Workast

With the Workast modules in Make, you can:

watch, list, retrieve, create, update and delete the tasks
list, retrieve, create, update and archive the spaces

To get started with Workast:

create an account at workast.com

Connect Workast with Make

To connect Workast with Make you need to obtain the API token from your Workast account:

Log in to your Workast account.
Click Your Account Name > Preferences > Generate Token.
Copy the API Token to a safe place.
Log in to your Make account, and add a module from the Workast app into a Make scenario.
Click Add next to the Connection field.
In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.
In the API Token field, enter the token copied in step 3 and click Save.

You have successfully established the connection and can now build scenarios.

Task

You can watch, list, retrieve, create, update and delete tasks using the following modules.

Watch New Task

Triggers when a new task is created in a space.

Webhook Name	Enter the name of the webhook.
Connection	Establish a connection to your Workast account.

For setting up webhooks, see Setting Up Workast Webhooks.

List Space Tasks

Gets the task details given task ID.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Workast account.
Space ID	Select or map the Space ID whose task you want to list.
Limit	Set the maximum number of tasks Make will return during one scenario execution cycle.
Status Is	Enter (map) the status of the task you want to list. For example, `in progress`.
Order	Select the order in which you want to list the tasks: Created At Ascending Created At Descending Completed At Ascending Completed At Descending

Get a Task

Gets the task details given the task ID.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Workast account.
Space ID	Select or map the Space ID whose task details you want to retrieve.
Task ID	Select or map the Task ID whose details you want to retrieve.

Create a Task

Creates a new task in space.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Workast account.
Space ID	Select or map the Space ID in which you want to create a task.
Text	Enter the task main text such as a subject line or a heading.
Description	Enter the task details.
Assigned To	Select the users to whom the task is assigned.
Assigned To Email	Add the email addresses of the users to whom the task is assigned.
Start Date	Enter the date when the work on the task has started. See the list of supported date and time formats.
Due Date	Enter the date by which the task must be completed. See the list of supported date and time formats.
Frequency	Select the frequency of the task to be performed. For example, `Daily`.
Interval	Enter the interval at which the task must be performed.
By Week Day	Select or map the days on which the task repeats.
By Set POS	Select or map the task occurrence. Each given integer specifies an occurrence number, corresponding to the nth occurrence of the rule inside the frequency period. The value 0 is not valid. The valid value(s) are -1, 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Update a Task

Updates specific task details.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Workast account.
Space ID	Select or map the space whose task details you want to update.
Task ID	Select or map the Task ID whose details you want to update.
Text	Enter the task main text such as a subject line or a heading.
Description	Enter the task details.
Start Date	Enter the date when the work on the task has started. See the list of supported date and time formats.
Due Date	Enter the date by which the task must be completed. See the list of supported date and time formats.
Use Common List	Select whether you want to add the task to the common list.
Repeat	Add the repeat options if this is a repetitive task.
Frequency	Select or map the frequency of the task. For example, `daily`.
Interval	Enter the interval at which the task repeats.
By Weekday	Select the days on which the task repeats.
By Set POS	Select or map the task occurrence. Each given integer specifies an occurrence number, The value 0 is not valid. The valid value(s) are -1, 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Delete a Task

Deletes a task from space.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Workast account.
Space ID	Select or map the Space ID whose task details you want to delete.
Task ID	Select or map the Task ID you want to delete.

Space

You can list, retrieve, create, update, and archive spaces using the following modules.

List Spaces

Returns a list of spaces.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Workast account.
Only User Lists	Select to filter sublist only where the user is a participant of the List.
Limit	Set the maximum number of spaces Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.
Type	Select the space type which you want to list: Group Personal Direct Template

Get a Space

Gets space info details.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Workast account.
Space ID	Select or map the Space ID whose details you want to retrieve.

Create a Space

Creates a space.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Workast account.
Participants	Select or map the User ID whom you want to add to the space.
Description	Enter (map) the space details.
Type	Select the space type: Template Group Direct
Privacy	Select the space visibility: Team Private
Name	Enter (map) a name for space.
Channel ID	Enter (map) the Channel ID.
Channel Name	Enter (map) the channel name.
Apps	Add the apps for space.
Send Notifications	Select whether you want to send the notifications to users regarding the space.

Update a Space

Changes space details.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Workast account.
Space ID	Select or map the Space ID whose details you want to update.
Name	Enter (map) a name for space.
Slug	Enter (map) the list details of the space.
Description	Enter (map) the details of the space.
Channel ID	Enter (map) the Channel ID.
Channel Name	Enter (map) the channel name.
Task Created	Select whether the task is created in the space.
Task Completed	Select whether the space's tasks are completed.

Archive a Space

Archives a space.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Workast account.
Space ID	Select or map the Space ID you want to archive.

Other

You can call APIs using the following module.

Make an API Call

Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

Connection	Establish a connection to your Workast account.
URL	Enter a path relative to `https://api.todobot.com/`. For example, `/me`. Note For the list of available endpoints, refer to the Workast API Documentation.
Method	Select the HTTP method you want to use: GET to retrieve information for an entry. POST to create a new entry. PUT to update/replace an existing entry. PATCH to make a partial entry update. DELETE to delete an entry.
Headers	Enter the desired request headers. You don't have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you.
Query String	Enter the request query string.
Body	Enter the body content for your API call.

Example of Use - Search Spaces

The following API call returns the spaces from your Workast account:

URL:

/list?

Method:

GET

Matches of the search can be found in the module's Output under Bundle > Body.

In our example, 2 spaces were returned:

Setting Up Workast Webhooks

To set up the Workast webhooks:

Open the Watch Tasks module, create a connection, click Save, ad copy the URL address to your clipboard, click OK and save the trigger.
Log in to your Workast account.
From the left, click Personal Tasks > Settings > Extensions > Webhooks.
Click Add.

Click New Outgoing Webhooks and enter the following details.

Name	Enter a name for the webhook.
Target URL	Enter the URL address copied in step 1.
Receive tasks created	Select the checkbox if you want to receive triggers when new tasks are created.
Receive tasks completed	Select the checkbox if you want to receive triggers when tasks are completed.
Receive tasks updates	Select the checkbox if you want to receive triggers when tasks are updated.

Click Create.

You have successfully added the webhooks.

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