Petitions Version 2

This document describes the OSDI petitions collection and petition resource as implemented by the Action Network.

Petitions are a type of action created by the organizer or group associated with your API key that involves activists signing a common letter directed towards a target.

Petitions have names (corresponding to our administrative titles), titles, and can have descriptions and targets and other fields, and when activists sign them signature resources are created representing the signature an activist made on that petition.

Petitions are not deduplicated except on identifiers, to keep identifiers unique. Identifiers are deduplicated globally, across groups and API keys, so ensure any you set are globally unique.

Note: Petitions created via the API are not equivalent to petitions created with our user interface. API-created petitions will not show up in lists of all of your actions on your dashboard of group page, they will not be given a URL on actionnetwork.org where people can sign, they will not send autoresponses, and they will not have individual manage pages for statistics and delivery. Rather, once they have at least one signature, they will show up as actions available for selection in our targeting interface, allowing you to select all people who have taken action on that petition for reports or email targeting.

Sections:

Endpoints and URL structures

Endpoints:

https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions

Petition resources live exclusively at the above endpoint. The endpoint returns a collection of all the petitions associated with your API key.

URL Structures:

https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/[id]

To address a specific petition, use the identifier without the action_network: prefix to construct a URL, like https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/d91b4b2e-ae0e-4cd3-9ed7-d0ec501b0bc3

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Field names and descriptions

Petition fields:
Field Name Type Required on POST Description
identifiers strings[] An array of identifiers in the format [system name]:[id]. Must be globally unique. See the general concepts document for more information about identifiers.
origin_system string Yes A human readable string identifying where this petition originated. May be used in the user interface for this purpose.
created_date datetime The date and time the resource was created. System generated, not editable.
modified_date datetime The date and time the resource was last modified. System generated, not editable.
name string The petition's administrative title, only shown internally and not publicly.
title string Yes The petition's public title.
description string The petition's description. May contain HTML.
petition_text string The letter to the petition's target.
browser_url string The URL to this petition's page on the Action Network or a third party.
featured_image_url string The URL to this action's featured image on the Action Network, if a banner image has been set. Only present for petitions created with our user interface.Not editable.
total_signatures integer A system generated count of the number of signatures on this petition.Not editable.
action_network:hidden boolean A read-only field indicating whether this action is hidden in our user interface or not.
target Targets[] An array of targets for this petition.
osdi:creator* Person* An embedded person representing the user who created this petition. If you do not assign a creator, we will assign one based on your API key. Cannot be edited once created.
action_network:sponsor Sponsor A hash of the sponsoring group of this petition. Action Network-only feature. Automatically added if you post using a group API key. System generated, not editable.
Target fields:
Field Name Type Required on POST Description
name string The name of the target.
Sponsor fields:
Field Name Type Required on POST Description
title string The name of the sponsoring group.
browser_url string The URL to the group's public page.
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Links

Link Name Description
self A link to this individual petition resource.
osdi:signatures A link to a collection of all signature resources associated with this petition. Click here for signatures documentation.
osdi:creator A link to the person who created this petition. Click here for people documentation.
action_network:embed A link to embed code for this petition. Action Network-only feature. Click here for embed documentation.
osdi:record_signature_helper A link to the record signature helper for this petition. Click here for the record signature helper documentation.
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Related resources

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Scenario: Retrieving a collection of petition resources (GET)

Petition resources are sometimes presented as collections of petitions. For example, calling the petitions endpoint will return a collection of all the petitions associated with your API key.

