CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to our API will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

Until we reach API 1.0, the following special rules apply:

1. If you add a feature or fix a bug, please bump the version from 0.x.y to 0.x.(y+1).
2. If you make a breaking change, please bump the version from 0.x.y to 0.(x+1).0.

[0.10.40] - 2024-10-31

Added

• Add `identity_provider' field to lookup api response to describe which identity provider was used to match the identity.

[0.10.39] - 2024-10-10

Added

• Add residence_count to GET /cohorts

[0.10.38] - 2024-10-10

Added

• GET /scopes/{scope_id}/analysis to return scope payload resource probability distribution

[0.10.37] - 2024-10-08

Fixed

• Enable more permissible glob patterns for prefix connection options.

[0.10.36] - 2024-09-30

Fixed

• Make webhook secrets read-only

[0.10.35] - 2024-09-26

Added

• Added secret (sha256 signing key) to webhook endpoints

[0.10.34] - 2024-09-25

Added

• Webhook endpoints endpoints

[0.10.33] - 2024-09-24

Added

• GET /usages and GET /accounts/x/billing added name to each usage

[0.10.32] - 2024-09-16

Added

• GET /traits and GET /traits/{id} added life_event category

[0.10.31] - 2024-09-12

Added

• GET /traits and GET /traits/{id} added deprecated boolean field for Faraday's traits.

[0.10.30] - 2024-09-04

Added

• GET /traits.csv to return information about all traits the user has access to, in csv form.
• GET /traits and GET /traits/{id} added tier and permissions for each trait.

[0.10.29] - 2024-08-30

Added

• GET /streams/{stream_id_or_name}/analysis to return event stream analysis (starting with a time_series)
• stream.properties[property].distribution which is present for numeric properties and contains the distribution of values
• stream.properties[property].values which is present for categorical and multicategorical properties and contains the unique values and their counts
• stream.event_contribution_by_dataset to show which datasets contributed to the stream and their event count
• stream.event_count which is the total number of events in the stream
• stream.oldest_date and stream.newest_date which are the oldest and newest dates of events found in the stream

[0.10.28] - 2024-08-26

Added

• Add yyyy_mm_dash and yyyy_mm_slash to data map date formats

[0.10.27] - 2024-08-05

Added

• Add identity_sets to lookup api to allow for including multiple identifying information for the same individual, i.e. addresses, emails, phone numbers etc...

[0.10.26] - 2024-08-01

Added

• datasets.output_all_columns_as_traits.include enables an allowlist for automatically generated traits.

[0.10.25] - 2024-07-31

Added

• Added merge_datasets to datasets. This field contains a list of parent/merge dataset IDs and join columns that use the current dataset as a source.

[0.10.24] - 2024-07-18

Added

• GET /graph returns 1 new status fields for both upstream and downstream resources for a total of 2 fields: xxx_status_error (where xxx = downstream or upstream)
• Added required to several fields on /graph that were not really optional and always included: id, status, literate, and type

[0.10.23] - 2024-07-10

Added

• POST /{resource_type}/{resource_id}/archive archive the specified resource. If a resource is archived, it will no longer appear in the Faraday UI (except in the 'archived' tab), and Faraday will no longer update the resource. To archive a resource, all downstream resources must also be archived.

• POST /{resource_type}/{resource_id}/unarchive unarchive the specified resource. To unarchive a resource, all upstream resources must also be unarchived.

[0.10.22] - 2024-07-10

Added

• null_values added to output_to_traits to support null transformations.

[0.10.21] - 2024-07-03

Added

• GET /graph returns 4 new status fields for both upstream and downstream resources for a total of 8 fields: xxx_status_changed_at, xxx_last_updated_output_at, xxx_last_updated_config_at, xxx_last_read_input_at (where xxx = downstream or upstream)

[0.10.20] - 2024-06-25

Added

• GET /recommenders/{recommender_id}/analysis to return model performance, feature importance, and more.

