Retrieve a list of activities for an organization

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 a paginated list of activities for a given organization.

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/organizations/{organizationId}/activities

Required OAuth Scopes

activity:read

Parameters

Parameter	In	Type	Required	Description
X-Version	header	string	false	Version of the API (2022-01-01)
$filter	query	string	false	The properties to filter the results by.
$maxpagesize	query	integer	false	The maximum number of results to retrieve
$next	query	string	false	Pagination cursor for next set of results.
$orderBy	query	string	false	One or more comma-separated expressions to indicate the order in which to sort the results.
organizationId	path	string(uuid)	true	The unique identifier of the organization

Filter Options

Available logical operators: and, or

Name	Predicates Supported
action.alias	eq, in
action.id	eq, in
activityDateTime	eq, lt, gt, le, ge
performer.id	eq, in
target.id	eq, in

Sorting Options

Name	Orders Supported
activityDateTime	asc, desc

Code Samples

curl

curl -X GET https://api.app.wdesk.com/admin/v1/organizations/{organizationId}/activities \
    -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/organizations/{organizationId}/activities \
    X-Version:2022-01-01 \
    Accept:application/json \
    Authorization:"Bearer {access-token}"

wget

wget --method=GET "https://api.app.wdesk.com/admin/v1/organizations/{organizationId}/activities" \
    --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/organizations/{organizationId}/activities', headers = headers)

print(r.json())

Returns

200 - OK

Returns a JSON object with data and @nextLink properties. data contains a list of Activity objects, and @nextLink provides the URL to the next set of results. If there are no additional results, @nextLink doesn’t appear. If the request returns no results at all, data contains an empty array.

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

{
  "@nextLink": "<opaque_url>",
  "data": [
    {
      "action": {
        "alias": "workspace_membership_create",
        "category": "Administration",
        "deprecated": false,
        "id": "com.workiva.administration.workspace_membership.create",
        "name": "Workspace membership created"
      },
      "activityDateTime": "2021-01-30T14:11:02Z",
      "id": "NjE0MjIxODItOTVkYi00YmFjLWI4ZjktNzRkMDg1OTdlMDgwOlFYVmthWFIzYjJjZVFYVmtiWFJNYjJlNk5ETXpiamN4TUdVMU5HRTlOR1V5Tm1JeU5ENGtOREJsWXpuNFpHWXhNVFE=",
      "organization": {
        "id": "a25bc16f-fb62-4aff-a87e-1cca4b2113c0",
        "name": "Workiva"
      },
      "outcome": "success",
      "performer": {
        "displayName": "Adam Admin",
        "id": "V0ZWc2VyHzE0NT8xNzAyMDA",
        "ipAddress": "192.168.1.1",
        "type": "com.workiva.iam.principal.user",
        "uniqueName": "admin_admin@example.com"
      },
      "summary": "Adam Admin added the user 'John Public' to the workspace 'Organization Management'",
      "tags": [
        "correlationId:1a2b3c4d5e6f000db88c0009f9f1",
        "eventId:LM4s-wJyTgW4NTbNZi_86v"
      ],
      "targets": [
        {
          "displayName": "John Public",
          "id": "V0ZVc2VyHzY0ODY4NjQ1MzE1NTQ",
          "type": "com.workiva.administration.user",
          "uniqueName": "john_public"
        },
        {
          "displayName": "Organization Management",
          "id": "QWNjb3VudB81MzIzMjkwOTM4NzAzODcy",
          "type": "com.workiva.administration.workspace"
        }
      ],
      "workspace": {
        "id": "QWNjb3VudB81MzIzMjkwOTM4NzAzODcy",
        "name": "Organization Management"
      }
    },
    {
      "action": {
        "alias": "workspace_update",
        "category": "Administration",
        "deprecated": false,
        "id": "com.workiva.administration.workspace.update",
        "name": "Workspace updated"
      },
      "activityDateTime": "2021-01-30T13:55:01Z",
      "attachments": [
        {
          "entityChanges": {
            "new": "Organization Management",
            "old": "New Workspace",
            "propertyName": "displayName"
          }
        }
      ],
      "id": "NjE0MjIxODItOTVkYi00YmFjLWI4ZjktNzRkMDg1OTdlMDgwOlFYVmthWFJNYjJjZVFYVmthWFJNYjJjNk5ETXpaamN4TUdVMU5HRTBOR1V5Tm1JeU5ERmtOREJsWXpNMlpHWXhNVFE=",
      "organization": {
        "id": "a25bc16f-fb62-4aff-a87e-1cca4b2113c0",
        "name": "Workiva"
      },
      "outcome": "success",
      "performer": {
        "displayName": "Adam Admin",
        "id": "V0ZWc2VyHzE0NT8xNzAyMDA",
        "ipAddress": "192.168.1.1",
        "type": "com.workiva.iam.principal.user",
        "uniqueName": "admin_admin@example.com"
      },
      "summary": "Adam Admin updated the workspace 'Organization Management'",
      "tags": [
        "correlationId:2a1b4dee6e9f001dbbbc0007f7f3",
        "eventId:k94s-vJyTaca5HERbNZi_21v"
      ],
      "targets": [
        {
          "displayName": "Organization Management",
          "id": "QWNjb3VudB81MzIzMjkwOTM4NzAzODcy",
          "type": "com.workiva.administration.workspace",
          "uniqueName": "string"
        }
      ],
      "workspace": {
        "id": "QWNjb3VudB81MzIzMjkwOTM4NzAzODcy",
        "name": "Organization Management"
      }
    }
  ]
}

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"
}