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