevel to "Expert"
160      "Expert": 10,
161      "Mid": 20,
162      "Junior": 30,
163  }
164  projectal.SkillLevels.set(updated_value_name)
165  ```
166
167  To remove an existing value, call set on a dictionary with that value removed:
168
169  ```
170  value_removed = {
171      "Senior": 10,
172      "Mid": 20,
173      # "Junior" SkillLevel removed
174  }
175  projectal.SkillLevels.set(new_value_added)
176  ```
177
178  Updating the CurrencyList works differently to the other enums, since the
179  names of values must match the alphabetic currency code and the value must
180  match the numeric currency code.
181  This will cause an exception if you try to change the name for any values.
182
183  Adding a new currency:
184
185  ```
186  new_currency_added = {
187    "AED": 784
188    ...
189    # rest of the existing currencies
190    ...
191    # new currency to add with the alphabetic and numeric code
192    "ZWL": 932,
193  }
194  projectal.CurrencyList.set(new_currency_added)
195  ```
196
197  Removing an existing currency requires you to provide the numeric code for
198  the currency as a negative value.
199
200  ```
201  currency_removed = {
202    # this currency will be removed
203    "AED": -784
204    ...
205    # rest of the existing currencies
206    ...
207  }
208  projectal.CurrencyList.set(currency_removed)
209  ```
210
211### 4.2.0
212Version 4.2.0 accompanies the release of Projectal 4.1.0
213
214- Minimum Projectal version is now 4.1.0.
215
216- Changed order of applying link types when an entity is initialized,
217prevents a type error with reverse linking in certain situations.
218
219- `projectal.Task.reset_duration()` now supports adjustments with multi day calendar exceptions.
220
221- `projectal.Task.reset_duration()` location working days override base exceptions.
222
223- `projectal.TaskTemplate.list()` fixed incorrect query when using inherited method.
224
225### 4.1.0
226- DateLimit.Max enum value changed from "9999-12-31" to "3000-01-01". This reflects changes to the Projectal
227backend that defines this as the maximum allowable date value. The front end typically considers this value as
228equivalent with having no end date.
229
230- Updated requirements.txt version for requests package
231
232- Minimum Projectal version is now 4.0.40
233
234### 4.0.3
235- When a dict object is passed to the update class method, it will be converted to the corresponding Entity type.
236  Allows for proper handling of keys that require being treated as links.
237
238### 4.0.2
239- Booking entity is now fetched with project field and either staff or resource field.
240
241- Added missing link methods for 'Booking' entity (Note, File)
242
243- Added missing link methods for 'Activity' entity (Booking, Note, File, Rebate)
244
245- Reduced maximum number of link methods to 100 for a single batch request to prevent timeouts
246under heavy load.
247
248### 4.0.1
249- Minimum Projectal version is now 4.0.0.
250
251### 4.0.0
252
253Version 4.0.0 accompanies the release of Projectal 4.0.
254
255- Added the `Activity` entity, new in Projectal 4.0.
256
257- Added the `Booking` entity, new in Projectal 4.0.
258
259### 3.1.1
260- Link requests generated by 'projectal.Entity.create()' and 'projectal.Entity.update()' are now
261  executed in batches. This is enabled by default with the 'batch_linking=True' parameter and can
262  be disabled to execute each link request individually. It is recommended to leave this parameter
263  enabled as this can greatly reduce the number of network requests.
264
265### 3.1.0
266- Minimum Projectal version is now 3.1.5.
267
268- Added `projectal.Webhook.list_events()`. See API doc for details on how to use.
269
270- Added `deleted_at` parameter to `projectal.Entity.get()`. This value should be a UTC timestamp
271  from a webhook delete event.
272
273- Added `projectal.ldap_sync()` to initiate a user sync with the LDAP/AD service configured in
274  the Projectal server settings.
275
276- Enhanced output of `projectal.Entity.changes()` function when reporting link changes.
277  It no longer dumps the entire before-and-after list with the full content of each linked entity.
278  Now reports three lists: `added`, `updated`, `removed`. Entities within the `updated` list
279  follow the same `old` vs `new` dictionary model for the data attributes within them. E.g:
280
281    ```
282    resourceList: [
283        'added': [],
284        'updated': [
285            {'uuId': '14eb4c31-0f92-49d1-8b4d-507ab939003e', 'resourceLink': {'utilization': {'old': 0.1, 'new': 0.9}}},
286        ],
287        'removed': []
288    ]
289    ```
290  This should result in slimmer logs that are much easier to understand as the changes are
291  clearly indicated.
292
293### 3.0.2
294- Added `projectal.Entity.get_link_definitions()`. Exposes entity link definition dictionary.
