Accela V4 API Release Notes

December 2024 V4 Release

Construct 4.5.2.5 Update

We are happy to announce the release of 4.5.2.5 of our Construct API solution.

This release contains the following enhancements:

  • With Civic Platform 24.2.1, Accela V4 API includes an enhancement for getting address types with the Get All Contact Types API and an update to the Get All Standard Comment Groups API documentation.
Title URI Change Description
Get All Contact Types GET /v4/settings/contacts/types? expand=addressTypes Now includes the Expand parameter in the URL which returns the Contact Address Type property. The properties for Address Type are text, value, and required.
Get All Standard Comment Groups GET /v4/settings/comments/groups Removed references to the Types property from the API documentation.

November 2024 V4 Release

Construct 4.5.2.4 Update

We are happy to announce the release of 4.5.2.4 of our Construct API solution.

This release contains the following fix:

  • Previously, when attempting to save an app with special characters in the App Settings, an error would occur. Now, App Settings supports all special characters.

October 2024 V4 Release

Construct 4.5.2.3 Update

We are excited to announce the release of version 4.5.2.3 of our Construct API solution.

This release includes the following enhancements:

  • During the authorization process for agency logins, the environment drop-down list now updates dynamically based on the agency name provided, ensuring accuracy and more intuitive experience.
  • For citizen account logins, the system now automatically resolves the tenant name during the authorization process, ensuring a smoother login process.

August 2024 V4 Release

Construct 4.5.2.2 Update

We are happy to announce the release of 4.5.2.2 of our Construct API solution.

This release includes a defect fix.

  • Issue: Search Cost Batch calls were failing with the error message "Request body is required," preventing successful execution.
  • Fix: This issue has been resolved, and batch calls now process successfully.

July 2024 V4 Release

Construct 4.5.2.1 Update

We are happy to announce the release of 4.5.2.1 of our Construct API solution. This release includes defect fixes.

February 2024 V4 Release

Construct 4.5.0.3 Update

We are happy to announce the release of V4.5.0.3 of our Construct API solution.

This release contains the following changes.

  • Enhanced logging and telemetry for certain API operations.
  • Previously, certain applications for a subset of agencies would fail to obtain an authorization token using a refresh token. This has been fixed.

Announcement of upcoming token changes


To enhance technology, security, and PCI compliance we are modifying the token expiration times for Construct authentication tokens. These changes will take effect from May 31st, 2024. The new expiration times are as follows:

  • Access tokens: 15 minutes
  • Refresh tokens: 8 hours

To avoid service disruptions, you must update your applications to adapt to these new expiration times before May 31st, 2024.

For detailed guidance on the Accela Construct authorization tokens and necessary updates, please visit the Developer Portal.

If you have additional questions, please contact customer support at support@accela.com

December 2023 V4 Release

Construct 4.5.0.2 Update

We are happy to announce the release of V4.5.0.2 of our Construct API solution.

This release contains fixes for the following issues.

  • Document upload API calls sometimes returned a 500 error response, despite the upload operation succeeding.
  • Certain API calls would time out after 100 seconds, instead of the expected 225 seconds.
  • The Download Document API did not return a Content-Disposition header.
  • When sent to the API service, requests to the Get Token Info API returned an invalid response. This issue did not affect requests sent to the Auth service.

November 2023 V4 Release

Construct 4.5.0.0 Update

We are happy to announce the release of V4.5.0.0 of our Construct API solution.

This release upgrades Construct to Micorosoft's .NET 6 Framework, and includes several performance enhancements.

May 2023 V4 API Release

Construct 4.4.14.1 Update

We are happy to announce the release of V4.4.14.1 of our Construct API solution. This is an API only release

The following apis are now available with this release

Additionally, the following API has been enhanced and returns additional data

April 2023 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4.14.0 Update

This release contains security enhancements for the SMTP email sent by Construct

February 2023 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4.13.2 Update

This release contains security enhancements for the Construct Authorization service

January 2023 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4.13.1 Update

This update fixes an issue in which a redirect_uri containing query paramaters causes a malformed redirect for Authorization Code and Implicit flows

September 2022 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4.13 Update

We are happy to announce the release of V4.4.13 of our Construct API solution.

This release adds support for authenticating with ArcGIS Online with an API Key. Agencies using their own ArcGIS Online account can configure the API Key via the GIS service security settings in the Agency Admin Portal

For more information on how to create and configure an ArcGIS Api Key, refer to the ArcGIS Documentation

Additionally, we have added new apis to support enhanced GIS, APO, Asset and Document related functionality

This release also contains fixes for the following issues

  • For certain Azure Hosted customers, a token obtained via Authorization Code or Implicit flows would return the error "Tenant not supported from request" when used in API calls
  • For Azure Hosted customers, the Get Agency Environment Status API would return an error when a Tenant name is provided
  • In certain cases, API calls intermittently returned the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

August 2022 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4.12 Update

We are happy to announce the release of V4.4.12 of our Construct API solution.

This release contains various performance and stability improvements, as well as fixes for the following issues

  • For Azure Hosted customers, the Get Agency Environment Status API would return an error even when the environment is available
  • For Developer, Admin and User portals, reset password emails would provide an invalid password reset url
  • The Get All Inspection Checklist Items with Available Statuses API intermittently returned a 500 response

Additionally, for Azure Hosted customers in the ANZ and Canada regions, there is a change to use of the TEST environment

  • For ANZ users, the TEST environment is now AUTEST
  • For Canada users, the TEST environment is now TESTCA

Applications will need to be updated with these new environment values to use the TEST environment. No other environments are impacted

Known issues
  • Batch API calls will return the message "Account not found" for sub-requests, if the Authorization header is not sent in the initial request. To workaround this, send an Authorization header in the initial request.

January 2022 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4.11 Update

We are happy to announce the release of V4.4.11 of our Construct API solution.

This release contains performance improvements in the following areas:

  • Enhancing caching
  • Improved internal routing for Azure Hosted customers
  • Improved performance in the Admin portal

This release also contains fixes for the following bugs

  • For /v4/batch calls, the error "Civic Id can't be null" would occur intermittently
  • For Contractor Central, the Register and Forgot Password functions failed to load
  • For apis that require a token, calls lacking the required token would return a 500 status instead of a 401 status
  • Accela Mobile intermittently failed to authenticate using SSO with the SSOProtocol app setting configured

Additionally, Construct has new Outbound IP Addresses. On-Premise Gateway installations should ensure the following IPs are allow-listed.

  • 13.89.202.123
  • 20.110.67.154
Known issues
  • For Azure Hosted customers, the Get Agency Environment Status API will return an error even when the environment is available

November 2021 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4.10 Update

We are happy to announce the release of V4.4.10 of our Construct API solution.

This release contains performance improvements in the following areas:

  • Enhanced concurrency for internal and external traffic
  • Additional caching for frequently accessed data

This release also contains the bug fixes from the 4.4.9.1 and 4.4.9.2 hotfix updates

October 2021 V4 Hotfix Update 2

This update fixes a bug in which calls against certain apis that support anonymous authentication would incorrectly return "account not found" or "SSO authentication failed" messages.

September 2021 V4 Hotfix Update

This update fixes a bug in which the use of a non-uppercase environment value would cause an error.

September 2021 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4.9 Update

We are happy to announce the release of V4.4.9 of our Construct API solution. This release is focused on increased security, performance, and reliability for our Construct users.

With V4.4.9 release we are adding an ability to generate and revoke refresh tokens through our Construct admin portal for enhanced security. Users will be able to generate refresh token per application for an agency by providing following information:

  • Agency Name
  • Application
  • Environment
  • Scope
  • Username
  • Password

With V4.4.9, users will also be able to revoke refresh tokens at the agency or application level. Revoking tokens will revoke all refresh tokens for an application. For more details, please refer to: https://developer.accela.com/docs/construct-refreshTokenManagement.html

With the V4.4.9 release, once the token is generated it will stay active for a year. After November 11th 2021, only refresh tokens generated after the V4.4.9 release will remain valid and all others will be deprecated - so users should create new tokens before 11/1/2021.

