External id not returned by "Get item revision difference"

[podio]

External id not returned by "Get item revision difference"

[cpeters]

@dominicsayers The API has been updated to include the external_id of each field returned in an item_diff query. If you run into any issues please reach out to us.

[cpeters]

There is an external_id on an item and item_field. There is no external_id on an item_diff. This property appears to have been added to the item_diff model by mistake. There is no use case for referencing an item_diff with an external_id. The diff of an item is generated during an API call and never persisted. You cannot reference an item_diff with an external_id

There will be a fix to the library.

Thanks for pointing out the issue.

[dominicsayers]

Just seems odd that the label is populated but the external_id isn't. Seems a bit arbitrary to populate one and not the other.

I have used the external_id in my app to associate Podio fields with my app's fields. I chose external_id because it was more human-readable than the field_id. It works well with every API call except this one.

[cpeters]

I think what you are asking for is not an external_id of an item_diff object; but an external_id of each field returned in the item_diff query response. Is that correct?

[dominicsayers]

@cpeters sorry if I wasn't clear! I should have been more careful in my original description. Yes, you are quite correct; I believe the external_id could usefully be included for each changed field in the diff.

[cpeters]

@dominicsayers Thank you for the feedback regarding the API. I have added a feature request to include the external_id of each field returned when querying an item_diff

[dominicsayers]

Just checked it. That's awesome, @cpeters. Thank you!

[dominicsayers]

The only other thing you could do is update the excellent documentation to reflect the changed format of the returned data. Just a suggestion.

[cpeters]

Documentation will be updated. Thanks @dominicsayers