Retrieve a single activity action

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Retrieve a single activity action#

Deprecated

This endpoint is deprecated and may be removed in a future release.

This endpoint was deprecated on 2026-02-12.

It is scheduled for sunset on 2029-01-31.

Description#

Returns an action performed, given its ID

Attention

The Workiva Platform does not guarantee that actions taken in the platform will always result in the same Activity ID. Please rely on the ActivityAction alias field to determine if an activity is relevant to your use case.

GET /admin/v1/activityActions/{activityActionId}

Required OAuth Scopes

activity:read

Parameters#

Parameter	In	Type	Required	Description
X-Version	header	string	false	Version of the API (2022-01-01)
activityActionId	path	string	true	The unique identifier of the activity action

Code Samples#

curl

curl -X GET https://api.app.wdesk.com/admin/v1/activityActions/{activityActionId} \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    -H 'X-Version: 2022-01-01'

httpie

http GET https://api.app.wdesk.com/admin/v1/activityActions/{activityActionId} \
    X-Version:2022-01-01 \
    Accept:application/json \
    Authorization:"Bearer {access-token}"

wget

wget --method=GET "https://api.app.wdesk.com/admin/v1/activityActions/{activityActionId}" \
    --output-document -  \ 
    --header 'Accept: application/json' \ 
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    --header 'X-Version: 2022-01-01'

python

import requests

headers = {
  'X-Version': '2022-01-01',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.get('https://api.app.wdesk.com/admin/v1/activityActions/{activityActionId}', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

Returns#

200 - OK#

Details about the activity action

400 - Bad Request#

Error response that indicates that the service is not able to process the incoming request. The reason is provided in the error message.

401 - Unauthorized#

Error response that indicates that the service is not able to process the incoming request. The reason is provided in the error message.

403 - Forbidden#

Error response that indicates that the service is not able to process the incoming request. The reason is provided in the error message.

404 - Not Found#

Error response that indicates that the service is not able to process the incoming request. The reason is provided in the error message.

409 - Conflict#

Error response that indicates that the service is not able to process the incoming request. The reason is provided in the error message.

429 - Too Many Requests#

Error response that indicates that the service is not able to process the incoming request. The reason is provided in the error message.

500 - Internal Server Error#

Error response that indicates that the service is not able to process the incoming request. The reason is provided in the error message.

503 - Service Unavailable#

Error response that indicates that the service is not able to process the incoming request. The reason is provided in the error message.

Example Responses#

200 Response

{
  "alias": "workspace_membership_create",
  "category": "Administration",
  "deprecated": false,
  "id": "com.workiva.administration.workspace_membership.create",
  "name": "Workspace membership created"
}

Bad Request

{
  "code": "400BadRequest",
  "message": "The request was unacceptable, often due to a missing or invalid parameter"
}

Unauthorized

{
  "code": "401Unauthorized",
  "message": "No valid API token provided"
}

Forbidden

{
  "code": "403Forbidden",
  "message": "The API token does not have permissions to perform the request"
}

Not Found

{
  "code": "404NotFound",
  "message": "The requested resource could not be found"
}

Conflict

{
  "code": "409Conflict",
  "message": "The request conflicts with another request"
}

Too Many Requests

{
  "code": "429TooManyRequests",
  "message": "Too many requests have been made against the API in too short a time"
}

Internal Server Error

{
  "code": "500InternalServerError",
  "message": "The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request"
}

Service Unavailable

{
  "code": "503ServiceUnavailable",
  "message": "The server cannot handle the request due to a temporary overload or scheduled maintenance"
}