Outlign API Documentation

This is the complete API documentation for connecting to the Outlign API using MindCloud's Universal API. If you are new to MindCloud, start with the Introduction to see how one API can sit in front of many different apps.

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Meet Outlign: Manage projects, clients, tasks, and milestones. Keep reading to get started.

Quickstart

Before you run your first Outlign request, you need three things:

1. A MindCloud account — sign in or create an account at MindCloud.
2. A MindCloud API Key — create one in API Keys. Keep it on your server.
3. At least one Outlign connection — create or choose one in Connections. Note its connectionId.

Every Outlign action uses the same URL pattern:

https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/outlign/latest/actions/{actionSlug}

You need a MindCloud API Key and a Outlign connection. Then call an action such as Get Client:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/outlign/latest/actions/get-client" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode "connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID"

Every response comes back in the same envelope, with your rows in a data array:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    { "id": "1042", "name": "Ava" }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

After your first request works, use Shape your requests to control arguments, pagination, filtering, fields, and errors.

Authentication

Authentication has two layers. Your MindCloud API Key authenticates the request to MindCloud, sent as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. The connectionId selects the connected Outlign account that should run the action. MindCloud stores and refreshes the Outlign credentials behind that connection, so you never send provider tokens with your requests.

Pass connectionId in the query string for GET and DELETE actions, and in the JSON body for POST, PUT, and PATCH actions. Keep your MindCloud API Key on your server; do not ship it in browser code, mobile apps, public repositories, or logs.

Outlign actions

All 32 published actions for this Outlign version. Each page documents the endpoint, arguments, and response controls.

• POSTCreate Client
• POSTCreate Internal Phase
• POSTCreate Phase
• POSTCreate Task
• DELETEDelete Client
• DELETEDelete Task
• GETGet Client
• GETGet Current User
• GETGet Phase
• GETGet Project
• GETGet Task
• GETList Client-Facing Phases
• GETList Clients By Company
• GETList Completed Tasks
• GETList Internal Phases
• GETList Milestones
• GETList Non-Template Tasks
• GETList Open Tasks
• GETList Phases
• GETList Phases By Client
• GETList Phases By Company
• GETList Phases By Project
• GETList Project Templates
• GETList Projects By Client
• GETList Projects By Company
• GETList Tasks
• GETList Tasks With Due Dates
• PUTMark Task Completed
• GETSearch Clients By Title
• GETSearch Projects By Title
• PUTUpdate Client
• PUTUpdate Task

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