Request

						
GET https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/

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": 7,
  "per_page": 25,
  "page": 1,
  "total_records": 162,
  "_links": {
    "next": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions?page=2"
    },
    "self": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions"
    },
    "osdi:petitions": [
      {
        "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/a4dde5b6-0512-48ea-b4ad-63a71117b43d"
      },
      {
        "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/a27178b9-45c3-4844-8ebf-ebd5da74a1e3"
      },
      //truncated for brevity
    ],
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "osdi",
        "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v2/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      },
      {
        "name": "action_network",
        "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v2/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  },
  "_embedded": {
    "osdi:petitions": [
      {
        "identifiers": [
          "action_network:a4dde5b6-0512-48ea-b4ad-63a71117b43d"
        ],
        "origin_system": "Action Network",
        "created_date": "2014-03-24T18:03:45Z",
        "modified_date": "2014-03-25T15:00:22Z",
        "title": "Stop doing the bad thing",
        "description": "<p>The mayor should stop doing the bad.</p>",
        "petition_text": "Mayor, stop doing the bad thing",
        "browser_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-doing-the-bad-thing",
        "featured_image_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/images/stop-doing-the-bad-thing.jpg",
        "total_signatures": 2354,
        "target": [
          {
            "name": "The Mayor"
          }
        ],
        "action_network:hidden": false,
        "_embedded": {
          "osdi:creator": {
            "given_name": "John",
            "family_name": "Doe",
            "identifiers": [
              "action_network:c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
            ],
            "created_date": "2014-03-24T18:03:45Z",
            "modified_date": "2014-03-25T15:00:22Z",
            "email_addresses": [
              {
                "primary": true,
                "address": "jdoe@mail.com",
                "status": "subscribed"
              }
            ],
            "phone_numbers": [
              {
                "primary": true,
                "number": "12021234444",
                "number_type": "Mobile",
                "status": "subscribed"
              }
            ],
            "postal_addresses": [
              {
                "primary": true,
                "address_lines": [
                  "1600 Pennsylvania Ave."
                ],
                "locality": "Washington",
                "region": "DC",
                "postal_code": "20009",
                "country": "US",
                "language": "en",
                "location": {
                  "latitude": 35.919,
                  "longitude": -72.0379,
                  "accuracy": "Approximate"
                }
              }
            ],
            "languages_spoken": [
              "en"
            ],
            "_links": {
              "self": {
                "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
              },
              "osdi:attendances": {
                "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/attendances"
              },
              "osdi:signatures": {
                "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/signatures"
              },
              "osdi:submissions": {
                "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/submissions"
              },
              "osdi:donations": {
                "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/donations"
              },
              "osdi:outreaches": {
                "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/outreaches"
              },
              "osdi:taggings": {
                "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/taggings"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/a4dde5b6-0512-48ea-b4ad-63a71117b43d"
          },
          "osdi:signatures": {
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/a4dde5b6-0512-48ea-b4ad-63a71117b43d/signatures"
          },
          "osdi:record_signature_helper": {
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/a4dde5b6-0512-48ea-b4ad-63a71117b43d/signatures"
          },
          "osdi:creator": {
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
          },
          "action_network:embed": {
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/a4dde5b6-0512-48ea-b4ad-63a71117b43d/embed"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "identifiers": [
          "action_network:a27178b9-45c3-4844-8ebf-ebd5da74a1e3",
          "foreign_system:1"
        ],
        "origin_system": "Another System",
        "created_date": "2014-03-14T15:21:05Z",
        "modified_date": "2014-03-17T19:56:11Z",
        "title": "We need to do this now!",
        "total_signatures": 123,
        "action_network:hidden": false,
        "_embedded": {
          "osdi:creator": {
            "given_name": "John",
            "family_name": "Doe",
            "identifiers": [
              "action_network:c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
            ],
            "created_date": "2014-03-24T18:03:45Z",
            "modified_date": "2014-03-25T15:00:22Z",
            "email_addresses": [
              {
                "primary": true,
                "address": "jdoe@mail.com",
                "status": "subscribed"
              }
            ],
            "phone_numbers": [
              {
                "primary": true,
                "number": "12021234444",
                "number_type": "Mobile",
                "status": "subscribed"
              }
            ],
            "postal_addresses": [
              {
                "primary": true,
                "address_lines": [
                  "1600 Pennsylvania Ave."
                ],
                "locality": "Washington",
                "region": "DC",
                "postal_code": "20009",
                "country": "US",
                "language": "en",
                "location": {
                  "latitude": 35.919,
                  "longitude": -72.0379,
                  "accuracy": "Approximate"
                }
              }
            ],
            "languages_spoken": [
              "en"
            ],
            "_links": {
              "self": {
                "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
              },
              "osdi:attendances": {
                "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/attendances"
              },
              "osdi:signatures": {
                "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/signatures"
              },
              "osdi:submissions": {
                "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/submissions"
              },
              "osdi:donations": {
                "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/donations"
              },
              "osdi:outreaches": {
                "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/outreaches"
              },
              "osdi:taggings": {
                "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/taggings"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "action_network:sponsor": {
          "title": "Progressive Action Now",
          "url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/progressive-action-now"
        },
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/a27178b9-45c3-4844-8ebf-ebd5da74a1e3"
          },
          "osdi:signatures": {
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/a27178b9-45c3-4844-8ebf-ebd5da74a1e3/signatures"
          },
          "osdi:record_signature_helper": {
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/a27178b9-45c3-4844-8ebf-ebd5da74a1e3/signatures"
          },
          "osdi:creator": {
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
          },
          "action_network:embed": {
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/a27178b9-45c3-4844-8ebf-ebd5da74a1e3/embed"
          }
        }
      },
      //truncated for brevity
    ]
  }
}
					
