May 6, 2019

Starting May 6, 2019, access_token validity will be increased to 365 days from the date the token is issued. Previously, the validity of the access_token was 14 days from the issue date.

February 20, 2019

Security changes to Achievements API:

• When a request is made to POST /achievements with a user token, the token owner will be set as the creator of the resulting Achievement; if a creator is specified in the request, the parameter will be ignored
• When a request is made to POST /achievements with a system token, the creator specified in the request will be set as the creator of the resulting Achievement; if a creator is not specified, the name of the integration will be set as the creator (the integration name is defined by a program administrator within the program's Client Admin Panel)

July 24, 2018

Breaking changes to the newsfeed-events API:

• Renamed GET /events to GET /newsfeed-events
• Renamed GET /events/{newsfeedEventId} to GET /newsfeed-events/{newsfeedEventId}
• Renamed GET /events/{newsfeedEventId}/likes to GET /newsfeed-events/{newsfeedEventId}/likes
• Renamed GET /events/{newsfeedEventId}/comments to GET /newsfeed-events/{newsfeedEventId}/comments
• Renamed GET /events/{newsfeedEventId}/boosts to GET /newsfeed-events/{newsfeedEventId}/boosts

May 18, 2018

Changes to the newsfeed-events API:

• GET /events returns information about a collection of newsfeed events in the program
• GET /events/{newsfeedEventId} returns information about an individual newsfeed event in the program
• GET /events/{newsfeedEventId}/likes returns information about the user(s) who have liked the specified newsfeed event
• GET /events/{newsfeedEventId}/comments returns information about the user(s) who have commented on the specified newsfeed event
• GET /events/{newsfeedEventId}/boosts returns information about the user(s) who have given the specified newsfeed event a Boost

April 17, 2018

• New uploads API allows you to upload custom images (for use in a recognition or in an achievement) and to retrieve images that have been uploaded for a user (see uploads for more information)
• Added fileUploadId as an optional request parameter to POST /recognitions and POST /achievements

April 6, 2018

• Access to GET /users/{userId} now requires user authorization (see Authentication for more information on the authorization code flow)

April 4, 2018

• Added pointsBalance, pointsAccumulated, preferredLanguage, and timeZone attributes to response of GET /users/{userId}