Gateway Monitoring for Self-Hosted Customers

With V4.4.9, Accela will also start enforcing gateway monitoring within Construct for our self-hosted customers. Sometimes our customers may have issues with calls that impact their performance and the performance of other customers.

The new program will continuously monitor the calls made through our customer’s gateways, and if it finds an abnormally high rate of slow calls made by our customers’ applications, we will send email alerts to contacts within those affected customers. The email alerts will allow users to better manage their calls made through their gateways and address potential causes within their infrastructures.

If there is no action taken after receiving the email alerts, the application will be temporarily blocked. If this happens, customers can go to our Admin portal to view when the application will be unblocked under the Applications section for the agency. The monitoring will be focused on response time from your gateway servers only and will not affect other aspects of Construct performance.

The initial thresholds which trigger the email alerts are the following:

  • Response time limit: 100 seconds or longer
  • Call counts per hour: 60 or more

If you have any questions on Construct V4.4.9, or any of the above information, please see your Accela Account Executive.

July 2021 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4.8 Update

The focus of this release is performance improvement and stabilization for our Construct users. To achieve this objective, we are implementing gateway monitoring within Construct which will continuously monitor the calls made through our customer’s gateways.

If this monitoring finds an abnormally high rate of slow calls made by our customers’ applications, we will send email alerts to contacts within those affected customers. The email alerts will allow users to better manage their calls made through their gateways and address potential causes within their infrastructures. The monitoring will be focused on response time from your gateway servers only and would not address other aspects of Construct performance.

The initial thresholds which trigger the email alerts are the following:

  • Response time limit: 100 seconds or longer.
  • Call counts per hour: 60 or more.

Also, please note this release does not include any changes in the refreshing of tokens.

May 2021 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4.7 Update

In order to give our customers more time to address the required changes for refresh tokens, we have decided to delay the release to July 8th 2021.

It is important to note the validity for refresh tokens management is changing on this date, and after July 8th, refresh tokens will be valid for seven days after which a new token will need to be retrieved.

What is Needed

If you are getting refresh tokens on every call or in less than 7 days, you do not need to do anything. If your application only gets a token once and never gets a refresh token, or if refresh timeframe is longer than 7 days, then calls to Accela API attempting to use the refresh token will fail with a message indicating the refresh token is invalid. If your application experiences this error, please re-initiate authentication to obtain a new access token and refresh token.

Depending on the authentication method you are using please visit the link below to reauthenticate with Construct:

1. Authorization Code Flow

2. Implicit Flow

3. Password Credential Login

Additional information can be found in the technical documentation at here

New API

Built an API that will allow users to access fees for a transaction using transaction ID

Title URI Description
Get Transaction Fees GET /v4/payments/transactions/{id}/fees Get the fees using transaction ID

February 2021 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4.5 Update

This version of Accela V4 API include a new API to get the AA version and an update to the Search Addresses API, allowing it to expand the parameters to include parcels and owners.

New API

Title URI Description
Get AA Version
Get the version number of the AA server that is running GET /v4/serverProperties Get the version number of the AA server that is running, which allows the mobile app to make decisions as to what API's they have available.

December 2020 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4.4 Update

This version of Accela V4 API include a new API to search inspection checklist items.

New API

Title URI Description
Inspection Checklist Items
Get All Inspection Checklist Items with Available Statuses GET /v4/inspections/{inspectionId}/checklists/{checklistId}/checklistItems/search Get all inspection checklist items along with reference guide sheet status group available statuses.

November 2020 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4.3 Update

This version of Accela V4 API include standard maintenance and updates to enhance performance.

October 2020 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4.2 Update

This version of Accela V4 API include performance enhancements, bug fixes, and a new API to update costs for records.

Performance Enhancements

  • Uses memory cache instead of Redis cache for SCOPES.
  • Improves concurrent requests to load resources and scopes from the database.
  • Fixes issue where AppSetting was cached but never used.

Construct Bug Fixes

  • Resolves an issue with request GIS Token was using the GET HTTP method, which is never an option for the ArcGIS online services. This was insecure because it exposed the username and password in the URL.
  • Resolves an issue with get coordinates by addresses and get addresses by coordinates (when using Custom ESRI Geocodeserver setups). Previously, it was always expecting credentials and forcibly requesting an access token.

New API

Title URI Description
Record Costs
Update Record Costs PUT /v4/records/{recordId}/costs/{id} Update the details of costs for given records.

July 2020 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4.1 Update

This version of Accela V4 API include a resolution to an issue for the ArcGIS Server authentication token.

When using ArcGIS Server token-based authentication, acquiring an ArcGIS token is now only allowed through HTTP POST request. Acquiring a token through HTTP GET request is possible, but disabled by default.

April 2020 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.4 Security Update

This version of Accela V4 API include an update to the password requirements to improve the security of the Construct portal and Accela API. Password must be at least 8-20 characters long and must contain at least 1 upper case, 1 lower case letter, and 1 number.

New users must meet the password requirements when creating their accounts in developer, administrator, or user portals.

Existing users must create strong passwords by meeting the new password policy when attempting to change or reset their password.

March 2020 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.3.2 Update

This version of Accela V4 API include security and maintenance updates to improve the performance of the Construct portal and Accela API.

December 2019 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.3.1 Enhancements

This version of Accela V4 API include enhancements related to required modules for record types.

Title URI Change Description
Record Types
Get All Record Types GET /v4/settings/records/types The query parameter "module" is required only for citizen-facing apps.
For agency-facing apps, this is not required.

Gateway 3.2.5

Accela Gateway now supports Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8. The Gateway 3.2.5 installer is available on the Agency Admin Portal > Resources

August 2019 V4 Release Update

Construct Bug Fix

The ability to link and unlink new Construct users now works as expected in the User Portal.

Construct Enhancements

  • Geocoding and routing services have been enhanced to support reverse geocoding when a token is required. Administrators can go to Agency Settings in the admin portal to update reverse geocoding with a token URL. Geocoding when a token is not required is still supported.

  • This version of Accela V4 API include enhancements related to required items for checklists and setting record types as "child only."

    Title URI Change Description
    Checklists
    Get All Checklists for Inspection GET /v4/inspections/{inspectionId}/checklists

    Indicates whether or not the field is required.

    Parameter added: isRequired

    Valid values: Y or N
    Get All Checklist Items for Checklist GET /v4/inspections/{inspectionId}/checklists/{checklistId}/checklistItems
    Get Checklist Item History GET /v4/inspections/{inspectionId}/checklists/{checklistId}/checklistItems/{checklistItemId}/histories
    Update Inspection Checklist Items PUT /v4/inspections/checklists/{id}/checklistItems
    Create Inspection Checklist POST /v4/inspections/{inspectionId}/checklists
    Record Types
    Get All Record Types GET /v4/settings/records/types

    Indicates whether or not the record type should be set as only a child to a parent record type.

    Parameter added: asChildOnly

    Valid values: Y or N

February 2019 V4 Release Update

Introducing the rate limit feature with Construct 4.2 release. The primary focus of this feature is site availability and performance. While Accela does not publish a specific rate-limiting policy, the decision to rate limit is based on traffic patterns. If the construct system identifies app traffic that appears to be degrading performance of the Accela API system, it may temporarily rate limit impose on the app until the activity is not going to impact the performance of the Accela API and other customers.

All successful API requests include three new headers in response about the current rate limit status. For header details, see HTTP Headers. If API responses are receiving an HTTP 429 status code (too many requests), the system may have identified anomalous traffic and started rate limiting in order to ensure site stability. If this has or will negatively affect your integration, please contact Accela Customer Support for assistance.