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Scenario: Retrieving an individual petition resource (GET)

Calling an individual petition resource will return the resource directly, along with all associated fields and appropriate links to additional information about the petition.

Request

						
GET https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/a4dde5b6-0512-48ea-b4ad-63a71117b43d

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": [
    "action_network:a4dde5b6-0512-48ea-b4ad-63a71117b43d"
  ],
  "origin_system": "Action Network",
  "created_date": "2014-03-24T18:03:45Z",
  "modified_date": "2014-03-25T15:00:22Z",
  "title": "Stop doing the bad thing",
  "description": "<p>The mayor should stop doing the bad.</p>",
  "petition_text": "Mayor, stop doing the bad thing",
  "browser_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-doing-the-bad-thing",
  "featured_image_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/images/stop-doing-the-bad-thing.jpg",
  "total_signatures": 2354,
  "target": [
    {
      "name": "The Mayor"
    }
  ],
  "action_network:hidden": false,
  "_embedded": {
    "osdi:creator": {
      "given_name": "John",
      "family_name": "Doe",
      "identifiers": [
        "action_network:c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
      ],
      "origin_system": "Action Network",
      "created_date": "2014-03-24T18:03:45Z",
      "modified_date": "2014-03-25T15:00:22Z",
      "email_addresses": [
        {
          "primary": true,
          "address": "jdoe@mail.com",
          "status": "subscribed"
        }
      ],
      "phone_numbers": [
        {
          "primary": true,
          "number": "12021234444",
          "number_type": "Mobile",
          "status": "subscribed"
        }
      ],
      "postal_addresses": [
        {
          "primary": true,
          "address_lines": [
            "1600 Pennsylvania Ave."
          ],
          "locality": "Washington",
          "region": "DC",
          "postal_code": "20009",
          "country": "US",
          "language": "en",
          "location": {
            "latitude": 35.919,
            "longitude": -72.0379,
            "accuracy": "Approximate"
          }
        }
      ],
      "languages_spoken": [
        "en"
      ],
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
        },
        "osdi:attendances": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/attendances"
        },
        "osdi:signatures": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/signatures"
        },
        "osdi:submissions": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/submissions"
        },
        "osdi:donations": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/donations"
        },
        "osdi:outreaches": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/outreaches"
        },
        "osdi:taggings": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/taggings"
        },
        "curies": [
          {
            "name": "osdi",
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v2/{rel}",
            "templated": true
          },
          {
            "name": "action_network",
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v2/{rel}",
            "templated": true
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/a4dde5b6-0512-48ea-b4ad-63a71117b43d"
    },
    "osdi:signatures": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/a4dde5b6-0512-48ea-b4ad-63a71117b43d/signatures"
    },
    "osdi:record_signature_helper": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/a4dde5b6-0512-48ea-b4ad-63a71117b43d/signatures"
    },
    "osdi:creator": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
    },
    "action_network:embed": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/a4dde5b6-0512-48ea-b4ad-63a71117b43d/embed"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "osdi",
        "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v2/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      },
      {
        "name": "action_network",
        "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v2/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}
					
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Scenario: Creating a new petition (POST)

You can post a new petition to the petitions endpoint and a petition resource will be created in our system.

