Get Appeal id by lookup_id?

Nathan Wells

Is there anyway to return the ID of an appeal using the lookup_id?


We use an internal id system using the lookup_id and I'd like to just use our internal one in our UI (because it makes sense to humans) and then in the backend auto lookup the actual ID of the appeal so we don't have to manually do that for each appeal.


We have hundreds of appeals so I'd rather not iterate through all the appeals each time we want to know the ID using ListAppeals https://developer.sky.blackbaud.com/docs/services/58bdd6c8d7dcde06046081d7/operations/ListAppeals/console

Ben Lambert

Hi Nathan,


At the moment, this is a gap in the API - there's no mechanism for getting a Campaign/Fund/Appeal record using the user-defined lookup_id. This capability does exist for constituent records, and was recently added for event records.


Would you mind filing this request on the Ideas page? .Our Product Management team uses this to prioritize new functionality, so getting this listed will be helpful for them.


Thanks!

Nathan Wells

Sure thing Ben Lambert‍ . I added it here: https://blackbaud-developer.ideas.aha.io/ideas/API-I-329