The next Kintone update is 10th May 2021. The release also includes the following API updates.

Update Summary

The May updates for the Kintone platform include features to show/hide widgets in Spaces . Due to this, API updates for May include new features and enhancements related to these feature updates.

Kintone JavaScript API

New Features

• The Onload Events for Spaces will trigger at a new timing.
  • Relevant APIs
    • Desktop Onload Event (space.portal.show)
    • Mobile Onload Event (mobile.space.portal.show)
  • Details
    • Before the update: The event triggers after all widgets are rendered.
    • After the update: The event will trigger after all non-hidden widgets are rendered.

Enhanced Features

• JavaScript APIs that create URLs from shortened paths will be enhanced to take in paths ending in ".json".

  • Relevant APIs
    • Get URL kintone.api.url()
    • Get URL with query kintone.api.urlForGet()

• Details
  As an example, kintone.api.url('/k/v1/records.json') produces the following results:

  • Before the update: https://{subdomain}.kintone.com/k/v1/record.json.json
  • After the update: https://{subdomain}.kintone.com/k/v1/record.json

• Notes

  • The Kintone REST API Request will also be able to process requests where the path is stated with a ".json".
    e.g. kintone.api('/k/v1/record.json', 'GET', ... )

Kintone REST API

New Features

• Additional parameters will be added to the response of the Get Space API.
  • Relevant APIs
    • Get Space (/v1/space.json)
  • Details
    • The additional parameters below represent the display status of the Space widgets:
      • showAnnouncement: The "Announcement" widget
      • showAppList: The "Apps" widget
      • showMemberList: The "People" widget
      • showThreadList: The "Threads" widget
      • showRelatedLinkList: The "Related Apps & Spaces" widget
  • Notes
    • The display status is available for Spaces with the "Enable multiple threads" option turned on.
    • Single-threaded spaces will respond with null in these parameters.