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
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 toprojectal.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 theupdated
list follow the sameold
vsnew
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 forlinks=[]
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 onEntity
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 (nowjuniorLevel
,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 toCompany.get_primary_company()
Department.tree()
: now consumes aholder
Entity object instead of a uuId.Department.tree()
: addedgeneric_staff
parameter, new in Projectal 3.0.Don't break on trailing slash in Projectal URL
When creating tasks, populate the
projectRef
andparent
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()
When creating Notes, the
created
andmodified
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 anold=True
flag. When this flag is true, the set of changes will now return both the original and the new values. E.g.
- 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
toresponse_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()
, andprojectal.timestamp_from_datetime()
.
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 atask.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 anexpand
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 toCompany.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 (like2022-03-02
), 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 ofRebate
instead ofdict
. - Added
date_from_timestamp()
andtimestamp_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()
ordelete()
on themselves - Fix broken
dict
methods (get()
andupdate()
) 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### 4.2.0 28Version 4.2.0 accompanies the release of Projectal 4.1.0 29 30- Minimum Projectal version is now 4.1.0. 31 32- Changed order of applying link types when an entity is initialized, 33prevents a type error with reverse linking in certain situations. 34 35- `projectal.Task.reset_duration()` now supports adjustments with multi day calendar exceptions. 36 37- `projectal.Task.reset_duration()` location working days override base exceptions. 38 39- `projectal.TaskTemplate.list()` fixed incorrect query when using inherited method. 40 41 42### 4.1.0 43- DateLimit.Max enum value changed from "9999-12-31" to "3000-01-01". This reflects changes to the Projectal 44backend that defines this as the maximum allowable date value. The front end typically considers this value as 45equivalent with having no end date. 46 47- Updated requirements.txt version for requests package 48 49- Minimum Projectal version is now 4.0.40 50 51### 4.0.3 52- When a dict object is passed to the update class method, it will be converted to the corresponding Entity type. 53 Allows for proper handling of keys that require being treated as links. 54 55### 4.0.2 56- Booking entity is now fetched with project field and either staff or resource field. 57 58- Added missing link methods for 'Booking' entity (Note, File) 59 60- Added missing link methods for 'Activity' entity (Booking, Note, File, Rebate) 61 62- Reduced maximum number of link methods to 100 for a single batch request to prevent timeouts 63under heavy load. 64 65### 4.0.1 66- Minimum Projectal version is now 4.0.0. 67 68### 4.0.0 69 70Version 4.0.0 accompanies the release of Projectal 4.0. 71 72- Added the `Activity` entity, new in Projectal 4.0. 73 74- Added the `Booking` entity, new in Projectal 4.0. 75 76### 3.1.1 77- Link requests generated by 'projectal.Entity.create()' and 'projectal.Entity.update()' are now 78 executed in batches. This is enabled by default with the 'batch_linking=True' parameter and can 79 be disabled to execute each link request individually. It is recommended to leave this parameter 80 enabled as this can greatly reduce the number of network requests. 81 82### 3.1.0 83- Minimum Projectal version is now 3.1.5. 84 85- Added `projectal.Webhook.list_events()`. See API doc for details on how to use. 86 87- Added `deleted_at` parameter to `projectal.Entity.get()`. This value should be a UTC timestamp 88 from a webhook delete event. 89 90- Added `projectal.ldap_sync()` to initiate a user sync with the LDAP/AD service configured in 91 the Projectal server settings. 92 93- Enhanced output of `projectal.Entity.changes()` function when reporting link changes. 94 It no longer dumps the entire before-and-after list with the full content of each linked entity. 95 Now reports three lists: `added`, `updated`, `removed`. Entities within the `updated` list 96 follow the same `old` vs `new` dictionary model for the data attributes within them. E.g: 97 98 ``` 99 resourceList: [ 100 'added': [], 101 'updated': [ 102 {'uuId': '14eb4c31-0f92-49d1-8b4d-507ab939003e', 'resourceLink': {'utilization': {'old': 0.1, 'new': 0.9}}}, 103 ], 104 'removed': [] 105 ] 106 ``` 107 This should result in slimmer logs that are much easier to understand as the changes are 108 clearly indicated. 109 110### 3.0.2 111- Added `projectal.Entity.get_link_definitions()`. Exposes entity link definition dictionary. 112 Consumers can inspect which links an Entity knows about and their internal settings. 