Construct Bug Fixes

  • Forget Password workflow fixed with this release. Customers are now prompted with instructions for resetting their password when selecting this option.

August 2018 V4 Release Update

August 23, 2018

Construct 4.1.1

  • Improved IP connection handling to allow for higher throughput. This will prevent Construct from running into connection problems under heavy load.

Gateway 3.2.4

  • Improved IP connection handling to allow for higher throughput. This will prevent Gateway from running into connection problems under heavy load.

March 2018 V4 Release Update

Enhancements Bug Fixes Maintenance

New Accela V4 API Endpoints

With Civic Platform 9.3.0, Accela V4 API include enhancements related to address and parcel records, APO custom forms, standard comments, and inspection IVR numbers.

Title URI Change Description
Addresses
Get All Address Records GET /v4/addresses/{id}/records Gets the records associated with the given reference address.
Update an Address PUT /v4/addresses/{id} Updates a reference address, including address custom fields.
Parcels
Get All Parcel Records GET /v4/parcels/{id}/records Gets the records associated with the given reference parcel.
Settings
Get Metadata for Address Custom Forms GET /v4/settings/addresses/customForms Gets the custom forms metadata for all reference addresses.
Get Metadata for Owner Custom Forms GET /v4/settings/owners/customForms Gets the custom forms metadata for all reference owners.
Get Metadata for Parcel Custom Forms GET /v4/settings/parcels/customForms Gets the custom forms metadata for all reference parcels.
Get All Standard Comment Groups for Inspection Type GET /v4/settings/inspections/types/{id}/comments/groups Gets the standard comment groups for a given inspection type.
Get All Standard Comment Groups for Inspection Checklist

/v4/settings/inspections/checklistItems/{id}/comments/groups

 Gets the standard comment groups for a given checklist item.

Accela V4 API Modifications

Title URI Change Description
Addresses

Get All Addresses

Get Address

GET /v4/addresses

GET /v4/addresses/{id}

 New request query parameter:
  • expand=customForms - Includes address custom forms in the respone
New response fields:
  • customForms - An array containing the address custom forms, each with the custom form id and custom field key/value pairs
Parcels
Get All Parcels

Get Parcel

Search Parcels

 GET /v4/parcels

GET /v4/parcels/{id}

POST /v4/search/parcels

 New request query parameter:
  • expand=customForms - Includes parcel custom forms in the respone
New response fields:
  • customForms - An array containing the parcel custom forms, each with the custom form id and custom field key/value pairs
Owners

Get All Owners

Get Owner

GET /v4/owners

GET /v4/owners/{id}

 New request query parameter:
  • expand=customForms - Includes owner custom forms in the respone
New response fields:
  • customForms - An array containing the owner custom forms, each with the custom form id and custom field key/value pairs
Records/Inspections
Get All Inspections for Record GET /v4/records/{recordId}/inspections
New response field:
  • type.ivrNumber - The Interactive Voice Response number assigned to the inspection type.
Get All Inspection Types for Record GET /v4/records/{recordIds}/inspectionTypes
New response field:
  • ivrNumber - The Interactive Voice Response number assigned to the inspection type.
Settings
Get All Standard Comments GET v4/settings/comments New request query parameter:
  • types - Comma-delimited query filter for standard comment types
New response fields:
  • page - Contains pagination parameters such as offset, limit, total, and hasmore.
Get All Standard Comment Groups GET v4/settings/comments/groups
New response fields:
  • types - An array containing a group's standard comment types.
  • page - Contains pagination parameters such as offset, limit, total, and hasmore.

Construct 4.1 Enhancements

  • Accela Gateway now supports Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.

    If your Gateway Server does not have .NET Framework 4.7, the Gateway 3.2.3 installer prompts you to install .NET Framework 4.7. The Gateway 3.2.3 installer is available on the Agency Admin Portal > Resources .

  • The Analytics page on the Developer Portal, developers can now filter API activity by date. To view an app's API activity data, login the Developer Portal and navigate to My Apps > {app} > Analytics.

  • The Agency page on the Agency Admin Portal now allows an administrator to enable or disable apps in bulk, and to set a default app setting for current and future apps.

    To enable or disable apps in bulk and change the default app setting on the Admin Portal, navigate to Agencies > {yourAgency}, click Change default app setting..., and follow the wizard. At the end of the wizard, you will change the default setting for all apps except for apps that you explicitly selected to remain either enabled or disabled. For details, see the instructions on the wizard.

Gateway 3.2.3 Enhancements

  • Accela Gateway now supports Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.

    If your Gateway Server does not have .NET Framework 4.7, the Gateway 3.2.3 installer prompts you to install .NET Framework 4.7. The Gateway 3.2.3 installer is available on the Agency Admin Portal > Resources .

 

December 2017 V4 Release Update

Construct 4.0.1

  • Agency Analytics tab on the Construct Admin Portal - enables agencies to observe API traffic by App for the last 7 days. (CF-2752)

    To see the Analytics tab, login the Construct Admin Portal, and navigate to Agencies > {yourAgency} > Analytics.

 

October 2017 V4 Release Update

Enhancements Bug Fixes Maintenance

Construct Maintenance

During this release, new IP addresses will be introduced for the Accela API. If your agency filters inbound or outbound traffic to or from Construct, please contact Accela Customer Support for details of the new IP addresses. To contact Customer Support, you either log a case on Accela Success Community or call (888) 722-2352 ext. 5.

New Accela V4 API Endpoints

With Civic Platform 9.2.0, Accela V4 API include enhancements for searching assets, getting custom data for transactional addresses and contacts, getting location information related to Right of Way Management, as well as bug fixes and usability improvements with the Assets and Filters APIs. The Get Environment Status is also now available to app developers for checking environment connectivity issues before allowing user interactions with their app.

Title URI Change Description
Agencies
Get Agency Environment Status GET /v4/agencies/{name}/environments/{env}/status Gets the status of an agency environment, as well as the version of the Civic Platform app server.
Assets
Search Assets POST /v4/search/assets Searches assets by GIS information.
Records/Addresses/CustomForms
Get Record Address Custom Forms GET /v4/records/{recordId}/addresses/{addressId}/customForms Gets the custom forms for a given record address.
Get Record Address Custom Forms Metadata GET /v4/records/{recordId}/addresses/{addressId}/customForms/meta Gets the custom forms metadata for a given record address.
Records/Contacts/CustomForms
Get Record Contact Custom Form Metadata GET /v4/records/{recordId}/contacts/{contactId}/customForms/{formId}/meta Gets the custom form metadata for a given record contact.

Accela V4 API Modifications

Title URI Change Description
Assets
Get All Assets

 GET /v4/assets

 The assetID query parameter now uses the alpha-numeric assetID as the filter field (previously used the numeric asset id).

Also added a new response field:
  • assetId - The unique alpha-numeric asset ID in an asset group.

Get Assets

Get All Linked Assets

GET /v4/assets/{ids}

GET /v4/assets/{id}/linkedAssets

 New response field:
  • assetId - The unique alpha-numeric asset ID in an asset group.
Filters
Get All Filters GET /v4/filters New request query parameter:
  • module - Filter by Civic Platform module. If module is not specified, the default module is the currently logged-in user's default Civic Platform module.
  • limit - page result size limit
  • offset - pagination offset
Get Filter Results POST /v4/filters/{id}/results

Get Filter Results now supports the following fixed format parameters for all filter types (Filter parameters are configured in Civic Platform Administration > Data Filter. Filters are also known as "Quick Queries" or "Saved Searches"):

  • $$TODAY$$
  • $$TODAY+N$$
  • $$MODULE$$
    Note: For an inspection filter type, because the $$MODULE$$ is not available on the Admin Tool, you can specify the module filter parameter in the request payload, eg:

    { "module": "Building" }

    If not specified, the default module is the logged-in user's module.

