Introduction
Beneficiary is the back-end term for what in the front-end is called a Contact
The screenshot below is a typical Contact Profile Page on Makerble for a contact called Abigail Holmes
The red section is her Bio. It contains
Default fields: Name, profile picture, address, date of birth
Unlimited custom fields, e.g. Marital status etc.
The purple section is her Timeline. It contains stories that she is tagged in.
API Documentation
Beneficiaries (aka contacts)
Desc: Get all viewable contact details
Latest changes: now includes avatar and custom fields
url: /beneficiaries
params: default params
header: {'X-User-Token': 'Ppteex1dWbEcnNC311NFOrJqNHP98zN2ccMpWEei--ixL50J7uZsnprbOu--WbOcz50zaS48JzyXXZHS9A==',
'X-User-Email': ‘soft.dave99@gmail.com’}
additional params:
charity_id: 123 (default null)
project_id: 431 (default null)
response example: default response example (multiple records)
Desc: Get a single contact
Latest changes: now includes avatar and custom fields
url: /beneficiaries/:id
header: {'X-User-Token': 'Ppteex1dWbEcnNC311NFOrJqNHP98zN2ccMpWEei--ixL50J7uZsnprbOu--WbOcz50zaS48JzyXXZHS9A==',
'X-User-Email': ‘soft.dave99@gmail.com’}
params {id: 1245}
response example: default response example (single record)
Desc: Post a single contact
url: /beneficiaries
method: POST
required: owner_id, name
body:{ "beneficiary": { "name": "Jack", "date_of_birth": "13-05-1899", "address": "Paris", "latitude": "48.856613", "longitude": "2.352222", "beneficiary_type_id": 1, "owner_id": 237 }, "project_ids": [572], "custom_fields": {"173": "3256895684"}, "beneficiary_category_ids": [294] }
header: {'X-User-Token': 'Ppteex1dWbEcnNC311NFOrJqNHP98zN2ccMpWEei--ixL50J7uZsnprbOu--WbOcz50zaS48JzyXXZHS9A==',
'X-User-Email': ‘soft.dave99@gmail.com’}
response example: default response example (single record)
Desc: Get all advanced custom fields
url: beneficiaries/advanced_custom_fields
params: default params
response example: default response example (multiple records)
Desc: Get all impact box data
url: /beneficiaries/impact_box_data
params: default params
response example: default response example (multiple records)
Walkthrough an example
This article provides an example of the calls to make to the Makerble API and the responses you can expect back
Documentation
Beneficiaries are called Contacts in the front-end