113 Link definitions that appear here are the links valid for `links=[]` parameters. 114 115### 3.0.1 116- Fixed fetching project with links=['task'] not being available. 117 118- Improved Permission.list(). Now returns a dict with the permission name as 119 key with Permission objects as the value (instead of list of uuIds). 120 121- Added a way to use the aliasing feature of the API (new in Projectal 3.0). 122Set `projectal.api_alias = 'uuid'` to the UUID of a User object and all 123requests made will be done as that user. Restore this value to None to resume 124normal operation. (Some rules and limitations apply. See API for more details.) 125 126- Added complete support for the Tags entity (including linkers). 127 128### 3.0 129 130Version 3.0 accompanies the release of Projectal 3.0. 131 132**Breaking changes**: 133 134- The `links` parameter on `Entity` functions now consumes a list of entity 135 names instead of a comma-separated string. For example: 136 137 ``` 138 # Before: 139 projectal.Staff.get('<uuid>', links='skill,location') # No longer valid 140 # Now: 141 projectal.Staff.get('<uuid>', links=['skill', 'location']) 142 ``` 143 144- The `projectal.enums.SkillLevel` enum has had all values renamed to match the new values 145 used in Projectal (Junior, Mid, Senior). This includes the properties on 146 Skill entities indicating work time for auto-scheduling (now `juniorLevel`, 147 `midLevel`, `seniorLevel`). 148 149**Other changes**: 150 151- Working with entity links has changed in this release. The previous methods 152 are still available and continue to work as before, but there is no need 153 to interact with the `projectal.linkers` methods yourself anymore. 154 155 You can now modify the list of links within an entity and save the entity 156 directly. The library will automatically determine how the links have been 157 modified and issue the correct linker methods on your behalf. E.g., 158 you can now do: 159 160 ``` 161 staff = projectal.Staff.get('<uuid>', links=['skill']) 162 staff['firstName'] = "New name" # Field update 163 staff['skillList'] = [skill1, skill2, skill3] # Link update 164 staff.save() # Both changes are saved 165 166 task = projectal.Task.get('<uuid>', links=['stage']) 167 task['stage'] = stage1 # Uses a single object instead of list 168 task.save() 169 ``` 170 171 See `examples/linking.py` for a more complete demonstration of linking 172 capabilities and limitations. 173 174- Linkers (`projectal.linkers`) can now be given a list of Entities (of one 175 type) to link/unlink/relink in bulk. E.g: 176 ``` 177 staff.unlink_skill(skill1) # Before 178 staff.unlink_skill([skill1, skill2, skill3]) # This works now too 179 ``` 180 181- Linkers now strip the payload to only the required fields instead of passing 182 on the entire Entity object. This cuts down on network traffic significantly. 183 184- Linkers now also work in reverse. The Projectal server currently only supports 185 linking entities in one direction (e.g., Company to Staff), which often means 186 writing something like: 187 ``` 188 staff.link_location(location) 189 company.link_staff(staff) 190 ``` 191 The change in direction is not very intuitive and would require you to constantly 192 verify which direction is the one available to you in the documentation. 193 194 Reverse linkers hide this from you and figure out the direction of the relationship 195 for you behind the scenes. So now this is possible, even though the API doesn't 196 strictly support it: 197 ``` 198 staff.link_location(location) 199 staff.link_company(company) 200 ``` 201 Caveat: the documentation for Staff will not list Company links. You will still 202 have to look up the Company documentation for the link description. 203 204- Requesting entity links with the `links=` parameter will now always ensure the 205 link field (e.g., `taskList`) exists in the result, even if there are no links. 206 The server may not always return a value, but we can use a default value ([] for 207 lists, None for dicts). 208 209- Added a `Permission` entity to correctly type Permissions in responses. 210 211- Added a `Tag` entity, new in Projectal 3.0. 212 213- Added `links` parameter to `Company.get_primary_company()` 214 215- `Department.tree()`: now consumes a `holder` Entity object instead 216 of a uuId. 217 218- `Department.tree()`: added `generic_staff` parameter, new in 219 Projectal 3.0. 220 221- Don't break on trailing slash in Projectal URL 222 223- When creating tasks, populate the `projectRef` and `parent` fields in the 224 returned Task object. 225 226- Added convenience functions for matching on fields where you only want 227 one result (e.g match_one()) which return the first match found. 228 229- Update the entity `history()` method for Projectal 3.0. Some new parameters 230 allow you to restrict the history to a particular range or to get only the 231 changes for a webhook timestamp. 232 233- Entity objects can call `.history()` on themselves. 234 235- The library now keeps a reference to the User account that is currently logged 236 in and using the API: `projectal.api_auth_details`. 