295  Consumers can inspect which links an Entity knows about and their internal settings.
296  Link definitions that appear here are the links valid for `links=[]` parameters.
297
298### 3.0.1
299- Fixed fetching project with links=['task'] not being available.
300
301- Improved Permission.list(). Now returns a dict with the permission name as
302  key with Permission objects as the value (instead of list of uuIds).
303
304- Added a way to use the aliasing feature of the API (new in Projectal 3.0).
305Set `projectal.api_alias = 'uuid'` to the UUID of a User object and all
306requests made will be done as that user. Restore this value to None to resume
307normal operation. (Some rules and limitations apply. See API for more details.)
308
309- Added complete support for the Tags entity (including linkers).
310
311### 3.0
312
313Version 3.0 accompanies the release of Projectal 3.0.
314
315**Breaking changes**:
316
317- The `links` parameter on `Entity` functions now consumes a list of entity
318  names instead of a comma-separated string. For example:
319
320    ```
321    # Before:
322    projectal.Staff.get('<uuid>', links='skill,location')  # No longer valid
323    # Now:
324    projectal.Staff.get('<uuid>', links=['skill', 'location'])
325    ```
326
327- The `projectal.enums.SkillLevel` enum has had all values renamed to match the new values
328  used in Projectal (Junior, Mid, Senior). This includes the properties on
329  Skill entities indicating work time for auto-scheduling (now `juniorLevel`,
330  `midLevel`, `seniorLevel`).
331
332**Other changes**:
333
334- Working with entity links has changed in this release. The previous methods
335  are still available and continue to work as before, but there is no need
336  to interact with the `projectal.linkers` methods yourself anymore.
337
338  You can now modify the list of links within an entity and save the entity
339  directly. The library will automatically determine how the links have been
340  modified and issue the correct linker methods on your behalf. E.g.,
341  you can now do:
342
343    ```
344    staff = projectal.Staff.get('<uuid>', links=['skill'])
345    staff['firstName'] = "New name"  # Field update
346    staff['skillList'] = [skill1, skill2, skill3]  # Link update
347    staff.save()  # Both changes are saved
348
349    task = projectal.Task.get('<uuid>', links=['stage'])
350    task['stage'] = stage1  # Uses a single object instead of list
351    task.save()
352    ```
353
354  See `examples/linking.py` for a more complete demonstration of linking
355  capabilities and limitations.
356
357- Linkers (`projectal.linkers`) can now be given a list of Entities (of one
358 type) to link/unlink/relink in bulk. E.g:
359    ```
360    staff.unlink_skill(skill1)  # Before
361    staff.unlink_skill([skill1, skill2, skill3])  # This works now too
362    ```
363
364- Linkers now strip the payload to only the required fields instead of passing
365  on the entire Entity object. This cuts down on network traffic significantly.
366
367- Linkers now also work in reverse. The Projectal server currently only supports
368  linking entities in one direction (e.g., Company to Staff), which often means
369  writing something like:
370    ```
371    staff.link_location(location)
372    company.link_staff(staff)
373    ```
374  The change in direction is not very intuitive and would require you to constantly
375  verify which direction is the one available to you in the documentation.
376
377  Reverse linkers hide this from you and figure out the direction of the relationship
378  for you behind the scenes. So now this is possible, even though the API doesn't
379  strictly support it:
380    ```
381    staff.link_location(location)
382    staff.link_company(company)
383    ```
384    Caveat: the documentation for Staff will not list Company links. You will still
385    have to look up the Company documentation for the link description.
386
387- Requesting entity links with the `links=` parameter will now always ensure the
388  link field (e.g., `taskList`) exists in the result, even if there are no links.
389  The server may not always return a value, but we can use a default value ([] for
390  lists, None for dicts).
391
392- Added a `Permission` entity to correctly type Permissions in responses.
393
394- Added a `Tag` entity, new in Projectal 3.0.
395
396- Added `links` parameter to `Company.get_primary_company()`
397
398- `Department.tree()`: now consumes a `holder` Entity object instead
399  of a uuId.
400
401- `Department.tree()`: added `generic_staff` parameter, new in
402  Projectal 3.0.
403
404- Don't break on trailing slash in Projectal URL
405
406- When creating tasks, populate the `projectRef` and `parent` fields in the
407  returned Task object.
408
409- Added convenience functions for matching on fields where you only want
410  one result (e.g match_one()) which return the first match found.
411
412- Update the entity `history()` method for Projectal 3.0. Some new parameters
413  allow you to restrict the history to a particular range or to get only the
414  changes for a webhook timestamp.
415
416- Entity objects can call `.history()` on themselves.
417
418- The library now keeps a reference to the User account that is currently logged
419  in and using the API: `projectal.api_auth_details`.