Note: Petitions created via the API in this way are not equivalent to petitions created with our user interface. API-created petitions will not show up in lists of all of your actions on your dashboard of group page, they will not be given a URL on actionnetwork.org where people can sign, they will not send autoresponses, and they will not have individual manage pages for statistics and delivery. Rather, once they have at least one signature, they will show up as actions available for selection in our targeting interface, allowing you to select all people who have taken action on that petition for reports or email targeting.

In the targeting interface, they will show up in the format [1, (origin system) Petition], (title). For example, a petition with the origin system 'FreePetitions.com' and the title 'My Free Petition' will show up in the targeting interface as [1, FreePetitions.com Petition], My Free Petition so you can easily identify what it is and where it came from when doing your targeting.

Request

						
POST https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions

Header:
Content-Type: application/json
OSDI-API-Token: your_api_key_here
						

{	
  "title": "My Free Petition",
  "origin_system": "FreePetitions.com"
}
					

Response

						
200 OK

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


{
  "identifiers": [
    "action_network:9f837109-710d-442f-8a99-857a21f36d25"
  ],
  "created_date": "2014-03-26T15:26:30Z",
  "modified_date": "2014-03-26T15:26:30Z",
  "title": "My Free Petition",
  "total_signatures": 0,
  "origin_system": "FreePetitions.com",
  "action_network:hidden": false,
  "_embedded": {
    "osdi:creator": {
      "given_name": "John",
      "family_name": "Doe",
      "created_date": "2014-03-20T21:04:31Z",
      "modified_date": "2014-03-20T21:04:31Z",
      "identifiers": [
        "action_network:c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
      ],
      "email_addresses": [
        {
          "primary": true,
          "address": "jdoe@mail.com",
          "status": "subscribed"
        }
      ],
      "phone_numbers": [
        {
          "primary": true,
          "number": "12021234444",
          "number_type": "Mobile",
          "status": "subscribed"
        }
      ],
      "postal_addresses": [
        {
          "primary": true,
          "address_lines": [
            "1600 Pennsylvania Ave"
          ],
          "locality": "Washington",
          "region": "DC",
          "postal_code": "20009",
          "country": "US",
          "language": "en",
          "location": {
            "latitude": 32.249,
            "longitude": -73.0339,
            "accuracy": "Approximate"
          }
        }
      ],
      "languages_spoken": [
        "en"
      ],
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
        },
        "osdi:attendances": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/attendances"
        },
        "osdi:signatures": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/signatures"
        },
        "osdi:submissions": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/submissions"
        },
        "osdi:donations": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/donations"
        },
        "osdi:outreaches": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/outreaches"
        },
        "osdi:taggings": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/taggings"
        },
        "curies": [
          {
            "name": "osdi",
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v2/{rel}",
            "templated": true
          },
          {
            "name": "action_network",
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v2/{rel}",
            "templated": true
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "_links": {
    "osdi:creator": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
    },
    "self": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/9f837109-710d-442f-8a99-857a21f36d25"
    },
    "osdi:signatures": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/9f837109-710d-442f-8a99-857a21f36d25/signatures"
    },
    "osdi:record_signature_helper": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/9f837109-710d-442f-8a99-857a21f36d25/signatures"
    },
    "action_network:embed": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/9f837109-710d-442f-8a99-857a21f36d25/embed"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "osdi",
        "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v2/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      },
      {
        "name": "action_network",
        "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v2/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}
					

In the above example, you can see how the foreign identifier being posted is merged into the identifiers array. We will intelligently search and deduplicate based on foreign and native identifiers. So if you post a petition with an identifier that matches one already assigned to a petition resource, your POST request will update that resource with new information instead of creating a duplicate. Identifiers are deduplicated globally, across groups and API keys, so ensure any you set are globally unique.