237 238**Known issues**: 239- You cannot save changes to Notes or Calendars via their holding entity. You 240 must save the changes on the Note or Calendar directly. To illustrate: 241 ``` 242 staff = projectal.Staff.get(<uuid>, links=['calendar']) 243 calendar = staff['calendarList'][0] 244 calendar['name'] = 'Calendar 2' 245 246 # Cannot do this - will not pick up the changes 247 staff.save() 248 249 # You must do this for now 250 calendar.save() 251 ``` 252 This will be resolved in a future release. 253 254- When creating Notes, the `created` and `modified` values may differ by 255 1ms in the object you have a reference to compared to what is actually 256 stored in the database. 257 258- Duration calculation is not precise yet (mentioned in 2.1.0) 259 260### 2.1.0 261**Breaking changes**: 262- Getting location calendar is now done on an instance instead of class. So 263 `projectal.Location.calendar(uuid)` is now simply `location.calendar()` 264- The `CompanyType.Master` enum has been replaced with `CompanyType.Primary`. 265 This was a leftover reference to the Master Company which was renamed in 266 Projectal several versions ago. 267 268**Other changes**: 269- Date conversion functions return None when given None or empty string 270- Added `Task.reset_duration()` as a basic duration calculator for tasks. 271 This is a work-in-progress and will be gradually improved. The duration 272 calculator takes into consideration the location to remove non-work 273 days from the estimate of working duration. It currently does not work 274 for the time component or `isWorking=True` exceptions. 275- Change detection in `Entity.changes()` now excludes cases where the 276 server has no value and the new value is None. Saving this change has 277 no effect and would always detect a change until a non-None value is 278 set, which is noisy and generates more network activity. 279 280### 2.0.3 281- Better support for calendars. 282 - Distinguish between calendar containers ("Calendar") and the 283 calendar items within them ("CalendarItem"). 284 - Allow CalendarItems to be saved directly. E.G item.save() 285- Fix 'holder' parameter in contact/staff/location/task_template not 286 permitting object type. Now consumes uuId or object to match rest of 287 the library. 288- `Entity.changes()` has been extended with an `old=True` flag. When 289 this flag is true, the set of changes will now return both the original 290 and the new values. E.g. 291``` 292task.changes() 293# {'name': 'current'} 294task.changes(old=True) 295# {'name': {'old': 'original', 'new': 'current'}} 296``` 297- Fixed entity link cache causing errors when deleting a link from an entity 298 which has not been fetched with links (deleting from empty list). 299 300### 2.0.2 301- Fixed updating Webhook entities 302 303### 2.0.1 304- Fixed application ID not being used correctly. 305 306### 2.0.0 307- Version 2.0 accompanies the release of Projectal 2.0. There are no major changes 308 since the previous release. 309- Expose `Entity.changes()` function. It returns a list of fields on an entity that 310 have changed since fetching it. These are the changes that will be sent over to the 311 server when an update request is made. 312- Added missing 'packaging' dependency to requirements. 313 314### 1.2.0 315 316**Breaking changes**: 317 318- Renamed `request_timestamp` to `response_timestamp` to better reflect its purpose. 319- Automatic timestamp conversion into dates (introduced in `1.1.0`) has been reverted. 320 All date fields returned from the server remain as UTC timestamps. 321 322 The reason is that date fields on tasks contain a time component and converting them 323 into date strings was erasing the time, resulting in a value that does not match 324 the database. 325 326 Note: the server supports setting date fields using a date string like `2022-04-05`. 327 You may use this if you prefer but the server will always return a timestamp. 328 329 Note: we provide utility functions for easily converting dates from/to 330 timestamps expected by the Projectal server. See: 331 `projectal.date_from_timestamp()`,`projectal.timestamp_from_date()`, and 332 `projectal.timestamp_from_datetime()`. 333 334**Other changes**: 335- Implement request chunking - for methods that consume a list of entities, we now 336 automatically batch them up into multiple requests to prevent timeouts on really 337 large request. Values are configurable through 338 `projectal.chunk_size_read` and `projectal.chunk_size_write`. 339 Default values: Read: 1000 items. Write: 200 items. 340- Added profile get/set functions on entities for easier use. Now you only need to supply 341 the key and the data. E.g: 342 343``` 344key = 'hr_connector' 345data = {'staff_source': 'company_z'} 346task.profile_set(key, data) 347``` 348 349- Entity link methods now automatically update the entity's cached list of links. E.g: 350 a task fetched with staff links will have `task['staffList'] = [Staff1,Staff2]`. 351 Before, doing a `task.link_staff(staff)` did not modify the list to reflect the 352 addition. Now, it will turn into `[Staff1,Staff2,Staff3]`. The same applies for update 353 and delete. 