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Action.create

POST /{namespace}/actions

Creates an Action.

Noun
Action
Mode
do
Event
Action.created

Create makes a new Action from the inputs below. It is inherited: every Noun has get, list, create, update and delete.

Inputs

InputTypeRequiredDescription
byWorkerThe Worker that performed it.
forPartyThe Party it was done on behalf of.
viastringThe Interface or request it arrived through.
onstringThe Action or Event that caused it, such as the failed attempt a retry follows.
thingstringThe record, at the Version the Action was decided against.
inputjsonThe input it was called with.
createdAtdatetimeWhen it was called.
reservedmoneyThe most this Action may cost, held against its Limits from the check until it settles, billed misses included.
verbVerbEach Action performs one Verb, which fixes its inputs, the Event it emits and its delay window.

Outputs

OutputTypeRequiredDescription
actionActionrequiredThe Action.

Effects

  • Emits Action.created.
  • Two-way: try, send, do.

Refuses when

CheckErrorFixThen call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.forbiddenUse a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.Action.create

When it waits

GateDefault
Decision classLow: two-way, nothing at stake
Delay windowNone: it runs once review passes.
LimitThe call Limit of the Permission it runs under.
Over the LimitIt waits pending for an Approval from the Founder. Approved, it runs; refused, it ends refused with limit-exceeded; unanswered by its deadline, it ends canceled.