Create, move, resize or delete many items in one draw

POST /boards/{boardId}/items:batch

Updated 16 Sep 20263 min read

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Basehttps://api.mockflow.com/v1Scopesboards:write

Request

curl https://api.mockflow.com/v1/boards/brd_3f9e2a/items:batch \
  -X POST \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MOCKFLOW_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "operations": [
    {
      "op": "string",
      "item": {
        "type": "artifact",
        "position": {
          "x": 0,
          "y": 0
        },
        "size": {
          "width": 0,
          "height": 0
        },
        "data": {
          "files": null,
          "merge": null,
          "deletes": null,
          "order": null,
          "html": null,
          "data": null
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}'

const response = await fetch("https://api.mockflow.com/v1/boards/brd_3f9e2a/items:batch", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.MOCKFLOW_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "operations": [
    {
      "op": "string",
      "item": {
        "type": "artifact",
        "position": {
          "x": 0,
          "y": 0
        },
        "size": {
          "width": 0,
          "height": 0
        },
        "data": {
          "files": null,
          "merge": null,
          "deletes": null,
          "order": null,
          "html": null,
          "data": null
        }
      }
    }
  ]
})
});

const data = await response.json();

import os, requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.mockflow.com/v1/boards/brd_3f9e2a/items:batch",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['MOCKFLOW_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
  "operations": [
    {
      "op": "string",
      "item": {
        "type": "artifact",
        "position": {
          "x": 0,
          "y": 0
        },
        "size": {
          "width": 0,
          "height": 0
        },
        "data": {
          "files": None,
          "merge": None,
          "deletes": None,
          "order": None,
          "html": None,
          "data": None
        }
      }
    }
  ]
},
)

response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()

Response

{
  "id": "job_7hd2",
  "kind": "item.create",
  "status": "queued",
  "progress": 0,
  "message": "Interview 5 users",
  "result": {
    "itemIds": [
      "string"
    ],
    "updated": [
      "string"
    ],
    "deleted": [
      "string"
    ],
    "creditsUsed": 0,
    "boardTitle": "Q4 Launch Planning",
    "skill": "string"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "validation_failed",
    "message": "data.columns[0].cards[0].priority must be one of low, medium, high",
    "details": [
      {
        "path": "data.columns[0].cards[0].priority",
        "expected": [
          "low",
          "medium",
          "high"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "requestId": "req_01j9"
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "Too many requests.",
    "docsUrl": "https://mockflow.com/developers/concepts/errors#rate_limited"
  },
  "requestId": "req_45d49816999bac40"
}

Up to 100 operations, validated together before anything is drawn, then drawn as one action. Updates in a batch change position and size; replacing an item's data is PATCH /items/{itemId}. The Job's result.itemIds lists the created items, updated and deleted the others.

Authorization

Authorizationstringheaderrequired

Bearer <key>. The key needs boards:write scope. Create and manage keys in the developer console; what each scope unlocks is on the scopes page.

Path parameters

boardIdstringpathrequired

Headers

Idempotency-Keystringheader

A unique key per logical request. Replays within 24 hours return the original response.

Body

application/json

operationsobject | object | object[]required

Response

202 · application/json

idstring

kindenum<string>

One of item.create, item.update, item.delete, item.batch, ai.generate, ai.modify or skill.apply.

statusenum<string>

One of queued, running, succeeded or failed.

progressinteger

messagestring

Human readable progress, for example "Placing kanban".

resultobject | null

Child attributes

itemIdsstring[]

updatedstring[]

deletedstring[]

creditsUsedinteger

boardTitlestring | null

skillstring | null

convertedFromstring

sourceDeletedboolean

errorerror

Child attributes

codeenum<string>required

One of unauthorized, forbidden, not_found, validation_failed, conflict, plan_limit, rate_limited or internal.

messagestringrequired

detailsobject[]

docsUrlstring

upgradeUrlstring

createdAtstring

finishedAtstring | null

Errors

422validation_failed

The body did not match the schema for this item type.

429rate_limited

Too many requests.

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