  • $$USERID$$
Records
Get Records

Get My Records

Search Records

 GET /v4/records/{ids}

GET /v4/records/mine

POST /v4/search/records

 New request query parameter:
  • expandCustomForms - If the expand query parameter includes any of addresses, parcels, owners, or contacts, expandCustomForms specifies which object(s) should include custom forms. Currently, only expandCustomForms=addresses is supported.
New response fields:
  • addresses.customForms[] - returned if expandCustomForms=addresses is requested.
  • addresses.crossStreetNameStart - The beginning intersecting street name for searching. Used with Right of Way Management integration.
  • addresses.crossStreetNameEnd - The ending intersecting street name for searching. Used with Right of Way Management integration.
  • addresses.locationType - The type of location used for Right of Way Management. The valid values are configured with the LOCATION_TYPE standard choice in Civic Platform Administration.
  • addresses.streetNameStart - The beginning street name for searching. Used with Right of Way Management integration.
  • addresses.streetNameEnd - The ending street name for searching. Used with Right of Way Management integration.
Create Record

Create Partial Record

Finalize Record

 POST /v4/records

POST /v4/records/initialize

POST /v4/records/{recordId}/finalize

 New request body field:
  • initiatedProduct - The product or app that created the record. If initiatedProduct is null or not specified in the request, the default is "AV360" (Civic Platform back-office application).
New response fields:
  • addresses.crossStreetNameStart - The beginning intersecting street name for searching. Used with Right of Way Management integration.
  • addresses.crossStreetNameEnd - The ending intersecting street name for searching. Used with Right of Way Management integration.
  • addresses.locationType - The type of location used for Right of Way Management. The valid values are configured with the LOCATION_TYPE standard choice in Civic Platform Administration.
  • addresses.streetNameStart - The beginning street name for searching. Used with Right of Way Management integration.
  • addresses.streetNameEnd - The ending street name for searching. Used with Right of Way Management integration.
Get All Record Addresses

Create Record Address

Update Record Address

Get Record Inspection

 GET /v4/records/{recordId}/addresses

POST /v4/records/{recordId}/addresses

PUT /v4/records/{recordId}/addresses/{id}

GET /v4/records/{recordId}/inspections

 New response fields:
  • addresses.crossStreetNameStart - The beginning intersecting street name for searching. Used with Right of Way Management integration.
  • addresses.crossStreetNameEnd - The ending intersecting street name for searching. Used with Right of Way Management integration.
  • addresses.locationType - The type of location used for Right of Way Management. The valid values are configured with the LOCATION_TYPE standard choice in Civic Platform Administration.
  • addresses.streetNameStart - The beginning street name for searching. Used with Right of Way Management integration.
  • addresses.streetNameEnd - The ending street name for searching. Used with Right of Way Management integration.
Get Record Contact Custom Forms

Get Record Contact Custom Forms Metadata

 GET /v4/records/{Id}/contacts/{Id}/customForms

GET /v4/records/{Id}/contacts/{Id}/customForms/meta

 

 Instead of returning people templates, these APIs now return custom form data and metadata.
Update Record Contact Custom Forms PUT /v4/records/{recordId}/contacts/{contactId}/customForms

 

 Instead of updating people templates, this API now updates the record contact's custom form data.
Get All Assets for Record GET /v4/records/{recordId}/assets New response field:
  • assetId - The unique alpha-numeric asset ID in an asset group.
Settings/Contacts
Get All Custom Forms Metadata for Contact Type GET /v4/settings/contacts/types/{id}/customForms Instead of returning people template metadata, this API now returns custom forms metadata.

Construct 4.0 Enhancements

  • On the Developer Portal, developers can now view API activity for their apps for the last 7 days by agency. To view an app's API activity data, login the Developer Portal and navigate to My Apps > {app} > Analytics.

  • On the Agency Admin Portal, the Civic Platform version on the agency host environment detail page and list is no longer required and has been removed.

Construct Bug Fixes

  • Resolved an issue on the Agency Admin Portal that prevented an administrator from deleting an agency dataset whose name contains single quotes on the Open Data tab. (CF-2535)

  • Resolved a bug with Accela V3 API encountered when a username contained a period character. (CF-2464)

  • Get Authentication Token (POST /oauth2/token) improved error messaging for scenarios in which the application server is not responding. (CF-1973)

  • Resolved an issue with Get All Assets (GET /v4/assets) where the query string parameter assetId was not retrieving the asset by Asset ID value.

  • Resolved the following issues with Update Asset (PUT /v4/assets/{id}):

    • If an attribute was being added in attributeTables{} without an id, a data_validation_error was returned. Also, updating an attribute with a given id did not update the attribute for the given id. If an id is not included when adding an attribute, Update Asset now defaults to the next incremented id. The update operation now updates the correct attribute with the requested id. (API-4498).

    • If the asset status was not included in the request, the asset status was saved as null in the database. Also, if a date field in the request contained the timestamp, the date was being saved as null in the database. (API-4522)

  • Resolved an issue with Update Asset Custom Attributes (PUT /v4/assets/{id}/attributes) in which dropdown list custom attributes were not being updated even if the return status indicated that the update was successful. (API-4509)

  • Resolved an issue with Schedule Inspection (POST /v4/inspections/schedule) which prevented failed guidesheets from being carried over to new inspections. (API-4485)

  • Resolved an issue with Get Record Contact Custom Forms (GET /v4/records/{Id}/contacts/{Id}/customForms) and Get Record Contact Custom Forms Metadata (GET /v4/records/{Id}/contacts/{Id}/customForms/meta) which returned people template attributes instead of custom form attributes. (API-4520)

  • Resolved the following issues with Get All Filters (GET /v4/filters):

    • Get All Filters did not support pagination. See Get All Filters under Accela V4 API Modifications for new request and response fields for pagination support. (API-4401)

    • Get All Filters returned all user-defined filters, regardless of permissions. Get All Filters now returns only the currently logged-in user's own filters and global filters the user has permissions to use. Global filter permissions are configured on Civic Platform Administration > Data Filter & Query > Global Saved Searches > Recipients. (API-4400)

  • Resolved an issue with Get Filter Results (POST /v4/filters/{id}/results) which returned an HTTP 500 error if the filter contains fixed format parameters such as $$TODAY$$. See Get Filter Results under Accela V4 API API Modifications for a list of supported fixed format parameters. (API-4555)

Construct Documentation Update

The Accela V4 API Reference now renders API JSON files which follow the industry-standard OpenAPI Specification (Swagger) 2.0. All Accela V4 API endpoints have been categorized into functional groups, each with its own API page where you can:
  • Search for an endpoint
  • Clearly see the request path/query/body parameters
  • Expand or collapse hierarchical payloads
  • Copy/paste request and response sample JSON
  • Download the API JSON file

You can also use the Accela V4 API Index to find all API endpoints on one page.

 

July 2017 V4 Release Update

Upcoming Maintenance: July 13, 2017

Construct Maintenance

This is an infrastructure update that will enable performance and stability opportunities for Construct. As a result, new IP addresses have been introduced for the Accela API. If your agency restricts inbound or outbound traffic to or from Construct, please contact Accela Customer Support for details of the new IP addresses. To contact Customer Support, you either log a case on Accela Success Community or call (888) 722-2352 ext. 5.

 

June 2017 V4 Release Update

Construct 3.9 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the missing cities and counties under the states returned by the Get All Agencies API. (CF-2529)

 

May 2017 V4 Release Update

New Accela V4 API

Title URI Description
Geocoding
Reverse Geocode GET /v4/geo/geocode/reverse Returns address information for the given longitude and latitude coordinates.
Note: The new Reverse Geocode API is equivalent to the v3 version.

Construct 3.8 Enhancements

  • The Construct Admin Portal now allows an administrator to be added to multiple agencies. For details, see Construct 3.8 Administrator Guide > Administrators > Adding a Host or Agency Administrator.

