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  • Getting started

    • API Quick Start
    • API Authentication
    • API Responses
    • API Pagination
    • API Rate Limiting
    • Webhooks API
  • Resources

    • Announcements API
    • Boards API
    • Customers API
    • Ideas API
    • Idea States API
    • Surveys API
    • Topics API

Boards

Boards are containers for grouping related ideas. These endpoints return active, non-archived boards for your company.


List boards

GET /api/v1/boards/

Retrieve a paginated list of boards.

Query parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
limitintegerNo20Results per page (max 100).
offsetintegerNo0Number of results to skip.

Example request

curl -sS \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Key scalar*live*...' \
  'https://<your-host>/api/v1/boards/'

Success response (200 OK)

{
    "results": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "title": "Feedback",
            "description": "General product feedback",
            "colour": "#8B5CF6",
            "is_private": false,
            "is_archived": false,
            "show_on_roadmap": true,
            "allow_posts": true,
            "allow_notes": true,
            "approve_posts": false,
            "slug": "feedback-abc123",
            "order": 1,
            "idea_count": 42
        }
    ],
    "count": 1
}

Objects

Board object

FieldTypeDescription
idintegerUnique internal ID.
titlestringBoard title.
descriptionstringBoard description.
colourstringHex display colour.
is_privatebooleanWhether the board is internal-only.
is_archivedbooleanWhether the board is archived.
show_on_roadmapbooleanWhether ideas from this board appear on the roadmap.
allow_postsbooleanWhether new ideas can be submitted to this board.
allow_notesbooleanWhether comments are enabled on ideas in this board.
approve_postsbooleanWhether new ideas require approval before publishing.
slugstringURL-safe identifier.
orderintegerDisplay order in the dashboard.
idea_countintegerNumber of active ideas in this board.
Last Updated: 19/02/2026, 05:48
Contributors: Tlotlego Mogapi
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