[0.10.19] - 2024-06-24

Fixed

• GET PATCH POST /connections: allow slashes in s3 and gcs bucket_name
• PATCH /user_places: setting a place's addresses = null will now delete addresses

Deprecated

• GET /datasets: deprecate match_count. Use enrichment instead

[0.10.18] - 2024-06-12

Added

• Updated pattern for header_row to match delimiter options and added tab delimiter option '\t'

[0.10.17] - 2024-06-11

Added

• Added dd_mm_yyyy_slash, dd_mm_yy_slash, dd_mm_yyyy_dash, and dd_mm_yy_dash date formats to output_to_streams

[0.10.16] - 2024-06-10

Added

• Add recommenders.report_url (like outcomes.report_url) to provide signed download link for technical report

[0.10.15] - 2024-05-28

Added

• Added conditions option to datasets' output_to_streams, giving users the ability to filter which rows in the dataset should be added to the stream

[0.10.14] - 2024-05-28

Added

• Support UUID as a data type for detected columns in datasets

[0.10.13] - 2024-05-21

Added

• Add PATCH /persona_sets/{persona_set_id}/personas/{persona_id} to update a persona in a persona set. Supports name for now.

[0.10.12] - 2024-05-13

Added

• Added privacy option to datasets, giving users the ability to treat a dataset as a do not contact list (suppress) or as a deletion list (delete and do not contact)

[0.10.11] - 2024-05-07

Added

• datasets: reference_columns
• targets: reference: {dataset_id, column_name}

Depreciated

• datasets: reference_key_column. Use datasets.reference_columns instead
• targets: reference_dataset_id. Use targets.reference.dataset_id instead

[0.10.10] - 2024-05-06

Added

• Added new identified target transformation option: address only

[0.10.9] - 2024-04-30

Added

• Add predictors.blocked.providers to outcomes resource. This will allow a user to block first party data from models during outcome builds.

[0.10.8] - 2024-04-29

Fixed

• add date as a PrimiteDataType
• reconcile TraitCategory with the actual categories used in the db

[0.10.7] - 2024-04-12

Added

• Added output_all_columns_as_traits as an alternative to output_to_traits when configuring datasets.

[0.10.6] - 2024-03-21

Added

• Add new dataset type merge - merges two or more existing datasets into a single dataset (leaves the original datasets intact)

[0.10.5] - 2024-03-13

Added

• Added target_filter_recommender_ranks and target_filter_recommender_uncalibrated_probabilities to the filter object of a target.

[0.10.4] - 2024-02-14

Added

• Added schema as an optional parameter for Microsoft SQL Server connection types.

[0.10.3] - 2024-02-13

Added

• Added header_row as an optional parameter for connection types that support CSV files.

[0.10.2] - 2024-02-09

Fixed

• Allow slashes in detected_column names

[0.10.1] - 2024-02-08

Added

• Add recommender_ids to scope.payload

[0.10.0] - 2024-01-31

Fixed

• Fixed DELETE status codes for all resources (except accounts because they have a waiting period) 202->204. This is technically a breaking change based on the spec but the API was already returning 204.

[0.9.3] - 2024-01-31

Added

• Added include_geometry boolean to TargetModesAggregated to append optional geometries to aggregated targets.

[0.9.2] - 2024-01-05

Added

• Added dataset enrichment rates. This reports the number of identities that were appended with additional data, grouped by provider.

[0.9.1] - 2023-12-05

Added

• Add Recommenders endpoints for building and managing recommendation models.

[0.9.1] - 2023-12-21

• Updated lift value descriptions for outcomes

[0.9.0] - 2023-12-14

Fixed

• Changed targets/{target_id}/lookup success response code from 201 to 200

[0.8.2] - 2023-11-27

Added

• Relaxed reference key pattern to allow for leading underscore.

[0.8.1] - 2023-11-17

Changed

• Outcome analysis descriptions for bias metrics updated.

[0.8.0] - 2023-11-08

Breaking

• Outcome analysis lift value is optional because not all reports have it yet.

[0.7.15] - 2023-11-1

Added

• Add customer id option to google ads connection

[0.7.14] - 2023-10-30

Fixed

• Require non-empty strings for resource names

[0.7.13] - 2023-10-11

Added

• Score explainability as an opt-in scope payload column

[0.7.12] - 2023-10-10

Changed

• Remove target score language in favor of target percentile for lift charts.

[0.7.11] - 2023-09-06

Added

• Add last_updated_config_at to most Resources
• Add last_read_input_at to most Resources

[0.7.10] - 2023-08-24

Added

• Add bias analysis to GET /outcomes/{outcome_id}/analysis

[0.7.9] - 2023-08-17

Added

• GET /traits/{trait_id}/analysis/dimensions - returns summary data about the trait. For example, what percentage of the US population falls into a certain age range.