  • The Construct Admin Portal now allows an administrator to clear an agency's anonymous user cache. For details, see Construct 3.8 Administrator Guide > Hosts and Agencies > Agency Settings > Clearing the Cache.

 

March 2017 V4 Release Update

Enhancements supporting the Civic Platform 9.0.0 release

New Accela V4 API

With Civic Platform 9.0.0, Accela API supports assets, asset attributes, condition assessments and observations, invoices, and filters. For a list of the new Accela API, see New Accela V4 API for Civic Platform 9.0.0

Note the following availability dates of the Accela V4 API enhancements with Civic Platform Release 9.0.0:
  • Accela-hosted Staging environment: December 15, 2016
  • Accela-hosted Support environment: January 10, 2017
  • Accela-hosted Production environment: March 2017

 

Accela V4 API Modifications

Title URI Change Description
Records
Search Records POST /v4/search/records Modifications:
  • expand - Existing URI parameter now supports "assets", which returns asset information with the search results.
  • asset{} - New asset{} request sub-object allows searching records by asset
  • assetAttribute{} - New request assetAttribute{} sub-object allows search records by custom asset attributes. The assetAttribute{} request sub-object contains custom attribute fields as defined in the Asset attributes metadata (Get Attributes Metadata for Asset).
  • result.asset{} - New asset{} response sub-object.
Get Records GET /v4/records/{ids} Modifications:
  • expand - Existing URI parameter now supports "assets", which returns asset information in the response.
  • result.asset{} - New asset{} response sub-object.
Get All Inspection Types for Record GET /v4/records/{recordIds}/inspectionTypes Modifications:
  • inspectionTypes.hasSchdulePermission - returns 'Y' if inspectionTypes.schdulePermission is either 'REQUEST_ONLY_PENDING', 'REQUEST_SAME_DAY_NEXT_DAY', or 'SCHEDULE_USING_CALENDAR'. If inspectionTypes.schdulePermission is 'NONE' or null, inspectionTypes.hasSchdulePermission returns 'N'. This modification was introduced to fix the issue in which non-citizen inspections were incorrectly returned by Get All Inspection Types for Record.
  • inspectionTypes.schdulePermission - A new response field that returns one of the scheduling permissions in Citizen Access:
    • NONE - Does not allow public users to schedule this inspection type online.
    • REQUEST_ONLY_PENDING - Only allows public users to request for an inspection online. The agency coordinates the appointment for the inspection date and time.
    • REQUEST_SAME_DAY_NEXT_DAY - Allows public users to request an inspection for the same day, next day, or next available day, based on the inspection type calendar parameters defined on the inspection type.
    • SCHEDULE_USING_CALENDAR - Allows public users to schedule inspections based on the availability on the inspection type calendar.
DocumentReview
Update Document Review Task Status PUT /v4/documentReview/documents/{documentId}/tasks/{id} Added the following request field:
  • discipline - The inspection discipline related to the document review.

Construct Framework Enhancements

  • Scope names have been simplified and are now equivalent to their corresponding scope groups. The individual, long scope names from previous releases have been deprecated. You now can use the simpler scope group name as the scope value.

Accela V4 API Documentation Update

  • The Accela API Reference index page no longer shows the Scope Group column. What used to be the scope group value can now be used as the scope value. The API pages show the deprecated scope names for the API.

 

February 2017 V4 Release Update

Construct 3.7.1 Bug Fixes

  • Bug fix for handling expired or invalid OAuth2 tokens

 

January 2017 V4 Release Update

Construct 3.7 Release: January 23, 2017

Construct 3.7 Enhancements

  • Improved error handling - The Accela API now return an error if the x-accela-environment or x-accela-agency HTTP header value does not match the access token provided in the Authorization HTTP header. (CF-1908)

    In addition, the Authentication token API returns improved error messages if required request parameters are missing. (CF-1602)

  • New agency NULLISLAND in the sandbox - To test your app with fresh and clean data in the Construct sandbox environment, use the new NULLISLAND agency instead of the existing ISLANDTON agency. (CF-2302)

  • Security enhancement- Construct now implements SHA-2 password encryption to comply with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) information security requirements. When logging in to the Construct Administrator, Developer, and User portals, the user's password is automatically converted to the SHA-2 encryption. (CF-1771)

 

December 2016 V4 Release Update

December 1, 2016

New Accela V4 API

Title URI Description
Agencies
Get Environment Status GET/v4/agencies/{name}/environments/{env}/status Gets the status of the specified agency environment. This API enables app developers to check and catch environment connectivity issues before allowing user interactions with the app. (CF-2203)

Construct 3.6 Bug Fixes

  • In the 3.5.1 release, the Get Linked User Account API returned a different response for agency users. The API now returns the correct agency user properties. (CF-2132)

  • A 400 error code is now returned if the value of the x-accela-environment or x-accela-agency header does not match the access token in the Authorization header (CF-1908).

 

October 2016 V4 Release Update

Construct 3.5.2 Hotfix Bug Fixes

  • Resolves an issue within the Construct Admin Portal preventing users from creating new Open Data dataset templates. (CF-2207)

September 2016 V4 Release Update

Enhancements Bug Fixes

New Accela V4 API

Title URI Change Description
Records/Contacts/CustomTables
Get Record Contact Custom Tables GET /v4/records/{recordId}/contacts/{contactId}/customTables Gets the custom tables associated with the specified record contact.
Get Record Contact Custom Table Metadata GET /v4/records/{recordId}/contacts/{contactId}/customTables/{tableId}/meta Gets the metadata of a specified custom table associated with the specified record contact.
Get All Custom Tables Metadata for Record Contact GET /v4/records/{recordId}/contacts/{contactId}/customTables/meta Gets the metadata of all custom tables associated with the specified record contact.
Update Record Contact Custom Tables PUT /v4/records/{recordId}/contacts/{contactId}/customTables Updates the custom tables for the specified record contact.
Settings/Contacts
Get All Custom Table Settings for Contact Type GET /v4/settings/contacts/types/{id}/customTables Gets all custom table settings for specified contact type.

Accela V4 API Modifications

Title URI Change Description
Agencies
Get All Linked User Accounts GET /v4/civic/accounts The Get All Linked User Accounts API now supports linked accounts across multiple environments such as PROD and SUPP environments.
Create Linked User Accounts POST /v4/civicid/accounts The Create Linked User Accounts API now supports linked accounts across multiple environments such as PROD and SUPP environments.
Get Authentication Token POST /oauth2/token The POST /oauth2/token API now requires the HTTP header content-type to be set to application/x-www-form-urlencoded.

Construct 3.5 Enhancements

Construct 3.5 Bug Fixes

  • Bug fix in V3 Update Record API. Previously, when the assignToInfo{} is updated via PUT /v3/records/{id}, the assignToInfo.AssignDate and assignToInfo.assignStaff fields were not being returned by the V3 Get Record API. This issue has been resolved. (CF-2071)

  • Bug fix in V4 Get My Records API when used with multiple environments. Previously, the GET /v4/records/mine API returned a status 500 internal server error if the CivicID is linked to multiple environments. Also, if a linked user or environment has been changed, the GET /v4/records/mine API returned incorrect data. These issues have been resolved; Get My Records API now supports linked users across multiple environments. (CF-2061)

Construct 3.5.1 Hotfix Bug Fixes

  • System performance-related bug fix - A random concurrency issue occurred when there is a large number of requests coming in during system initialization. The code has been fixed to correctly handle concurrency during system initialization.

  • Fixed misleading message "Failed to get response from sub-system" for POST /oauth2/token - The error handling has been fixed to present the appropriate error message for authentication. (CF-2090)

Accela V4 API Documentation Update

  • An updated look and feel using webhelp responsive format with top menu navigation and search box

  • Construct SDKs have been moved to https://github.com/Accela-Inc

June 2016 V4 Release Update

Enhancements Bug Fixes

New Accela V4 API

Title URI Description
Inspections
Get All Agency Environments GET /v4/agencies/{name}/environments Returns an array of the API environments for the specified agency, including the environment's API provider and version.

