Date format for Timeline events API requests

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1

Hi,

I'm trying to use the API to create timeline events but I'm getting the error 'value must be a valid date string' for the timestamp field. I've tried various different date/time formats without luck. Does anyone know what the format should be?

Thanks

2

Can you share the request?

3

Hi @TonyC

Thanks for the reply :slightly_smiling_face:

I'm using webhooks by Zapier - so it's a bit hard to post the request here, I'm sending a Post request to /api/timeline-event/ with this data field:

{
"timestamp": "2024-04-22T12:35:19.863808Z",
"description": "test",
"archived": false,
"timezone": "Europe/London",
"name": "test",
"timeline_id": 1,
"source": "collections",
"icon": "star"
}

Any help greatly appreciated!

4

Can you try something like the below:

archived: false
created_at: "2024-04-26T12:54:45.29084Z"
creator_id: 1
description: null
icon: "star"
id: 1
name: "test"
time_matters: false
timeline_id: 1
timestamp: "2024-04-02T22:00:00Z"
timezone: "Europe/London"
updated_at: "2024-04-26T12:54:45.29084Z"

5

Thank you - unfortunately, I get the same error
value must be a valid date string (HTTP Status Code: 400)

6

Hi @TonyC

Do you have any other ideas? I checked the network tab on the Metabase UI for a timeline event, and my code all looks correct, including the date formatting. I'm at a lost what the issue is here.

Thanks for your help.

7

Is it possible tge code you are using to send the request is changing the format of the payload? Can you share the code itself you are using not just the payload

8

Ah you were right - I've fixed it - thanks!!