[0.7.8] - 2023-08-15

Fixed

• Move maximum and minimum on target filter probability and percentile down onto the component/schema

[0.7.7] - 2023-08-11

Added

• Add bias mitigation to outcome configuration. Though the spec appears you can combine different mitigation strategies per dimension of concern (age=equity, gender=equality), API runtime validation will prevent it for now. Later we may support this so the spec is designed for future proofing. Note: age=none, gender=equity is allowed.

[0.7.6] - 2023-08-07

Deprecated

• Using Outcome Score in target filter is deprecated. Use Outcome percentile or probability instead.

[0.7.5] - 2023-08-07

Fixed

• Let BigQuery dataset names start with a number

[0.7.4] - 2023-08-04

Added

• Added dataset sample and non-null data (anonymized)

[0.7.3] - 2023-08-03

Added

• Add lookup_api connection type for targets
• Add JSON types for lookup requests

[0.7.2] - 2023-07-31

Added

• Added GET outcomes/{outcome_id}/analysis to return outcome report data for model performance, feature importance, and more.

[0.7.1] - 2023-07-13

Fixed

• connection options that aren't required now use * instead of + in regex pattern matching
• added yyyymmdd to data map formats

[0.7.0] - 2023-06-22

Breaking

• instead of billing via ppds (person-predictions per day), Faraday now bills via a variety of metrics (number of connections, number of known contacts, etc). The endpoint exposes this information to the users

[0.6.0] - 2023-06-06

Breaking

• Change shape of datasets.output_to_traits from string to object to support additional configuration details.
• Add metadata to the /traits endpoint including literate, description, units, and emitted_by_datasets.

[0.5.3] - 2023-06-21

Added

• Made some minor updates to managed connection types metadata.

[0.5.2] - 2023-06-20

Added

• Added new managed connection types.

[0.5.1] - 2023-06-12

Added

• Added a new target filter for score probabilities. Allows a user to filter a target with various operators by the following payload element outcome_probability.

[0.5.0] - 2023-05-12

Breaking

• DELETE /account no longer returns the account object - this is in-line with how the other DELETE endpoints work.

[0.4.17] - 2023-05-11

Added

• 'census_block_group', 'census_tract', and 'dma' are now options for geo aggregated targets.

[0.4.16] - 2023-05-11

Fixed

• Allow false to be passed to target filter persona and cohort membership eq

[0.4.15] - 2023-04-25

Added

• Target row_count limits now allow outcome_id to be optional.

[Unreleased]

• Added secondary connections (e.g. Klaviyo). These are marked as "managed" and therefore do NOT get written into the API spec.
• Added tags:string[] and blurb:string to ConnectionTypes. This is for the website only.

[0.4.15] - 2023-04-17

Changed

• Added null (_null) and not null (_nnull) operators to target filters for outcome_percentile and outcome_score.

[0.4.14] - 2023-04-10

Added

• Added a new target tranformation called filter. Allows a user to filter a target with various operators by any of the following payload elements: persona_id, attributes (traits), cohort_membership, outcome_percentile, outcome_score.

[0.4.13] - 2023-04-07

Changed

• Example values for explore field in cohorts and invert in cohort place conditions so that users of the API docs get better default values.

[0.4.12] - 2023-04-05

Added

• GET uploads/{directory}/{filename} - download the file previously uploaded at POST uploads/{directory}/{filename}.

[0.4.11] - 2023-03-22

Added

• GET dependencies - returns the list of edges in a dependency graph of the account's resources.

[0.4.10] - 2023-03-16

Added

• Added 'managed' boolean to connections, datasets, and targets. Managed resources are read-only.

[0.4.9] - 2023-02-24

Added

• Added rules for liveramp as a target transformation.

[0.4.8] - 2023-02-22

Changed

• Updated connection type descriptions to match the new literates in vannevar.

[0.4.7] - 2023-02-21

Changed

• Cohort stream name is now mutable

[0.4.6] - 2023-02-16

Added

• Added new target transformation options for: pinterest, snapchat, klaviyo, segment, youtube, tiktok, taboola
• iterable, poplar, salesforce, google ads, facebook

[0.4.5] - 2023-02-14

Added

• New error: EXPIRED_API_KEY

[0.4.4] - 2023-02-05

Added

• data map format: static_date_iso8601, with column_name as the (temporary?) place you put the static value
• new date format yyyymm e.g. 201901

[0.4.3] - 2023-01-28

Added

• freeform_address and email_hash added to identity sets on data sets.

