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  1. Epics
  • Getting started
    • Welcome to the Shorter Loop API Portal
    • Authentication
    • Base URL
    • 2 way Jira Integration
    • Create webhook in Shorter Loop
  • Metrics
    • Create a Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
      POST
    • Update the Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
      PUT
    • Retrieve KPIs not linked to specific product backlog items
      GET
    • Insert KPI's records (Body JSON Payload)
      POST
    • Insert KPI's records (Upload CSV)
      POST
    • Insert KPI's records (Upload JSON)
      POST
  • Idea manager
    • Feedback Collection
      • Create idea and issue
      • Retrieves a list of categories
      • Modify feedback item
      • Removes a feedback item
      • Upvote or downvote a work item
      • Retrieve a feedback item
      • Get comments for a feedback item.
      • Reply to a comment
      • Modify a comment
      • Bulk create feedback items: CSV and JSON
    • Segments
      • Retrieves a list of segments without users
      • Create segment
      • Modify a segment
      • Removes a segment
      • Bulk create users to a segment
      • Manage user segments: move or remove
      • Retrieve segments with users
      • Retrieve segment with users
      • Import Users (CSV/JSON)
      • Sending email to segment members
      • Sending email to selected idm members
    • Bulk create idea manager members
      POST
    • Import Users (CSV/JSON) in IDM
      POST
    • Bulk re-invite in IDM
      PUT
  • Backlog Management
    • Epics
      • Create a new epic
        POST
      • Modify an epic
        PUT
      • Retrieve details of the epic
        GET
      • Removes the epic
        DELETE
    • Features
      • Create a new feature
      • Modify a feature
      • Retrieve details of the feature
      • Removes the feature
    • User stories
      • Create a new user story
      • Modify a user story
      • Retrieve user story
      • Removes the user story
    • Assets
      • Attaches files to the workitem
      • Removes an asset
      • Retrieve attachments for the backlog workitem with ID
    • Product Tags
      • Retrieves tags for initiative
    • Teams
      • Get teams and members for product
    • Personas
      • Retrieve personas associated with initiative
    • Get whole backlog tree
      GET
  • Strategy Board
    • Experiment
      • Create a new experiemnt variant
    • Solutions
      • Versions
        • Storymap versions api documentation
        • Create a version
        • Update version
        • Removes a version
        • Retrieve versions
      • Get all storymaps for solution
  • Persona Board V2
    • Segments
      • Permanently deletes a segment
      • Creates a new option
      • Retrieve a list of segments
      • Retrieve a segment
      • Create a segment
      • Removes a segment
      • Removes a segment option
      • Detaches a segment from the persona
      • Update segment option
    • Custom fields
      • Removes a custom field
      • Retrieve a list of custom fields
      • Retrieve a custom field
      • Create a custom field
      • Removes a custom field option
      • Detaches a custom field from persona
      • Retrieve custom fields excluding persona
      • Creates a new option
      • Permanently deletes a custom field
      • Update custom field
      • Update custom field option
      • Attach a custom field to a persona
    • Create opportunities from summary
    • Retrieve notes
    • Retrieve persona
    • Retrieve experiments for Persona
    • Create
    • Retrieve
  • DocsHub
    • Retrieve categories with templates
    • Retrieve a template based on category
    • Create copy of template while using template
  1. Epics

Create a new epic

POST
/api/initiatives/SHO-MJXR/epics
The POST /api/initiatives/SHO-MJXR/epics endpoint creates a new epic under the initiative identified by the external key SHO-MJXR. Epics are large bodies of work that can be broken down into smaller, manageable features or user stories.

Request

Header Params

Body Params application/json

Example
{
    "summary": "Enhance User Engagement and Retention",
    "color": "#ffb64f",
    "progress": "in-progress",
    "description": "<p>Improve user engagement and retention metrics through targeted feature enhancements and optimizations across the platform.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>",
    "businessGoal": "Increase Monthly Active Users (MAUs) by 20% within the next fiscal year.",
    "persona": [
        {
            "personaValue": "UX Researchers",
            "personaId": 999
        },
        {
            "personaValue": "UX Researchers",
            "personaId": 999
        }
    ],
    "teamId": 587,
    "userId": [],
    "startDate": "2024-06-30T18:30:00.000Z",
    "endDate": "2024-07-30T18:30:00.000Z",
    "tags": "[\"Epic\",\"User engagement\"]",
    "urls": [
        {
            "url": "https://example.com"
        },
        {
            "url": "https://example.com"
        },
        {
            "url": "https://example.com"
        }
    ],
    "jiraId": "",
    "jiraKey": "",
    "externalProgress": "",
    "userStories": [],
    "features": [],
    "estimate": "60",
    "businessValue": "100",
    "score": 1.6666666666666667
}

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curl --location --request POST 'https://api.shorterloop.com/api/initiatives/SHO-MJXR/epics' \
--header 'Authorization;' \
--header 'initiativeId;' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "summary": "Enhance User Engagement and Retention",
    "color": "#ffb64f",
    "progress": "in-progress",
    "description": "<p>Improve user engagement and retention metrics through targeted feature enhancements and optimizations across the platform.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>",
    "businessGoal": "Increase Monthly Active Users (MAUs) by 20% within the next fiscal year.",
    "persona": [
        {
            "personaValue": "UX Researchers",
            "personaId": 999
        },
        {
            "personaValue": "UX Researchers",
            "personaId": 999
        }
    ],
    "teamId": 587,
    "userId": [],
    "startDate": "2024-06-30T18:30:00.000Z",
    "endDate": "2024-07-30T18:30:00.000Z",
    "tags": "[\"Epic\",\"User engagement\"]",
    "urls": [
        {
            "url": "https://example.com"
        },
        {
            "url": "https://example.com"
        },
        {
            "url": "https://example.com"
        }
    ],
    "jiraId": "",
    "jiraKey": "",
    "externalProgress": "",
    "userStories": [],
    "features": [],
    "estimate": "60",
    "businessValue": "100",
    "score": 1.6666666666666667
}'

Responses

🟢200Success
application/json
Body

Example
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "summary": "Enhance User Engagement and Retention",
        "epicId": 1087,
        "featureId": 0,
        "type": "epic",
        "cardId": 0,
        "externalKey": "EP-41"
    },
    "message": "Epic saved"
}
Modified at 2024-07-12 03:30:36
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