Accela V4 API Modifications

Title URI Change Description
Agencies
Search Agencies POST /v4/search/agencies Added the following request fields: Added the following response fields:
  • country - The two-character code for the country that the agency belongs to, as configured on Construct Admin Portal > Agencies > Agency Info.
  • state - The state that the agency belongs to, as configured on Construct Admin Portal > Agencies > Agency Info. For US and Canada, the two-character state code is returned. For other countries, the state field can contain up to 100 characters.
Get All Agencies GET /v4/agencies Added the following response fields:
  • country - The two-character code for the country that the agency belongs to, as configured on Construct Admin Portal > Agencies > Agency Info.
  • state - The state that the agency belongs to, as configured on Construct Admin Portal > Agencies > Agency Info. For US and Canada, the two-character state code is returned. For other countries, the state field can contain up to 100 characters.
Get Agency GET /v4/agencies/{agency} Added the following response fields:
  • country - The two-character code for the country that the agency belongs to, as configured on Construct Admin Portal > Agencies > Agency Info.
  • state - The state that the agency belongs to, as configured on Construct Admin Portal > Agencies > Agency Info. For US and Canada, the two-character state code is returned. For other countries, the state field can contain up to 100 characters.

Construct 3.4 Enhancements

  • The Search Agencies, Get All Agencies, and Get Agency API now return the country and state which have been configured for the agency on the Construct Admin Portal. (CF-1860)

  • Infrastructure changes:

    • API analytics database has been moved from SQL Server to Azure DocumentDB for better performance and data protection (CF-1598)

    • Log storage has been consolidated and enhanced for more efficient log storage, diagnostics, and troubleshooting (CF-1610)

    • Cache service and refresh mechanism now support active-active Construct deployment on multiple data centers (CF-1678)

Construct 3.4 Bug Fixes

  • The Get Agencies API now returns HTTP error code 404 if the {agency} parameter does not exist. (CF-1772)

  • The HTTP error code 500 returned by Search Records via anonymous API request has been fixed.. (CF-1621)

  • The Get My Records API now returns HTTP error code 400 instead of 500 if the specified agency in the x-accela-agency header is invalid (CF-819)

  • The Authentication API (https://auth.accela.com/oauth2/token) now returns HTTP error code 404 if the environment request parameter is missing.(CF-1533)

  • The Authentication API (https://auth.accela.com/oauth2/token) fixed the unclear "System.AggregateException" error message returned when the Construct request to Gateway times out. The error message has been changed to "The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized. Please check the configured Gateway and AA". (CF-264)

  • The Create Account button on the Developer Portal user registration page has been fixed. (CF-1866)

Construct Admin Portal bug fixes

  • The Agency Info page on the Admin Portal now allows an administrator to specify the country and state for the agency. For US and Canada, a dropdown list of the states are provided. For other countries, enter the state in a text field. (CF-1860)

  • The Add Environment page on the Admin Portal now includes the latest Civic Platform versions. (CF-1862)

  • The Hosted ACA checkbox label on the AgencyInfo page on the Admin Portal was confusing and has been re-labeled to "ACA Deployed", which specifies whether or not the agency has deployed Citizen Access. (CF-1681)

CivicId User Portal bug fixes

  • The CivicId registration email sent to a new CivicId user no longer shows the password as plain text. (CF-1830)

Construct 3.4.1 Hotfix Bug Fixes

June 28, 2016

  • Fixed the implicit auth flow for agency apps and the "Unknown Agency error" from the Token Test generation tool (Get Api Test Token page) of the Developer Portal (CF-2025).

April 2016 V4 Release Update

Accela V4 API Modifications

Title URI Change Description
Inspections
Get All Available Dates for Inspection GET /v4/inspections/availableDates Added the following request fields:
  • validateCutOffTime - If true, the Schedule Cut-off Time field setting on the Civic Platform Inspection Calendar is used to filter the returned available dates. If validateCutOffTime is set to true, the validateScheduleNumOfDays must also be set to true. The default value is false, which ignores the Schedule Cut-off Time field on the inspection calendar.
  • validateScheduleNumOfDays - If true, the Schedule Number of Days Out field setting on the Civic Platform Inspection Calendar is used to filter the returned available dates. If validateScheduleNumOfDays is set to true, the validateCutOffTime must also be set to true. The default value is false, which ignores the Schedule Number of Days Out field on the inspection calendar.

Construct 3.3.6 Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • This release enables TLS 1.2 in the Accela API, Auth, and User subsystems.

    Note: Accela has announced that effective June 17, 2016, TLS 1.0 will no longer be supported by the Accela product suite.

December 2015 V4 Release Update

Construct 3.3.5 Bug Fixes and Enhancements

  • Construct now sets the HTTP header user-agent to "Accela/Construct" when communicating with Accela Gateway. (CF-1524)
  • Bug fix for error code 500 returned by GET /v4/records/mine when the HTTP request header x-accela-agencies is set to "all" and x-accela-agency is empty. The HTTP request header x-accela-agency is not required if x-accela-agencies is used. (CF-1555)
  • Bug fix for "An error occurred while processing your request" error due to concurrency issue when viewing or modifying an agency on the Construct Admin Portal. (CF - 1580)

October 2015 V4 Release Update

New Accela V4 API Resources

Title URI Description
Contacts
Get All Records for Contact GET /v4/contacts/{id}/records Gets all records for the specified contact
Owners
Get All Owner Conditions GET /v4/owners/{ownerId}/conditions Gets all conditions for the specified owner.
Parcels
Get All Parcel Conditions GET /v4/parcels/{parcelId}/conditions Gets all conditions for the specified parcel.
Professionals
Get All Professional Conditions GET /v4/professionals/{id}/conditions Gets all conditions for the specified professional.
Accela V4 API Modifications
Title URI Change Description
Records
Get All Records GET /v4/records Added the following request fields:
  • statusDateFrom - The start date of a status date range filter.
  • statusDateTo - The end date of a status date range filter.
  • updateDateFrom - The start date of a last update date range filter.
  • updateDateTo - The end date of a last update date range filter.
Added the following response fields:
  • updateDate - The record's last update date.
Get My Records GET /v4/records/mine Added the following request fields:
  • statusDateFrom - The start date of a status date range filter.
  • statusDateTo - The end date of a status date range filter.
  • statusTypes- Support for multiple status types filter.
  • updateDateFrom - The start date of a last update date range filter.
  • updateDateTo - The end date of a last update date range filter.
Added the following response fields:
  • updateDate - The record's last update date.
Search Records POST /v4/search/records Added the following request fields:
  • statusDateFrom - The start date of a status date range filter.
  • statusDateTo - The end date of a status date range filter.
  • statusTypes[]- Support for multiple status types filter.
  • updateDate - The last update date of a record.
  • updateDateFrom - The start date of a last update date range filter.
  • updateDateTo - The end date of a last update date range filter.
Added the following response fields:
  • updateDate - The record's last update date.
Get All Record Types GET /v4/settings/records/types Added the following request fields:
  • action - The action associated with the record type, such as Create an Application, Create a Hunting License, Amend an Application, Amend a Contact.
Accela V4 API Bug Fixes
Title URI Problem and Fix Description
Get All Records GET /v4/records Records beyond the 100th record were not returned. The limitation has been removed. Results with more than 100 records are now returned based on the limit and offset parameters.
Search Records POST /v4/search/records Records beyond the 100th record were not returned. The limitation has been removed. Results with more than 100 records are now returned based on the limit and offset parameters.
Search Contacts POST /v4/search/contacts Empty request filter fields caused an internal_server_error 500 failure. This issue has been fixed.
Construct 3.3.4 Bug Fixes
  • Bug fix for internal server error when creating record with ASIT using Create Record V3 API
Construct 3.3.3 Bug Fixes and Enhancements
  • Support for Civic Platform 7.3.3.7, 8.0.0
  • Inspector app bug fixes
  • Bug fix for missing log entries

August 2015 V4 Release Update

Construct 3.3.2 Bug Fixes

  • Previously, when a high number of concurrent requests call the same Accela API, a multi-threading issue could potentially cause multiple API requests to receive incorrect data. This multi-threading issue has been fixed.