[0.4.2] - 2023-01-24

Added

• number_of_clusters parameter to PersonaSets

[0.4.1] - 2023-01-12

Added

• New GET /cohorts/{cohort_id}/analysis/membership endpoint to show cohort membership counts over time.

[0.4.0] - 2023-01-12

Breaking

• Change the format of event stream properties include type, statistical type, breaks, format, emitted_by_datasets.

[0.3.23] - 2023-01-09

Scopes

• added columns detailed metadata for the front-end.

Targets

• added human_readable
• added custom_structure - see https://github.com/faradayio/fdy/blob/master/docs/TARGET_STRUCTURE_TRANSFORMATIONS.md
• deprecated payload_map

[0.3.22] - 2023-01-06

Added

• Implement DELETE for /traits

[0.3.21] - 2023-01-03

Added

• Remove TRIM on dateparsing and implement regex, removing time, only for when we do not autodetect

[0.3.20] - 2022-12-21

Added

• Places resource endpoint: GET, POST, PATCH, DELETE
• Added place_conditions parameter to /cohorts, used filter a Cohort's population using a Place's geometry

[0.3.19] - 2022-12-20

Added

• Targets: added linkedin transform preset

[0.3.18] - 2022-12-13

Changed

• Align the initial target transformation presets with the existing target update worker.

[0.3.17] - 2022-12-09

Changed

• /datasets upsert_column can now be PATCHed after the dataset is created

[0.3.16] - 2022-12-07

Added

• Target transformation presets and compilation script.

[0.3.15] - 2022-12-06

Added

• Add GET /persona_sets/{persona_set_id}/analysis/flow to return type persona analysis info on the associated value and member count of each persona by day.

[0.3.14] - 2022-12-05

Added

• Add stream_conditions field to cohorts. This allows users to specify values for stream properties to filter cohort membership.

[0.3.13] - 2022-12-04

Added

• Added person_full_name to datasets identity sets
• Allow spaces and capital letters in identity sets

[0.3.12] - 2022-11-29

Added

• PATCH and POST /outcomes - feature_blocklist could previously only include Faraday-provided traits. Now it can also include user-defined traits.

[0.3.11] - 2022-11-29

Added

• GET /streams and GET /streams/{id} endpoints now return properties. Properties are set on /datasets output_to_streams.

[0.3.10] - 2022-11-22

Added

• GET, POST, PATCH /datasets: for output_to_streams, instead of being limited to 'datetime', 'product', 'value', and 'channel', you can create any property.
• provided clearer date parsing specifications (yyyy_mm_dd_dash instead of date_iso8601, mm_dd_yy_slash instead of date_month_day_shortyear (this didn't even allow delimiter choosing)). For backwards compatibility, the old formats are still available, but depreciated.

[0.3.9] - 2022-11-15

Added

• Add GET /persona_sets/{persona_set_id}/analysis/dimensions to return typed persona analysis info for traits beyond the clustering/modeling_fields of the persona set. Eventually this can contain predictions and other event analysis information.

Changed

• Marked persona_set.personas[0].details.bins as deprecated (use /persona_sets/{persona_set_id}/analysis/dimensions instead which has a typed response and contains more dimensions)

[0.3.8] - 2022-11-15

Changed

• support "upsert" for snowflake referenced targets

[0.3.7] - 2022-11-11

Added

• Added _matches field to trait conditions on cohorts for regex matching.

[0.3.6] - 2022-11-02

Added

• Added last_updated_output_at to most endpoints - this specifies when the resource last finished building.

[0.3.5] - 2022-11-01

Fixed

• Make persona.id required (non-nullable).

[0.3.4] - 2022-10-28

Added

• Added GET /accounts - to show your account plus all subaccounts
• Added GET /accounts/{id} - to show the details of a specific account
• Added GET /accounts/current - to show the details of the account associated with your specific API key
• Added GET /accounds/{id}/billing - to show billing details for the given account. including payments, invoices, and account usage

[0.3.3] - 2022-10-28

Added

• New field persona.individuals_count returns number of members that match the persona within the cohort the set was based on.

