# Important dates

> List and create important dates (birthdays, anniversaries) for organization members.

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# Important dates

List and create important dates (birthdays, work anniversaries, and custom events) for organization members.

## Endpoints summary

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| GET | `/v1/important-dates/` | List important dates |
| GET | `/v1/important-dates/{id}/` | Get a specific important date |
| POST | `/v1/important-dates/` | Create an important date |

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## GET /v1/important-dates/

Returns important dates for the organization, optionally filtered by user.

### Query parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `user_uuid` | string (UUID) | No | User UUID whose dates to return. |
| `date_type` | string | No | Filter by type: `birthday`, `anniversary`, or `custom`. |
| `limit` | integer | No | Number of results. Default: 250. |
| `offset` | integer | No | Pagination offset. |

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.dailybot.com/v1/important-dates/?user_uuid=usr_abc123" \
  -H "X-API-KEY: your_api_key"
```

**Response (200 OK):**

```json
{
  "count": 2,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "date-uuid",
      "user": { "uuid": "usr_abc123", "name": "Jane Doe" },
      "date_type": "birthday",
      "date": "1990-03-15",
      "label": "Birthday"
    }
  ]
}
```

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## GET /v1/important-dates/{id}/

Returns a specific important date.

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.dailybot.com/v1/important-dates/date-uuid/" \
  -H "X-API-KEY: your_api_key"
```

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## POST /v1/important-dates/

Creates a new important date for a user.

### Body parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `user_uuid` | string (UUID) | Yes | UUID of the user. |
| `date_type` | string | Yes | One of: `birthday`, `anniversary`, `custom`. |
| `date` | string | Yes | Date in `YYYY-MM-DD` format. |
| `label` | string | No | Custom label for the date. |

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.dailybot.com/v1/important-dates/" \
  -H "X-API-KEY: your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "user_uuid": "usr_abc123",
    "date_type": "birthday",
    "date": "1990-03-15",
    "label": "Birthday"
  }'
```

**Response (201 Created):**

```json
{
  "id": "date-uuid",
  "user": { "uuid": "usr_abc123", "name": "Jane Doe" },
  "date_type": "birthday",
  "date": "1990-03-15",
  "label": "Birthday"
}
```

## Endpoints in this group

Read organization-scheduled important dates (holidays, out-of-office).

| Method | Endpoint | Description |
|--------|----------|-------------|
| GET | `/v1/important-date/` | List important dates |
| GET | `/v1/important-date/{uuid}/` | Retrieve an important date |

### GET `/v1/important-date/`

**List important dates**

List important dates

- **Auth:** API key (`X-API-KEY`), CLI Bearer (read)
- **Rate limit:** `default`
- **Pagination:** Page-number pagination

#### Error codes

| Status | When |
|--------|------|
| `401` | Missing/invalid/expired credential |
| `403` | Authenticated but not permitted |
| `429` | Throttled - Retry-After header set |

#### Example (curl)

```bash
curl -sS -X GET 'https://api.dailybot.com/v1/important-date/' -H 'X-API-KEY: $DAILYBOT_API_KEY'
```

### GET `/v1/important-date/{uuid}/`

**Retrieve an important date**

Retrieve an important date

- **Auth:** API key (`X-API-KEY`), CLI Bearer (read)
- **Rate limit:** `default`
- **Pagination:** No pagination

#### Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `uuid` | string (uuid) | Yes | — |

#### Error codes

| Status | When |
|--------|------|
| `401` | Missing/invalid/expired credential |
| `403` | Authenticated but not permitted |
| `429` | Throttled - Retry-After header set |
| `404` | Not found or not visible |

#### Example (curl)

```bash
curl -sS -X GET 'https://api.dailybot.com/v1/important-date/{uuid}/' -H 'X-API-KEY: $DAILYBOT_API_KEY'
```

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