420
421**Known issues**:
422- You cannot save changes to Notes or Calendars via their holding entity. You
423  must save the changes on the Note or Calendar directly. To illustrate:
424  ```
425  staff = projectal.Staff.get(<uuid>, links=['calendar'])
426  calendar = staff['calendarList'][0]
427  calendar['name'] = 'Calendar 2'
428
429  # Cannot do this - will not pick up the changes
430  staff.save()
431
432  # You must do this for now
433  calendar.save()
434  ```
435  This will be resolved in a future release.
436
437- When creating Notes, the `created` and `modified` values may differ by
438  1ms in the object you have a reference to compared to what is actually
439  stored in the database.
440
441- Duration calculation is not precise yet (mentioned in 2.1.0)
442
443### 2.1.0
444**Breaking changes**:
445- Getting location calendar is now done on an instance instead of class. So
446  `projectal.Location.calendar(uuid)` is now simply `location.calendar()`
447- The `CompanyType.Master` enum has been replaced with `CompanyType.Primary`.
448  This was a leftover reference to the Master Company which was renamed in
449  Projectal several versions ago.
450
451**Other changes**:
452- Date conversion functions return None when given None or empty string
453- Added `Task.reset_duration()` as a basic duration calculator for tasks.
454  This is a work-in-progress and will be gradually improved. The duration
455  calculator takes into consideration the location to remove non-work
456  days from the estimate of working duration. It currently does not work
457  for the time component or `isWorking=True` exceptions.
458- Change detection in `Entity.changes()` now excludes cases where the
459  server has no value and the new value is None. Saving this change has
460  no effect and would always detect a change until a non-None value is
461  set, which is noisy and generates more network activity.
462
463### 2.0.3
464- Better support for calendars.
465  - Distinguish between calendar containers ("Calendar") and the
466    calendar items within them ("CalendarItem").
467  - Allow CalendarItems to be saved directly. E.G item.save()
468- Fix 'holder' parameter in contact/staff/location/task_template not
469  permitting object type. Now consumes uuId or object to match rest of
470  the library.
471- `Entity.changes()` has been extended with an `old=True` flag. When
472  this flag is true, the set of changes will now return both the original
473  and the new values. E.g.
474```
475task.changes()
476# {'name': 'current'}
477task.changes(old=True)
478# {'name': {'old': 'original', 'new': 'current'}}
479```
480- Fixed entity link cache causing errors when deleting a link from an entity
481  which has not been fetched with links (deleting from empty list).
482
483### 2.0.2
484- Fixed updating Webhook entities
485
486### 2.0.1
487- Fixed application ID not being used correctly.
488
489### 2.0.0
490- Version 2.0 accompanies the release of Projectal 2.0. There are no major changes
491  since the previous release.
492- Expose `Entity.changes()` function. It returns a list of fields on an entity that
493  have changed since fetching it. These are the changes that will be sent over to the
494  server when an update request is made.
495- Added missing 'packaging' dependency to requirements.
496
497### 1.2.0
498
499**Breaking changes**:
500
501- Renamed `request_timestamp` to `response_timestamp` to better reflect its purpose.
502- Automatic timestamp conversion into dates (introduced in `1.1.0`) has been reverted.
503  All date fields returned from the server remain as UTC timestamps.
504
505  The reason is that date fields on tasks contain a time component and converting them
506  into date strings was erasing the time, resulting in a value that does not match
507  the database.
508
509  Note: the server supports setting date fields using a date string like `2022-04-05`.
510  You may use this if you prefer but the server will always return a timestamp.
511
512  Note: we provide utility functions for easily converting dates from/to
513  timestamps expected by the Projectal server. See:
514  `projectal.date_from_timestamp()`,`projectal.timestamp_from_date()`, and
515  `projectal.timestamp_from_datetime()`.
516
517**Other changes**:
518- Implement request chunking - for methods that consume a list of entities, we now
519  automatically batch them up into multiple requests to prevent timeouts on really
520  large request. Values are configurable through
521  `projectal.chunk_size_read` and `projectal.chunk_size_write`.
522  Default values: Read: 1000 items. Write: 200 items.
523- Added profile get/set functions on entities for easier use. Now you only need to supply
524  the key and the data. E.g:
525
526```
527key = 'hr_connector'
528data = {'staff_source': 'company_z'}
529task.profile_set(key, data)
530```
531
532- Entity link methods now automatically update the entity's cached list of links. E.g:
533  a task fetched with staff links will have `task['staffList'] = [Staff1,Staff2]`.
534  Before, doing a `task.link_staff(staff)` did not modify the list to reflect the
535  addition. Now, it will turn into `[Staff1,Staff2,Staff3]`. The same applies for update
536  and delete.