[0.3.2] - 2022-10-24

Added

• Allow spaces in column names

[0.3.1] - 2022-10-24

Added

• Added "case_sensitive_columns" to Snowflake datasets

[0.3.0] - 2022-10-17

Added

• Added name and explore fields to creating persona sets
• Added PATCH support for /persona_sets/{persona_set_id} to update name and explore

Breaking

• name is now required for POST /persona_sets

[0.2.11] - 2022-10-14

Added

• DELETE endpoints for all resources except traits.

[0.2.10] - 2022-10-13

Added

• add matched_count to /datasets. This will show the user how many of their identified people matched a person in Faraday's data.
• fixed the calculation for row count and identified count.

[0.2.9] - 2022-10-13

Changed

• allow space character in SQL server database options

Added

• support "upsert" for bigquery referenced targets

[0.2.8] - 2022-10-05

Added

• new supported 'format' for /datasets output_to_streams - seconds since unix epoch and milliseconds since epoch

[0.2.7] - 2022-10-03

Changed

• show whether cohort is classic (managed)

[0.2.6] - 2022-09-29

Changed

• allow bucket prefixes to start with capital letters and numbers

[0.2.5] - 2022-09-21

Changed

• allow colon in column names (e.g. "Source: Product Description")

Changed

[0.2.4] - 2022-09-10

Changed

• added dataset updates, showing the date and rows added per update. Note that we don't currently provide the row count pre-processing as this is technically difficult.

[0.2.3] - 2022-09-06

Changed

• refactor target limits to support two types of input: percentile ranges (WHERE min <= percentile_score <= max) and absolute limits (LIMIT)

[0.2.2] - 2022-09-06

Changed

• add explore boolean to cohorts

[0.2.1] - 2022-09-02

Changed

• add preview mode to datasets, facilitating "New Dataset" UI (and advanced API users who want low latency column detection)
• allow spaces in column names (e.g. "Product Description")

[0.2.0] - 2022-08-30

Changed

• move required dataset_name from BigQuery datasets/targets to BigQuery connection level

[0.1.19] - 2022-08-25

• add active to persona_sets

[0.1.18] - 2022-08-21

• add contents and contents_error to connections

[0.1.17] - 2022-08-18

Changed

• add metro as an aggregation option to targets

[0.1.16] - 2022-08-17

Changed

• for /datasets endpoints, made output_to_streams optional

[0.1.15] - 2022-08-15

Added

• /datasets read-only, optional fields row_count and identified_count

[0.1.14] - 2022-08-09

Changed

• Create a new 403 error code MAX_RESOURCES_REACHED. When user hits the resource quota, they will get a 403 MAX_RESOURCES_REACHED error instead of 403 FORBIDDEN. The user will instead get FORBIDDEN if they do not have access to the resource.

[0.1.13] - 2022-08-04

Changed

• /targets endpoint re-spec
• Added support for read-only connection_types_options

[0.1.12] - 2022-07-29

Added

• GET /datasets[/X] now returns name

[0.1.11] - 2022-07-28

Added

• GET /datasets[/X] now returns detected_columns

[0.1.10] - 2022-07-27

Added

• GET /scopes/{scope_id}/datasets for returning all datasets associated with a scope's population cohorts.

[0.1.9] - 2022-07-26

Added

• fig/geography trait category to distinguish location-based fields which contain census, ZIP, etc ID's.

[0.1.8] - 2022-07-19

Added

• report_url to scopes for returning a signed url with the report location
• output_url to targets for returning a signed url for the default output

[0.1.7] - 2022-07-18

Added

• New to datasets: primary_key_column.

[0.1.6] - 2022-07-12

Added

• GET /scope/{scope_id}/payload/cohorts for returning all cohorts in the scope's payload

[0.1.5] - 2022-07-11

Fixed

• Scope payload attributes will not fail validation for prefixed field names.

[0.1.4] - 2022-07-07

Fixed

• url for snowlake connections now uses the correct regex.

[0.1.3] - 2022-06-27

Added

• connections/{connection_id}/targets endpoint, which returns all targets with the given connection_id

Fixed

• url for redshift connections now uses the correct regex.

[0.1.2] - 2022-06-24

Added

• Recency options to the /cohorts endpoint.

[0.1.1] - 2022-06-23

Added

• Added classic options for datasets and connections to expose querying and patching of classic datasets.

[0.1.0] - 2022-06-23

Fixed

• Obsolete code in this repository has been deleted.
• This repository is now completely standalone.

[0.2.0] - 2022-06-26

Changed

• Name is now reqired on cohorts.