Canvassing Effort

This page defines the Canvassing Effort resource.

Canvassing Efforts represent specific canvassing/phone banking events planned for a specific time period. The resource contains information about start and end time, people to be canvassed or called, and a Script that is used for the effort. As people are contacted, Canvass resources are created representing the individual interaction between a canvasser and a person, as well as the data that resulted from that interaction.

Sections

Endpoints and URL structures

OSDI does not specify specific endpoints and link structures for compliant systems to use. Rather, because OSDI is a HAL+JSON API, endpoints and structures are defined in the links section of each returned resource, starting with the API Entry Point link.

HAL’s link structure lets an API consumer move through API levels, resources, and collections by parsing and following links. While most systems will not change the value of their links often and obey RESTful design principles, the value of each link when that resource is retrieved is the only canonical value, and it can change at any time.

The link relation label for an Canvassing Effort resource is osdi:canvassing_effort for a single Canvassing Effort resource or osdi:canvassing_efforts for a collection of Canvassing Effort resources.

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Fields

The field names for this resource, with standard names, punctuation and capitalization, and values where appropriate.

Note: As with the entire OSDI specification, the specific fields a compliant system implements will vary between each system, as will the fields each system requires when creating or updating resources, which fields are writeable, and the operations you are allowed to perform on each resource.

Common Fields

A set of common fields that appear on all resources is included first, for reference.

Name Type Description
identifiers strings[] A unique string array of identifiers in the format [system name]:[id]. See the general concepts document for more information about identifiers.
created_date datetime A read-only property representing the date and time the resource was created on the local system.
modified_date datetime A read-only property representing the date and time the resource was last modified on the local system.

Control Headers

An “osdi:control” JSON object may contain common OSDI control headers which can be used on an OSDI POST, PUT, PATCH, Helper or other function calls to modify server behavior. Read More

Name Type Description
return_response boolean Defaults to true, if specified as false, the operation does not need to return the resource representation in the response

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Canvassing Effort Fields

Name Type Description
origin_system string A human readable identifier of the system where this Canvassing Effort was created. (ex: “OSDI System”)
name string The name of the Canvassing Effort. Intended for administrative display rather than a public title, though may be shown to a user.
title string The title of the Canvassing Effort. Intended for public display rather than administrative purposes.
description string A description of the Canvassing Effort, usually displayed publicly. May contain text and/or HTML.
summary string A text-only single paragraph summarizing the Canvassing Effort. Shown on listing pages that have more than titles, but not enough room for full description.
start_time datetime The start date and time for the Canvassing Effort.
end_time datetime The end date and time for the Canvassing Effort.
type flexenum The type of the Canvassing Effort. One of “in-person”, “phone banking”, or another value.
total_canvasses integer A read-only computed property representing the current count of the total number of Canvasses on the Canvassing Effort.

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The links associated with this resource, available in the links section of the resource. Links that are part of the OSDI spec are typically prefixed with the osdi: namespace to aid in curie matching and readability.

Note: As with the entire OSDI specification, the specific links a compliant system supplies will vary between each system. In addition, systems may choose to embed a linked resource directly in the response in addition to linking to it in the links section, using the standard _embedded syntax described in the general overview documentation.

Name Type Description
self Canvassing Effort* A self-referential link to the canvassing effort.
creator Person* A link to a single Person resource representing the creator of the Canvassing Effort.
modified_by Person* A link to a Person resource representing the last editor of this Canvassing Effort.
taggings Taggings[]* A link to the collection of Tagging resources for this canvassing effort.
canvasses Canvasses[]* A link to a collection of Canvass resources representing the canvasses that occured on this Canvassing Effort.
script Script* A link to the Script resource associated with the Canvassing Effort.

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Scenarios

The scenarios below show some common Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) operations that can be performed on this resource, as well as any resource-specific behaviors worth highlighting. The following examples are for informational purposes. The authoritative resource definitions are above in the Fields tables and should be followed in the event of a conflict with the examples.

Scenario: Retrieving a collection of Canvassing Effort resources (GET)

Canvassing Effort resources are sometimes presented as collections of canvassing efforts. For example, calling the canvassing efforts endpoint will return a collection of all the canvassing efforts stored in the system’s database associated with your api key.

