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Start a thread (manager→report, or employee→manager) with a

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Issue keys in Settings → API. Send them as Authorization: Bearer ont_… (an X-Api-Key: ont_… header is also accepted). Session-cookie routes are used by the OnTime web apps and are shown for completeness.

Body

application/json
body
string
required
Minimum string length: 1
employeeId
string<uuid>
Pattern: ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
subject
string
context
object | null

Response

200 - application/json

Success

id
string<uuid>
required
Pattern: ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
employeeId
string<uuid>
required
Pattern: ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
managerId
string<uuid>
required
Pattern: ^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$
otherName
string
required
subject
string | null
required
context
object | null
required
lastMessageAt
string
required
lastPreview
string
required
unread
integer
required
Required range: -9007199254740991 <= x <= 9007199254740991