July 2015 V4 Release Update

Construct 3.3 Framework Enhancements

  • Construct performance tuning
  • Fixed CivicId login failure with Gateway 3.2
Accela V4 API Modifications
Title URI Description
Create Record User Comments POST /v4/records/{recordId}/usercomments DEPRECATED in V4.
Get All User Comments for Record GET /v4/records/{recordId}/usercomments DEPRECATED in V4.

June 2015 V4 Release Update

Accela V4 API Bug Fixes

Title URI Description
Get Image Document Thumbnail GET /v4/documents/{documentId}/thumbnail Previously, citizens received an error ( internal_server_error with the message "The method or operation is not implemented") when an app called the Get Image Document Thumbnail API. This issue has been fixed.

May 2015 V4 Release Update

Enhancements Bug Fixes

Accela V4 API Modifications

Title URI Change Description
Announcements
Get All Announcements GET /v4/announcements Added the following request field:
  • isRead - Indicates whether to return read or unread announcements.

Added the following response field:

  • isRead - Indicates whether or not an announcement has been read by the logged-in user, that is, the read status of the announcement returned using the specified authorization token.
Inspections
Get All Available Dates for Inspection GET /v4/inspections/availableDates Allows a request date range of up to 31 days (previously 30 days). No syntax change.
Inspectors
Get All Inspectors GET /v4/inspectors Added the following response fields:
  • email- The inspector's email address.
  • mobilePhone - The inspector's mobile phone number.
  • preferredChannel - The method by which the contact prefers to be notified, by phone for example.
Get Inspector GET /v4/inspectors/{id} Now supports both Agency and Citizen app types.

Added the following response fields:

  • email- The inspector's email address.
  • mobilePhone - The inspector's mobile phone number.
  • preferredChannel - The method by which the contact prefers to be notified, by phone for example.
Payments
Create Payment POST /v4/payments Added the following request field:
  • trustAccount{}- Contains request parameters for a trust account payment.
  • check{} - Contains request parameters for a check payment.

Added the following response fields:

  • entityId- Identifies the objectthe payment applies to
  • entityType - The type of object the payment applies to. For example, record.
Records
Records API that update, create, delete objects related to a record POST|PUT|DELETE /v4/records/{recordId}/* where * includes addresses, customForms, customTables, contacts, professionals Support for new Accela Citizen Access functionality that allows citizens to edit the records they submitted in ACA. The edit permissions are configured by the Automation Administrator. For details, see the Automation 7.3.3 Release Notes > Service Pack 5 New Features > Enabling Citizens to Edit Records in ACA.
Records/Fees
Get All Fees for Record GET /v4/records/{recordId}/fees Deprecated the following unused fields:
  • description, effectDate, expireDate, udf1, udf2, udf3, udf4, calcFlag, variable, autoInvoiceFlag, autoAssessFlag, calculatedFlag, acaRequiredFlag, feeAllocationType, allocatedFee1, allocatedFee2, allocatedFee3, schedule

Renamed the following response fields:

  • feeNotes renamed to notes
  • accCodeL1 renamed to accountCode1
  • accCodeL2 renamed to accountCode2
  • accCodeL3 renamed to accountCode3
Searches
Search Contacts POST /v4/search/contacts Added the following request fields:
  • orderBy - Comma-delimited sort fields and sort order. If sort order is not specified, default is ascending order. For example: "orderBy":"lastName desc,email asc"
Added support for Soundex searching. Similar to Automation, the Soundex search functionality is available on the street name and common contact fields, such as the following request fields:
  • firstName
  • middleName
  • lastName
  • organizationName
  • tradeName
  • businessName
  • streetName

A new request parameter enables the Soundex search: openSoundexSearch.The following is a sample request using Soundex search on the firstName field:

{

"openSoundexSearch": "Y",

"firstName": "Lisa"

}
Search Records POST /v4/search/records Updated the valid values for the following request field:
  • expand=conditions,conditionOfApprovals - returns associated standard conditions or conditions of approval with the search results (respectively)
Added the following request fields:
  • condition - Supports Search Records by standard condition
  • conditionOfApproval - Supports Search Records by condition of approval

Added the following response fields:

  • conditions[] - Standard condition search results
  • conditionOfApprovals[] - Condition of approval search results
Settings
Get All Fee Schedules GET /v4/settings/fees Renamed the following response fields:
  • feeNotes renamed to notes
  • accCodeL1 renamed to accountCode1
  • accCodeL2 renamed to accountCode2
  • accCodeL3 renamed to accountCode3
Get All Inspection Types GET /v4/settings/inspections/types Added the following request field:
  • expand- Ifexpand=associationsis included as a request parameter, the inspection type associations will be returned.

Added the following response field:

  • associations - Contains parameters associated with the inspection type

    "associations": {

    "standardCommentGroup": {

    "text": "string",

    "value": "string"

    }
Get Inspection Types GET /v4/settings/inspections/types/{ids} Added the following request field:
  • expand- Ifexpand=associationsis included as a request parameter, the inspection type associations will be returned.

Added the following response field:

  • associations - Contains parameters associated with the inspection type

    "associations": {

    "standardCommentGroup": {

    "text": "string",

    "value": "string"

    }
Get All Record Types GET /v4/settings/records/types Added the following request field:
  • expand- Ifexpand=associationsis included as a request parameter, the record type associations will be returned.

Added the following response fields:

  • alias - The record type alias
  • associations - Contains parameters associated with the record type

    "associations": {

    "inspectionGroup": "string",

    "standardCommentGroup": [

    {

    "value": "string",

    "text": "string"

    }

    ],

    "documentCode": "string",

    "expirationCode": "string",

    "feeSchedule": "string",

    "virtualFolderGroup": "string",

    "addressTypeGroup": "string",

    "appStatusGroup": "string",

    "workflow": "string",

    "customFormGroup": "string"

    }

New Accela V4 API Resources

Construct Framework Enhancements

  • Support for Accela Gateway 3.2

  • Gateway 3.2 simplifies the configuration of Automation Biz Servers and multiple environments. An agency administrator can specify multiple environments, and can configure at least one Automation Biz Server for each environment. Gateway will route API calls to the specified Biz Servers. If an agency prefers to use an enterprise load balancer, the agency administrator can enter the IP address of the load balancer instead of a list of Biz Server IP’s.

  • Support CivicID's aggregated view of records across agencies

  • The new HTTP Header x-accela-agencies allows HTTP GET API's to return data across agencies for which accounts linked to a CivicId has access to.

    Known limitation: The same request API with the same parameters will be sent to all agencies, regardless of how the different agencies have customized their Automation configurations. For example, if a record type in Agency A is defined as "Permit/SingleFamilyHouse/Roof/Final" but defined as "Building/Residential/SingleFamily/RoofFinal" in Agency B, the API will simply return what was defined in each agency, regardless of configuration inconsistency.