You can post a petition with a creator link as well, if you want to assign the petition to a specific Action Network user, like so:

						
POST https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions

Header:
Content-Type: application/json
OSDI-API-Token: your_api_key_here
						

{	
  "title": "My Free Petition",
  "origin_system": "FreePetitions.com",
  "_links" : {
    "osdi:creator" : { 
      "href" : "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29" 
    }
  }
}
					

The link must be a valid person resource and must be associated with your API key for it to be accepted. If your API key is for an individual account, then the link must be to your account's person resource. If your API key is for a group, then the link must be to a member of administrator of your group. If no link or an invalid link is provided, the petition will be assigned to your API key's account person record or to the original creator of the group, whichever is appropriate. If a creator is explicitly set, people who take action will be added to that creator's personal email list. Otherwise, who the creator is has no effect on what email list people who sign the petition are subscribed to.

And of course you can post a petition with more fields (such as description) if you'd like, but they are not required.

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Scenario: Modifying a petition (PUT)

You can modify an existing petition by using PUT on its individual endpoint.

Request

						
PUT https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/9f837109-710d-442f-8a99-857a21f36d25

Header:
Content-Type: application/json
OSDI-API-Token: your_api_key_here
						

{	
  "title": "My Free Petition With A New Name",
  "description": "This is my free petition description"
}
					

Response

						
200 OK

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


{
  "identifiers": [
    "action_network:9f837109-710d-442f-8a99-857a21f36d25",
  ],
  "created_date": "2014-03-26T15:26:30Z",
  "modified_date": "2014-03-26T15:39:48Z",
  "title": "My Free Petition With A New Name",
  "description": "This is my free petition description",
  "total_signatures": 0,
  "origin_system": "FreePetitions.com",
  "action_network:hidden": false,
  "_embedded": {
    "osdi:creator": {
      "given_name": "John",
      "family_name": "Doe",
      "created_date": "2014-03-20T21:04:31Z",
      "modified_date": "2014-03-20T21:04:31Z",
      "identifiers": [
        "action_network:c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
      ],
      "email_addresses": [
        {
          "primary": true,
          "address": "jdoe@mail.com",
          "status": "subscribed"
        }
      ],
      "phone_numbers": [
        {
          "primary": true,
          "number": "12021234444",
          "number_type": "Mobile",
          "status": "subscribed"
        }
      ],
      "postal_addresses": [
        {
          "primary": true,
          "address_lines": [
            "1600 Pennsylvania Ave"
          ],
          "locality": "Washington",
          "region": "DC",
          "postal_code": "20009",
          "country": "US",
          "language": "en",
          "location": {
            "latitude": 32.249,
            "longitude": -73.0339,
            "accuracy": "Approximate"
          }
        }
      ],
      "languages_spoken": [
        "en"
      ],
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
        },
        "osdi:attendances": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/attendances"
        },
        "osdi:signatures": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/signatures"
        },
        "osdi:submissions": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/submissions"
        },
        "osdi:donations": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/donations"
        },
        "osdi:outreaches": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/outreaches"
        },
        "osdi:taggings": {
          "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29/taggings"
        },
        "curies": [
          {
            "name": "osdi",
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v2/{rel}",
            "templated": true
          },
          {
            "name": "action_network",
            "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v2/{rel}",
            "templated": true
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/9f837109-710d-442f-8a99-857a21f36d25"
    },
    "osdi:signatures": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/9f837109-710d-442f-8a99-857a21f36d25/signatures"
    },
    "osdi:record_signature_helper": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/9f837109-710d-442f-8a99-857a21f36d25/signatures"
    },
    "osdi:creator": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/people/c945d6fe-929e-11e3-a2e9-12313d316c29"
    },
    "action_network:embed": {
      "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/api/v2/petitions/9f837109-710d-442f-8a99-857a21f36d25/embed"
    },
    "curies": [
      {
        "name": "osdi",
        "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v2/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      },
      {
        "name": "action_network",
        "href": "https://actionnetwork.org/docs/v2/{rel}",
        "templated": true
      }
    ]
  }
}
					

The above example changed the title and added a description.

Editing of certain fields via PUT is not allowed, and is noted in the field names table above. For example, you can't change the total_signatures count -- that is a system generated number reflecting a count of the underlying signatures. And you can't change a creator of a petition. Invalid entries will be ignored.

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Scenario: Deleting a petition (DELETE)

Deleting petitions is not allowed via the API. DELETE requests will return an error.

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