# Goal routes: create, get, list

URL: /code/api/goal/records · Id: `page:code/api/goal/records`

> The Goal Verbs create, get, list as api.sb routes, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Goal](/business/nouns/goal), one group of [Goal routes](/code/api/goal).

### Goal.create
Creates a Goal. [Verb page](/business/nouns/goal/create?interface=api).

```text
POST /{namespace}/goals
```

Body, as JSON: the inputs. Emits `Goal.created`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `objective` | `text` | Yes | The qualitative outcome. |
| `horizon` | `string` | No | One of `day`, `week`, `quarter`, `year`, or `three-years`. |
| `thing` | [Thing](/business/nouns/thing) | No | Every Thing pursues Goals, such as a Startup’s quarterly objective or a Team’s weekly target. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `goal` | [Goal](/business/nouns/goal) | Yes | The Goal. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.sb/leaseline.app/goals \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"objective":"Example objective"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "goal": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/goals/goal_L9PBQQhfuF",
    "$type": "Goal",
    "objective": "Example objective"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG",
    "operation": "Goal.create",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG"
  }
}
```

### Goal.get
Returns one Goal by id. [Verb page](/business/nouns/goal/get?interface=api).

```text
GET /{namespace}/goals/{id}
```

Path: `id`. Query: the other inputs. Reads only: it emits no Event.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Goal. |
| `at` | `string` | No | A time or Version name: the record as it stood then. Unset: as it stands now. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `goal` | [Goal](/business/nouns/goal) | Yes | The Goal. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
curl https://api.sb/leaseline.app/goals/goal_L9PBQQhfuF \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "$type": "Goal",
  "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/goals/goal_L9PBQQhfuF",
  "goal": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/goals/goal_L9PBQQhfuF",
    "$type": "Goal",
    "objective": "Example objective"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/goals/goal_L9PBQQhfuF",
    "up": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/goals"
  }
}
```

### Goal.list
Returns Goals, newest first, one page at a time. [Verb page](/business/nouns/goal/list?interface=api).

```text
GET /{namespace}/goals
```

Query: the inputs. Reads only: it emits no Event.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `limit` | `integer` | No | At most this many records, up to 100. The default is 20. |
| `after` | `string` | No | The cursor from the previous page. |
| `where` | `string` | No | A filter over the properties, such as `paidAt = null and total.amount > 500`. |
| `sort` | `string` | No | Properties to sort by, comma-separated; a leading minus sorts descending. |
| `total` | `boolean` | No | True adds the match count as `meta.total`, exact up to 10,000 matches and estimated above. |
| `facets` | `string` | No | Properties to count by value, comma-separated, returned as `meta.facets`. |
| `fields` | `string` | No | Properties to return on each record, comma-separated; `$id` and `$type` always return. |
| `include` | `string` | No | Related records to embed in place of their URLs, comma-separated. |
| `depth` | `integer` | No | How many levels of related records to embed. The default is 1. |
| `q` | `string` | No | Words to match across the text properties, ranked by relevance. |
| `match` | `string` | No | Ranks the search by `words`, or `meaning`; words is the default. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `goals` | list of [Goal](/business/nouns/goal) | Yes | One page of Goals. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
curl "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/goals?limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "$type": "Goal",
  "goals": [
    {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/goals/goal_L9PBQQhfuF",
      "$type": "Goal",
      "objective": "Example objective"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "limit": 20,
    "after": "goal_L9PBQQhfuF"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/goals?limit=20",
    "next": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/goals?after=goal_L9PBQQhfuF"
  }
}
```