Accela V4 API Bug Fixes

Title URI Description
Create Payment POST /v4/payments With Automation 7.3.3.5, the Create Payment API returned an error code of 400 and a message "The Credit Card information is required if pay by Credit Card". This issue has been resolved. The Create Payment API has been fixed to consistently return payment information, whether the requested paymentMethod is Credit Card, Check, or Trust Account.
Get All Available Dates for Inspection GET /v4/inspections/availableDates With Automation 7.3.3.5 and earlier releases, the Get All Available Dates for Inspection API returned a data_validation_error if a 31-day month range is requested (for example, startDate=2015-05-01&endDate=2015-05-31). This issue has been resolved. The Get All Available Dates for Inspection API now allows a request date range of up to 31 days.
Get All Inspection Types for Record GET /v4/records/{recordIds}/inspectionTypes With Automation 7.3.3.5 and earlier versions, the Get All Inspection Types for Records API did not return the record's inspection types with correct values for the hasSchdulePermission, hasReschdulePermission, and hasCancelPermission response fields for the currently logged-in user. This issue has been resolved. The correct inspection types attached to the record with correct permissions for the logged-in user are now returned.
Get All Records GET /v4/inspectors For API consumers who were authenticating as an Agency User with Automation 7.3.3.5.1, the Get All Records API () did not return the correct result set if a non-zero offset request parameter is used. This issue has been resolved. The Get All Records API now returns the correct result set whose first record is set by the offset request parameter.
Dependencies

  • The May 2015 Accela V4 API enhancements and bug fixes support Automation 7.3.3.5.2 Hotfix Release and later.

    NOTE: Refer to the API documentation to see each API’s supported minimum Automation version. For on-premise customers, the Automation version published on the API page indicates that your agency requires at least that version of the Automation biz server. For modified API’s, their API pages show which fields are introduced in later Automation versions.

January 2015 V4 Release Update

Modifications

  • Password Credential Login - allows a client to get API access tokens via userid/password credentials. This login mechanism complies with the OAuth 2.0 Framework's Resource Owner Password Credentials authentication standard.

  • Accela API V4 documentation fixes

November 2014 V4 Release Update

This Accela API V4 Release Update supports Automation 7.3.3 and includes the following new features and modifications:

New Features

The November 2014 V4 Release Update provides the following new API resources:

  • Records

    Delete Records DELETE /v4/records/{ids}

  • Record Activities

    Create Record Activities POST /v4/records/{recordId}/activities
    Get All Record Activities GET /v4/records/{recordId}/activities
    Update Record Activity PUT /v4/records/{recordId}/activities/{id}
    Get All Activity Priorities GET /v4/settings/activities/priorities
    Get All Activity Statuses GET /v4/settings/activities/statuses
    Get All Activity Types GET /v4/settings/activities/types

  • Record Costs

    Get Cost Accounts GET /v4/settings/costs/accounts
    Get Cost Factors GET /v4/settings/costs/factors
    Get Cost Types GET /v4/settings/costs/types
    Get Cost Items GET /v4/settings/costs/types/{typeName}/items
    Get Cost UnitTypes GET /v4/settings/costs/unitTypes
    Search Costs POST /v4/search/costs

  • Part Transactions

    Create Record Part Transaction POST /v4/records/{recordId}/partTransaction
    Get Record Part Transaction GET /v4/records/{recordId}/partTransaction
    Void Record Part Transaction DELETE /v4/records/{recordId}/partTransaction/{ids}
    Get Part Locations GET /v4/settings/parts/locations
    Get Part Types GET /v4/settings/parts/types
    Search Parts POST /v4/search/parts

  • Payments and Fees

    Get Payment GET /v4/payments/{paymentId}
    Get Payment Transactions GET /v4/transactions/{ids}
    Estimate Record Fees PUT /v4/records/{recordId}/fees/estimate
    Get All Fee Schedules GET /v4/settings/fees
    Get All Fee Schedules for Record Type GET /v4/settings/records/types/{id}/fees/schedules

  • Shopping Carts

    Get All Shopping Cart Items GET /v4/shoppingCart

  • Checklists

    Get Checklists Statuses GET /v4/settings/inspections/checklists/statuses

  • Documents and Folders

    Update Document PUT /v4/documents/{documentId}
    Get Document Thumbnail GET /v4/documents/{documentId}/thumbnail
    Get Folder Groups GET /v4/settings/documents/folderGroups
    Update Folder Groups PUT /v4/settings/documents/folderGroups
    Create Folders POST /v4/settings/documents/folders
    Update Folders PUT /v4/settings/documents/folders
    Delete Folders DELETE /v4/settings/documents/folders/{ids}

  • Time Accounting

    Get Time Accounting GET /v4/timeAccounting
    Create Time Accounting POST /v4/timeAccounting
    Update Time Accounting PUT /v4/timeAccounting/{id}
    Delete Time Accounting DELETE /v4/timeAccounting/{ids}

  • Pick Lists (Shared Dropdown Lists)

    Get All Pick Lists GET /v4/settings/pickLists
    Get Pick List GET /v4/settings/pickLists/{id}

  • Mileage

    Create Mileage POST /v4/mileage

  • Announcements

    Get Announcements GET /v4/announcements
Modifications
Title URI Change Description
Create Payment POST /v4/payments Added support for check payment and multiple payment entities.
Search Records POST /v4/search/records Added fields in the types[] request parameter array to allow more search criteria for multiple record types.
Dependencies

  • Automation 7.3.3 Feature Pack Release

  • Gateway 3.1

API Documentation Updates

  • The Accela API Reference index has been reorganized as follows:

    • The API Reference listing is categorized and sorted by the resource URI

    • The API by Function section provides a functional view of the API Reference.

May 2014 V4 Release

This initial release of the Accela Accela V4 API is for general availability.

Features

Accela Accela V4 API provides support for the following:

  • Authentication – Support for user registration, identity management, authentication, authorization, token management, input claims, output claims, and oAuth login dialogs.

  • Citizen engagement – Unified syntax across resources and across agency and citizen interfaces.

  • Agency productivity – Stepped approach for creating core records allowing initialization, partial record creation and intermediate sub-element updates, and final completion according to agency requirements and workflows.

  • Civic Platform Data Model – Grouped API scope for easy understanding of the Civic Platform Data Model’s root objects such as Inspections, Records, Conditions, Professionals, Owners, Parcels, and their supporting sub-objects.

  • Civic ID API – Provision for Civic ID user profile and linked agency and citizen account information.

  • Secure Payments – Cashier API allowing users to pay for record with server side gateway payment adapter.

  • Search – Support for global search providing keyword search feature.

  • Internationalization – Multiple language support for API request and response parameters.

Accela Construct Developer Portal > Resources provides a rich set of developer resources: SDKs for iOS, Android, and Windows 8, Getting Started guides, and API Reference. In addition, samples and documentation are also available on Github.

Note: If you have used the Accela Accela V4 API Preview, note that the API method titles in the API Reference have been renamed. For information about the Accela API method naming convention, see the Developer's Guide > API Naming Conventions.

Dependencies

  • Automation 7.3.2

  • Gateway 3.1

Limitations and Known Issues

  • Error messages do not currently support internationalization (i18n) and globalization (l10n).

  • The record search results limit is 100 (based on Accela Automation for Agency user).

  • Construct’s Document API does not support ACA permissions.

  • The API Reference in the Developer's Guide currently does not list the static and variable field values to use in request bodies. We will update the API Reference within a month of this release to provide this information. In the meantime, most of the variable values come from configuration settings that are specific to a particular Accela Automation instance. You can get a list of these values by submitting a GET request for the applicable settings object. For example, to get the possible values for contact types, submit the Get All Contact Types method (HTTP GET /v4/settings/contacts/types). Most request fields with static values require either "Y"/"N" (for string fields) or true/false (for boolean fields). Some of the field descriptions already list the possible static values; some examples indicate the possible values. Field values and enhanced examples will be provided in the next API documentation refresh.

June 2014 API Documentation updates

  • The Get Settings Time Accounting Groups method name was renamed to Get All Time Accounting Groups.

  • Get Settings Time Accounting Types method name was renamed to Get All Time Accounting Types.

  • The Get Settings Contact Type Customforms method name was renamed to Get All Custom Form Settings for Contact Type.