Request

GET https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/

Header:
OSDI-API-Token:[your api key here]

Response

200 OK

Content-Type: application/hal+json
Cache-Control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate

{
    "total_pages": 10,
    "per_page": 25,
    "page": 1,
    "total_records": 250,
    "_links": {
        "next": {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts?page=2"
        },
        "osdi:canvassing_efforts": [
            {
                "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bc3"
            },
            {
                "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/1efc3644-af25-4253-90b8-a0baf12dbd1e"
            },
            //(truncated for brevity)
        ],
        "curies": [
            {
                "name": "osdi",
                "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/docs/v1/{rel}",
                "templated": true
            }
        ],
        "self": {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts"
        }
    },
    "_embedded":
    {
        "osdi:canvassing_efforts": [
            {
                "identifiers": [
                    "osdi_sample_system:a91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bca",
                    "foreign_system:1"
                ],
                "origin_system": "OSDI Sample System",
                "created_date": "2014-03-20T21:04:31Z",
                "modified_date": "2014-03-20T21:04:31Z",
                "name": "Effort 1",
                "title": "Team 1",
                "description": "Effort 1 for Team 1",
                "summary": "Effort 1 for Team 1",
                "start_time": "2016-02-19T8:00:00Z",
                "end_time": "2016-02-20T8:00:00Z",
                "type": "in_person",
                "total_canvasses": 100,
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/a91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bca"
                    },
                    "osdi:creator": {
                        "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/people/65345d7d-cd24-466a-a698-4a7686ef684f"
                    },
                    "osdi:modified_by": {
                        "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
                    },
                    "osdi:taggings": {
                        "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/a91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bca/taggings"
                    },
                    "osdi:script": {
                        "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/script/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0ba3"
                    },
                    "osdi:canvasses": {
                        "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/a91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bca/canvasses"
                    }
                }
            },
            {
                "identifiers": [
                    "osdi_sample_system:d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bc3",
                    "foreign_system:1"
                ],
                "origin_system": "OSDI Sample System",
                "created_date": "2014-03-20T21:04:31Z",
                "modified_date": "2014-03-20T21:04:31Z",
                "name": "Effort 2",
                "title": "Team 1",
                "description": "Effort 2 for Team 1",
                "summary": "Effort 2 for Team 1",
                "start_time": "2016-02-19T8:00:00Z",
                "end_time": "2016-02-20T8:00:00Z",
                "type": "phonebank",
                "total_canvasses": 9264,
                "_links": {
                    "self": {
                        "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bc3"
                    },
                    "osdi:creator": {
                        "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/people/65345d7d-cd24-466a-a698-4a7686ef684f"
                    },
                    "osdi:modified_by": {
                        "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
                    },
                    "osdi:script" : {
                        "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/script/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0ba3"
                    },
                    "osdi:canvasses": {
                        "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bc3/canvasses"
                    }
                }
            },   
            //truncated for brevity
        ]
    }
}

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Scenario: Retrieving an individual Canvassing Effort resource (GET)

Calling an individual Canvassing Effort resource will return the resource directly.

Request

GET https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0baa

Header:
OSDI-API-Token:[your api key here]

Response

200 OK

Content-Type: application/hal+json
Cache-Control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate
 {
    "identifiers": [
        "osdi_sample_system:a91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bca",
        "foreign_system:1"
    ],
    "origin_system": "OSDI Sample System",
    "created_date": "2014-03-20T21:04:31Z",
    "modified_date": "2014-03-20T21:04:31Z",
    "name": "Effort 2",
    "title": "Team 1",
    "description": "Effort 2 for Team 1",
    "summary": "Effort 2 for Team 1",
    "start_time": "2016-02-19T8:00:00Z",
    "end_time": "2016-02-20T8:00:00Z",
    "type": "in-person",
    "total_canvasses": 100,
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bc3"
        },
        "osdi:creator": {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/people/65345d7d-cd24-466a-a698-4a7686ef684f"
        },
        "osdi:modified_by": {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
        },
        "osdi:script" : {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/script/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0ba3"
        },
        "osdi:canvasses": {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bc3/canvasses"
        }
    }
}

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Scenario: Creating a new Canvassing Effort (POST)

Posting to the effort collection endpoint will allow you to create a new Canvassing Effort. The response is the new Canvassing Effort that was created. While each implementing system will require different fields, any optional fields not included in a post operation should not be set at all by the receiving system, or should be set to default values.

