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Approval commands: create, get, list

The Approval Verbs create, get, list as CLI commands, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for Approval, one group of Approval commands.

Approval.create

Creates an Approval. Verb page.

Text
npx startup-builder do Approval.create --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]

Emits Approval.created.

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.
duedatetimeWhen the Task is due.
priorityintegerIts rank in the inbox, highest first.
recurrencestringThe schedule a recurring duty repeats on.
verdictstringOne of allowed or refused.
deadlinedatetimeWhen an unanswered Approval cancels the Action.
actionActionAn Approval holds one pending Action that exceeds a Limit or Mandate until someone allows or refuses it.

Returns

OutputTypeRequiredDescription
approvalApprovalrequiredThe Approval.

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.None.

Example

Terminal
npx startup-builder do Approval.create --json '{"by":"worker_whZFpOKWIV"}'

Approval.get

Returns one Approval by id. Verb page.

Text
npx startup-builder do Approval.get --json '<input>' [--try]

Reads only: it emits no Event.

Inputs

InputTypeRequiredDescription
idstringrequiredThe id of the Approval.
atstringA time or Version name: the record as it stood then. Unset: as it stands now.

Returns

OutputTypeRequiredDescription
approvalApprovalrequiredThe Approval.

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.None.

Example

Terminal
npx startup-builder do Approval.get --json '{"id":"approval_TlxQeWh9uX"}'

Approval.list

Returns Approvals, newest first, one page at a time. Verb page.

Text
npx startup-builder do Approval.list --json '<input>' [--try]

Reads only: it emits no Event.

Inputs

InputTypeRequiredDescription
limitintegerAt most this many records, up to 100. The default is 20.
afterstringThe cursor from the previous page.
wherestringA filter over the properties, such as paidAt = null and total.amount > 500.
sortstringProperties to sort by, comma-separated; a leading minus sorts descending.
totalbooleanTrue adds the match count as meta.total, exact up to 10,000 matches and estimated above.
facetsstringProperties to count by value, comma-separated, returned as meta.facets.
fieldsstringProperties to return on each record, comma-separated; $id and $type always return.
includestringRelated records to embed in place of their URLs, comma-separated.
depthintegerHow many levels of related records to embed. The default is 1.
qstringWords to match across the text properties, ranked by relevance.
matchstringRanks the search by words, or meaning; words is the default.

Returns

OutputTypeRequiredDescription
approvalslist of ApprovalrequiredOne page of Approvals.

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.None.

Example

Terminal
npx startup-builder do Approval.list --json '{"limit":20}'