354 355 This allows you to modify links and continue working with that object without having 356 to fetch it again to obtain the most recent link data. Be aware that if you acquire 357 the object without requesting the link data as well 358 (e.g: `projectal.Task.get(id, links='STAFF')`), 359 these lists will not accurately reflect what's in the database, only the changes made 360 while the object is held. 361 362- Support new `applicationId` property on login. Set with: `projectal.api_application_id`. 363 The application ID is sent back to you in webhooks so you know which application was 364 the source of the event (and you can choose to filter them accordingly). 365- Added `Entity.set_readonly()` to allow setting values on entities that will not 366 be sent over to the server when updating/saving the entity. 367 368 The main use case for this is to populate cached entities which you have just created 369 with values you already know about. This is mainly a workaround for the limitation of 370 the server not sending the full object back after creating it, resulting in the client 371 needing to fetch the object in full again if it needs some of the fields set by the 372 server after creation. 373 374 Additionally, some read-only fields will generate an error on the server if 375 included in the update request. This method lets you set these values on newly 376 created objects without triggering this error. 377 378 A common example is setting the `projectRef` of a task you just created. 379 380 381### 1.1.1 382- Add support for 'profiles' API. Profiles are a type of key-value storage that target 383 any entity. Not currently documented. 384- Fix handling error message parsing in ProjectalException for batch create operation 385- Add `Task.update_order()` to set task order 386- Return empty list when GETing empty list instead of failing (no request to server) 387- Expose the timestamp returned by requests that modify the database. Use 388 `projectal.request_timestamp` to get the value of the most recent request (None 389 if no timestamp in response) 390 391### 1.1.0 392- Minimum Projectal version is now 1.9.4. 393 394**Breaking changes**: 395- Entity `list()` now returns a list of UUIDs instead of full objects. You may provide 396 an `expand` parameter to restore the previous behavior: `Entity.list(expand=True)`. 397 This change is made for performance reasons where you may have thousands of tasks 398 and getting them all may time out. For those cases, we suggest writing a query to filter 399 down to only the tasks and fields you need. 400- `Company.get_master_company()` has been renamed to `Company.get_primary_company()` 401 to match the server. 402- The following date fields are converted into date strings upon fetch: 403 `startTime`, `closeTime`, `scheduleStart`, `scheduleFinish`. 404 These fields are added or updated using date strings (like `2022-03-02`), but the 405 server returns timestamps (e.g: 1646006400000) upon fetch, which is confusing. This 406 change ensures they are always date strings for consistency. 407 408**Other changes**: 409- When updating an entity, only the fields that have changed are sent to the server. When 410 updating a list of entities, unmodified entities are not sent to the server at all. This 411 dramatically reduces the payload size and should speed things up. 412- When fetching entities, entity links are now typed as well. E.g. `project['rebateList']` 413 contains a list of `Rebate` instead of `dict`. 414- Added `date_from_timestamp()` and `timestamp_from_date()` functions to help with 415 converting to/from dates and Projectal timestamps. 416- Entity history now uses `desc` by default (index 0 is newest) 417- Added `Project.tasks()` to list all task UUIDs within a project. 418 419### 1.0.3 420- Fix another case of automatic JWT refresh not working 421 422### 1.0.2 423- Entity instances can `save()` or `delete()` on themselves 424- Fix broken `dict` methods (`get()` and `update()`) when called from Entity instances 425- Fix automatic JWT refresh only working in some cases 426 427### 1.0.1 428- Added `list()` function for all entities 429- Added search functions for all entities (match-, search, query) 430- Added `Company.get_master_company()` 431- Fixed adding template tasks 432 433""" 434import logging 435import os 436 437from projectal.entities import * 438from .api import * 439from . import profile 440 441api_base = os.getenv("PROJECTAL_URL") 442api_username = os.getenv("PROJECTAL_USERNAME") 443api_password = os.getenv("PROJECTAL_PASSWORD") 444api_application_id = None 445api_auth_details = None 446api_alias = None 447cookies = None 448chunk_size_read = 1000 449chunk_size_write = 200 450 451# Records the timestamp generated by the last request (database 452# event time). These are reported on add or updates; if there is 453# no timestamp in the response, this is set to None. 454response_timestamp = None 455 456 457# The minimum version number of the Projectal instance that this 458# API client targets. Lower versions are not supported and will 459# raise an exception. 460MIN_PROJECTAL_VERSION = "4.0.40" 461 462__verify = True 463 464logging.getLogger("projectal-api-client").addHandler(logging.NullHandler())