537
538  This allows you to modify links and continue working with that object without having
539  to fetch it again to obtain the most recent link data. Be aware that if you acquire
540  the object without requesting the link data as well
541  (e.g: `projectal.Task.get(id, links='STAFF')`),
542  these lists will not accurately reflect what's in the database, only the changes made
543  while the object is held.
544
545- Support new `applicationId` property on login. Set with: `projectal.api_application_id`.
546  The application ID is sent back to you in webhooks so you know which application was
547  the source of the event (and you can choose to filter them accordingly).
548- Added `Entity.set_readonly()` to allow setting values on entities that will not
549  be sent over to the server when updating/saving the entity.
550
551  The main use case for this is to populate cached entities which you have just created
552  with values you already know about. This is mainly a workaround for the limitation of
553  the server not sending the full object back after creating it, resulting in the client
554  needing to fetch the object in full again if it needs some of the fields set by the
555  server after creation.
556
557  Additionally, some read-only fields will generate an error on the server if
558  included in the update request. This method lets you set these values on newly
559  created objects without triggering this error.
560
561  A common example is setting the `projectRef` of a task you just created.
562
563
564### 1.1.1
565- Add support for 'profiles' API. Profiles are a type of key-value storage that target
566  any entity. Not currently documented.
567- Fix handling error message parsing in ProjectalException for batch create operation
568- Add `Task.update_order()` to set task order
569- Return empty list when GETing empty list instead of failing (no request to server)
570- Expose the timestamp returned by requests that modify the database. Use
571  `projectal.request_timestamp` to get the value of the most recent request (None
572  if no timestamp in response)
573
574### 1.1.0
575- Minimum Projectal version is now 1.9.4.
576
577**Breaking changes**:
578- Entity `list()` now returns a list of UUIDs instead of full objects. You may provide
579  an `expand` parameter to restore the previous behavior: `Entity.list(expand=True)`.
580  This change is made for performance reasons where you may have thousands of tasks
581  and getting them all may time out. For those cases, we suggest writing a query to filter
582  down to only the tasks and fields you need.
583- `Company.get_master_company()` has been renamed to `Company.get_primary_company()`
584  to match the server.
585- The following date fields are converted into date strings upon fetch:
586  `startTime`, `closeTime`, `scheduleStart`, `scheduleFinish`.
587  These fields are added or updated using date strings (like `2022-03-02`), but the
588  server returns timestamps (e.g: 1646006400000) upon fetch, which is confusing. This
589  change ensures they are always date strings for consistency.
590
591**Other changes**:
592- When updating an entity, only the fields that have changed are sent to the server. When
593  updating a list of entities, unmodified entities are not sent to the server at all. This
594  dramatically reduces the payload size and should speed things up.
595- When fetching entities, entity links are now typed as well. E.g. `project['rebateList']`
596  contains a list of `Rebate` instead of `dict`.
597- Added `date_from_timestamp()` and `timestamp_from_date()` functions to help with
598  converting to/from dates and Projectal timestamps.
599- Entity history now uses `desc` by default (index 0 is newest)
600- Added `Project.tasks()` to list all task UUIDs within a project.
601
602### 1.0.3
603- Fix another case of automatic JWT refresh not working
604
605### 1.0.2
606- Entity instances can `save()` or `delete()` on themselves
607- Fix broken `dict` methods (`get()` and `update()`) when called from Entity instances
608- Fix automatic JWT refresh only working in some cases
609
610### 1.0.1
611- Added `list()` function for all entities
612- Added search functions for all entities (match-, search, query)
613- Added `Company.get_master_company()`
614- Fixed adding template tasks
615
616"""
617
618import logging
619import os
620
621from projectal.entities import *
622from projectal.dynamic_enums import *
623from .api import *
624from . import profile
625
626api_base = os.getenv("PROJECTAL_URL")
627api_username = os.getenv("PROJECTAL_USERNAME")
628api_password = os.getenv("PROJECTAL_PASSWORD")
629api_application_id = None
630api_auth_details = None
631api_alias = None
632cookies = None
633chunk_size_read = 1000
634chunk_size_write = 200
635link_chunk_size = 100
636query_chunk_size = 10000
637
638# Records the timestamp generated by the last request (database
639# event time). These are reported on add or updates; if there is
640# no timestamp in the response, this is set to None.
641response_timestamp = None
642
643
644# The minimum version number of the Projectal instance that this
645# API client targets. Lower versions are not supported and will
646# raise an exception.
647MIN_PROJECTAL_VERSION = "6.5.0"
648
649__verify = True
650
651logging.getLogger("projectal-api-client").addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
api_base = None
api_username = None
api_password = None
api_application_id = None
api_auth_details = None
api_alias = None
cookies = None
chunk_size_read = 1000
chunk_size_write = 200
query_chunk_size = 10000
response_timestamp = None
MIN_PROJECTAL_VERSION = '6.5.0'