Shorter Loop API Documentation
  1. Features
Shorter Loop API Documentation
  • 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
      • Modify an epic
      • Retrieve details of the epic
      • Removes the epic
    • Features
      • Create a new feature
        POST
      • Modify a feature
        PUT
      • Retrieve details of the feature
        GET
      • Removes the feature
        DELETE
    • 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
  • testing
    GET
  1. Features

Create a new feature

POST
/api/initiatives/SHO-MJXR/features
The POST /api/initiatives/SHO-MJXR/features endpoint creates a new feature under the initiative identified by the external key SHO-MJXR.

Request

Header Params
Authorization
string 
required
Default:
Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.UJaUHpd_XJyGSv4C0DaaEVxDDQKzKZ_lKPkf8Yrr-Oc
initiativeId
string 
required
How to get initiativeId:
Visit https://app.shorterloop.com/ACME/product/SHO-MJXR/dashboard.
The initiativeId is SHO-MJXR in the URL.
Use this initiativeId in the initiativeId header for API requests.
Default:
DEE
Example:
MGMT
Content-Type
string 
required
Default:
application/json
Body Params application/json
summary
string 
required
color
string 
optional
progress
enum<string> 
optional
Allowed values:
to-doin-progressdone
description
string 
optional
businessGoal
string 
optional
persona
array [object {2}] 
optional
personaValue
string 
required
personaId
integer 
required
teamId
integer 
optional
userId
array[integer]
optional
startDate
string 
optional
endDate
string 
optional
tags
string 
optional
urls
array [object {1}] 
optional
url
string 
optional
jiraId
string 
optional
jiraKey
string 
optional
externalProgress
string 
optional
userStories
array[string]
optional
estimate
string 
optional
businessValue
string 
optional
score
number 
optional
epicId
number 
required
Provide if feature is epic's child; otherwise omit.
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"
    }
  ],
  "jiraId": "",
  "jiraKey": "",
  "externalProgress": "",
  "userStories": [],
  "estimate": "60",
  "businessValue": "100",
  "score": 1.6666666666666667,
  "epicId": 46633902.814527154
}

Request samples

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Request Request Example
Shell
JavaScript
Java
Swift
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.shorterloop.com/api/initiatives/SHO-MJXR/features' \
--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"
        }
    ],
    "jiraId": "",
    "jiraKey": "",
    "externalProgress": "",
    "userStories": [],
    "estimate": "60",
    "businessValue": "100",
    "score": 1.6666666666666667,
    "epicId": 46633902.814527154
}'

Responses

🟢200Success
application/json
Body
success
boolean 
required
data
object 
optional
summary
string 
required
epicId
integer 
required
featureId
integer 
required
type
string 
required
cardId
integer 
required
externalKey
string 
required
message
string 
optional
Example
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "summary": "User Engagement Dashboard",
    "featureId": 1643,
    "epicId": 0,
    "type": "impact_map",
    "externalKey": "FE-75",
    "metaData": {
      "persona": [
        {
          "personaValue": "Product Owners (Execution Oriented)",
          "personaId": 998
        },
        {
          "personaValue": "UX Researchers",
          "personaId": 999
        }
      ],
      "urls": [
        {
          "url": "https://example.com"
        }
      ],
      "id": 1643,
      "summary": "User Engagement Dashboard",
      "userId": "[17355]",
      "backlog": true,
      "description": "<p>Develop a dashboard to track user retention metrics, including active users, retention rates, and engagement trends over time.</p>",
      "successCriteria": null,
      "nonFunctionalRequirements": null,
      "initiativeId": "1116",
      "teamId": 587,
      "externalKey": "FE-75",
      "status": "active",
      "detail": null,
      "color": "#4784fc",
      "order": null,
      "score": "1.3333333333333333",
      "startDate": "2024-07-12T18:30:00.000Z",
      "endDate": "2024-07-18T18:30:00.000Z",
      "epicId": 0,
      "estimate": "60",
      "progress": "to-do",
      "externalProgress": "",
      "businessValue": "80",
      "tags": "\"[{\"key\":\"engagement\",\"slug\":\"engagement\"},{\"key\":\"Product management\",\"slug\":\"product-management\"}]\"",
      "timeBoxPlanningId": 0,
      "subTimeBoxPlanningId": 0,
      "swimlaneId": 0,
      "roadmapId": 0,
      "storyMapId": 0,
      "businessObjectiveId": 0,
      "businessGoal": "Improve insights into user behavior to enhance retention strategies and user satisfaction.",
      "jiraId": "",
      "jiraKey": "",
      "jiraSelf": null,
      "jiraParentId": "",
      "createdAt": "2024-07-12T03:15:56.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2024-07-12T03:15:56.000Z"
    }
  },
  "message": "Feature saved"
}
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