Request

POST https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/

Header:
OSDI-API-Token:[your api key here]

{
    "identifiers": [
        "foreign_system:1"
    ],
    "origin_system": "OSDI Sample System",
    "name": "Effort 2",
    "title": "Team 1",
    "description": "Effort 2 for Team 1",
    "summary": "Effort 2 for Team 1",
    "start_time": "2016-02-19T8:00:00Z",
    "end_time": "2016-02-20T8:00:00Z",
    "type": "in-person",
    "_links": {
        "osdi:script": {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/script/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0ba3"
        }
    }
}

Response

200 OK

Content-Type: application/hal+json
Cache-Control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate
{
    "identifiers": [
        "osdi_sample_system:d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bc3",
        "foreign_system:1"
    ],
    "origin_system": "OSDI Sample System",
    "created_date": "2014-03-20T21:04:31Z",
    "modified_date": "2014-03-20T21:04:31Z",
    "name": "Effort 2",
    "title": "Team 1",
    "description": "Effort 2 for Team 1",
    "summary": "Effort 2 for Team 1",
    "start_time": "2016-02-19T8:00:00Z",
    "end_time": "2016-02-20T8:00:00Z",
    "type": "in-person",
    "total_canvasses": 0,
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bc3"
        },
        "osdi:creator": {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/people/65345d7d-cd24-466a-a698-4a7686ef684f"
        },
        "osdi:modified_by": {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
        },
        "osdi:script" : {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/script/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0ba3"
        },
        "osdi:canvasses": {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bc3/canvasses"
        }
    }
}

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Scenario: Modifying a Canvassing Effort (PUT)

You can update an effort by calling a PUT operation on that effort’s endpoint. Your PUT should contain fields that you want to update. Missing fields will be ignored by the receiving system. Systems may also ignore PUT values, depending on whether fields you are trying to modify are read-only or not. You may set an attribute to nil by including the attribute using nil for value.

Note: Modifying members of an array separately is not supported. To change the contents of an array, first GET the current contents and then PUT back only those you wish to keep.

Request

PUT https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0baa

Header:
OSDI-API-Token:[your api key here]

{
    "name": "Effort 2",
    "title": "Canvassing Effort 2"
}

Response

200 OK

Content-Type: application/hal+json
Cache-Control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate
{
    "identifiers": [
        "osdi_sample_system:a91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bca",
        "foreign_system:1"
    ],
    "origin_system": "OSDI Sample System",
    "created_date": "2014-03-20T21:04:31Z",
    "modified_date": "2014-03-20T21:04:31Z",
    "name": "Effort 2",
    "title": "Team 1",
    "description": "Effort 2 for Team 1",
    "summary": "Effort 2 for Team 1",
    "start_time": "2016-02-19T8:00:00Z",
    "end_time": "2016-02-20T8:00:00Z",
    "type": "in-person",
    "total_canvasses": 100,
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bc3"
        },
        "osdi:creator": {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/people/65345d7d-cd24-466a-a698-4a7686ef684f"
        },
        "osdi:modified_by": {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
        },
        "osdi:script" : {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/script/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0ba3"
        },
        "osdi:canvasses": {
            "href": "https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bc3/canvasses"
        }
    }
}

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Scenario: Deleting a Canvassing Effort (DELETE)

You may delete an effort by calling the DELETE command on the Canvassing Effort’s endpoint.

Request

DELETE https://osdi-sample-system.org/api/v1/canvassing_efforts/d32fcdd6-7366-466d-a3b8-7e0d87c3cd8b

Header:
OSDI-API-Token:[your api key here]

Response

200 OK

Content-Type: application/hal+json
Cache-Control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate

{
    "notice": "This canvassing effort was successfully deleted."
}

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