# Thing routes: create, get, list

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

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

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

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

```text
POST /{namespace}/things
```

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

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | No | The stable identifier, which never changes. |
| `type` | list of [Noun](/business/nouns/noun) | No | The Nouns this Thing is an instance of. |
| `outside` | `json` | No | The ids this Thing has in outside tools, one per Integration, so a re-run matches instead of duplicating. |

**Returns**

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

**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/things \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"id":"thing_8ds0r9vvRl"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "thing": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/things/thing_8ds0r9vvRl",
    "$type": "Thing",
    "id": "Example id",
    "type": [
      "noun_v0akLUrXCN"
    ]
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG",
    "operation": "Thing.create",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG"
  }
}
```

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

```text
GET /{namespace}/things/{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 Thing. |
| `at` | `string` | No | A time or Version name: the record as it stood then. Unset: as it stands now. |

**Returns**

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

**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/things/thing_8ds0r9vvRl \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "$type": "Thing",
  "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/things/thing_8ds0r9vvRl",
  "thing": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/things/thing_8ds0r9vvRl",
    "$type": "Thing",
    "id": "Example id",
    "type": [
      "noun_v0akLUrXCN"
    ]
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/things/thing_8ds0r9vvRl",
    "up": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/things"
  },
  "actions": {
    "relate": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/things/thing_8ds0r9vvRl/relate",
    "restore": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/things/thing_8ds0r9vvRl/restore",
    "share": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/things/thing_8ds0r9vvRl/share"
  }
}
```

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

```text
GET /{namespace}/things
```

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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `things` | list of [Thing](/business/nouns/thing) | Yes | One page of Things. |

**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/things?limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "$type": "Thing",
  "things": [
    {
      "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/things/thing_8ds0r9vvRl",
      "$type": "Thing",
      "id": "Example id",
      "type": [
        "noun_v0akLUrXCN"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "limit": 20,
    "after": "thing_8ds0r9vvRl"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/things?limit=20",
    "next": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/things?after=thing_8ds0r9vvRl"
  }
}
```