Get a change order

Returns the change order in your ConstructionOnline company account that corresponds with the provided ID

get https://api.constructiononline.com/ChangeOrders/{id}

This endpoint allows users to extract a single change order from their ConstructionOnline company account. Users must know the unique ID assigned to the specific change order to call this endpoint. Please note that this endpoint does not return any change order items belonging to the individual change order. 

Requests

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

id: integer

  • Unique identifier for the change order.

Sample URL request:

  • https://api.constructiononline.com/api/ChangeOrders/9078567

Example requests in cURL, C#, Python, and JavaScript can be found below:

cURL

# replace {email} with the email address for your ConstructionOnline account
# {password} with your ConstructionOnline password
# {apikey} with your provided API key
# {id} with the change order's ID


curl https://api.constructiononline.com/api/ChangeOrders/{id} -u {email}:{password} -H 'APIKey:{apikey}'

C#

/* replace {username} with the email address for your ConstructionOnline account
{password} with your ConstructionOnline password
{apikey} with your provided API key
{id} with the change order's ID */

public string GetData(string endpoint) {
string username = "{username}";
string password = "{password}";
string apikey = "{apikey}";
HttpResponseMessage response = null;
HttpClientHandler handler = new HttpClientHandler() { AutomaticDecompression = System.Net.DecompressionMethods.GZip };
    using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient(handler)) {
        client.Timeout = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 30);
        client.BaseAddress = new Uri("http://api.constructiononline.com");
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Clear();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic",
System.Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("ISO-8859-1").GetBytes(username + ":" + password)));
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("APIKey", apikey);
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Accept-Encoding", "gzip");
        response = client.GetAsync(endpoint).Result;
    }
    return response?.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
}
MessageBox.Show(GetData("api/ChangeOrders/{id}"));

Python

#replace {username} with the email address for your ConstructionOnline account
#{password} with your ConstructionOnline password
#{apikey} with your provided API key
#{id} with the change order's ID

import base64, requests, json
apikey = "{apikey}"
username = "{username}"
password = "{password}"
def makeRequest(endpoint):
url = "https://api.constructiononline.com/" + endpoint
userPass = username + ":" + password
headers = {
"APIKey": apikey,
"Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate, br",
"Authorization": "Basic " + base64.b64encode(userPass.encode()).decode(),
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
return json.dumps(json.loads(response.text), indent=2)

#Main Program
print(makeRequest("api/ChangeOrders/{id}"))

JavaScript

/* replace {username} with the email address for your ConstructionOnline account
{password} with your ConstructionOnline password
{apikey} with your provided API key
{id} with the change order's ID */

username = '{username}';
password = '{password}';
apikey = '{apikey}';
function makeRequest(endpoint) {
    auth = btoa('${username}:${password}');
    var myHeaders = new Headers();
    myHeaders.append("APIKey", apikey);
    myHeaders.append("Accept-Encoding", "gzip, deflate, br");
    myHeaders.append("Authorization", "Basic ${auth}");
    var requestOptions = {
        method: 'GET',
        headers: myHeaders,
        redirect: 'follow'
   };
    fetch("https://api.constructiononline.com/" + endpoint, requestOptions)
        .then(response => response.text())
        .then(result => console.log(result))
        .catch(error => console.log('error', error));
    return response;
};makeRequest("api/ChangeOrders/{id}");

Responses

green 200: Success

A successful request will return a 200 response with the requested change order in the body, as seen below. Definitions for all returned properties can be found here. 

 {          "ID": 498099,
            "NAME": "Living Room Light Fixtures",
            "PRJ_ID": 1321036,
            "PROJECTNAME": "3931 E Lake Blvd",
            "NUMBER": "2",
            "DETAILS": "Client requested different overhead light fixtures for the living room. \nNew fixtures exceed existing allowance.\nFixtures need to be ordered & delivered before installation date of 7/01/23.",
            "CONDITION": 0,
            "COST_MONEY": 2380.0,
            "COST_TIME": 3,
            "DATE_CREATED": "2023-05-17T18:15:45.037",
          "CREATED_BY": 985300,
            "CREATOR": "",
            "DATE_CLOSED": "2023-06-02T19:59:14.217",
          "CLOSED_BY": 988884,
            "CLOSER": "",
            "DATE_MODIFIED": "2024-02-19T17:48:46.417",
          "MODIFIED_BY": 988884,
            "MODIFIER": "",
            "NOTES": "",
            "REASONING": "",
            "PRICE": 2380.0,
            "QTY": 1.0,
            "SUBTITLE": "Upgraded light fixtures for the living room",
            "IMAGE_ID": 0,
            "URL": "",
            "SUBSTANTIAL_COMMENCEMENT": null,
            "MULTIPLIER": null,
            "MARKUP": 385.0,
            "TAX_PERCENT": 0.0,
            "TAX_METHOD": 3,
            "SALES_TAX": 0.0,
            "CLIENT_PRICE": 2765.0,
            "DATE_SUBMITTED": "2023-05-14T00:00:00",
            "GCCO": "",
            "QBO_INVOICE_ID": null,
            "ACCT_INVOICE_ID": null,
            "ACTUAL": 0.0,
            "INVOICED_AMOUNTS": 0.0,
            "COMMITTED_COSTS": 0.0,
            "MARKUP_TYPE": 1,
            "QB_COMMITTED": null,
            "QB_INVOICED": 0.0,
            "QB_ACTUALS": 0.0,
            "UNIT": null,
            "UNIT_NAME": null,
            "RELSUBCATS": null,
            "RELCONIDS": null,
          "RELUSERIDS": "985779,Theo Brown"

      }

red 404: Error

The server was not able to locate the resource specified in the request. The change order ID may have been entered incorrectly or a change order with the entered ID does not exist.

red 429: Error

The user has surpassed the request rate limit for the hour, day, week, or month.

 red 500: Error

There was an internal server error and the server was unable to complete the request.

 

Last updated: Mar 13, 2024