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title: "API: Containers"
description: How to work with Containers through the Clear Impact Scorecard API.
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# API: Containers

The API enables the following interactions with containers:

- [Update a container](https://support.clearimpact.com/en/2023-api-containers#UpdateAContainer4)
- [Add a container](https://support.clearimpact.com/en/2023-api-containers#AddAContainer2)
- [Get container details](https://support.clearimpact.com/en/2023-api-containers#GetContainerDetails3)
- [Update a container](https://support.clearimpact.com/en/2023-api-containers#UpdateAContainer4)
- [Delete a container](https://support.clearimpact.com/en/2023-api-containers#DeleteAContainer5)

### Container Parameter Definitions

- primaryTag\[string\] - The tag used for categorizing this object, between 1-15 characters. You can enter a tag that already exists, or enter a new tag and it will be created.
- title \[string\]\* - Container name
- containerType \[string\]\* - Container Type; lowercase is preferred. Available Container Types for your instance can be found in [**Object Types**](https://support.clearimpact.com/en/2023-object-types?hsLang=en).
- scorecardID \[int\] (optional - parent value) - When retrieving a list of containers, including a scorecard ID narrows the list of containers to only those related to that scorecard.  This parameter can also be used to link a new container to a scorecard, and will be placed in the last sort position on that scorecard.

### Get list of Containers

**URL**

```
https://api.resultsscorecard.com/api/containers/list
```

**JSON Input**

**Example of input showing all containers in a scorecard**

```
{  siteCode: "abc",  apiKey: "eEIzvy0kCu017+D1VjjjI1f52Vmbm+VF2FvO",  scorecardID: 555}
```

 

**JSON Output**

```
[  {    "ID": 1,    "title": "New Container",    "containerType": "Result",    "primaryTag": "ThisIsATag",    "createDate": "2013-10-11T00:00:00",    "createdBy": "email@domain.org",    "modifyDate": "2013-10-13T00:00:00",    "modifiedBy": "email@domain.org"  },  {    "ID": 2,    "title": "Newer Container",    "containerType": "Result",    "primaryTag": "ThisIsATag",    "createDate": "2013-11-14T22:51:46.89",    "createdBy": "email@domain.org",    "modifyDate": "2013-11-14T22:51:46.89",    "modifiedBy": "email@domain.org"  }]
```

### Add a Container

**URL**

```
https://api.resultsscorecard.com/api/containers/add
```

**JSON Input**

```
{  siteCode: "abc",  apiKey: "eEIzvy0kCu017+D1VjjjI1f52Vmbm+VF2FvO",  "primaryTag": "ThisIsATag",  "title":"New Container",  "containerType": "Result",  "scorecardID": "8392"}
```

**JSON Output**

```
{  "ID": 5,  "title": "New Container",  "containerType": "Result",  "primaryTag": "ThisIsATag",  "createDate": "2013-11-14T22:59:57.0464828-08:00",  "createdBy": "email@domain.org",  "modifyDate": "2013-11-14T22:59:57.0464828-08:00",  "modifiedBy": "email@domain.org"}
```

### Get Container Details

**URL**

```
https://api.resultsscorecard.com/api/containers/details
```

**JSON Input**

```
{  siteCode: "abc",  apiKey: "eEIzvy0kCu017+D1VjjjI1f52Vmbm+VF2FvO",  id:1}
```

**JSON Output**

```
{  "ID": 1,  "title": "New Container",  "containerType": "Result",  "primaryTag": "ThisIsATag",  "createDate": "2013-10-11T00:00:00",  "createdBy": "email@domain.org",  "modifyDate": "2013-10-13T00:00:00",  "modifiedBy": "email@domain.org"}
```

### Update a Container

**URL**

```
https://api.resultsscorecard.com/api/containers/update
```

**JSON Input**

```
{  "siteCode": "abc",  "apiKey": "eEIzvy0kCu017+D1VjjjI1f52Vmbm+VF2FvO",  "ID": 1,  "primaryTag": "ThisIsATag",  "title": "Updated Container"  "containerType": "Result",}
```

**JSON Output**

```
{  "ID": 1,  "title": "Updated Container",  "containerType": "Result",  "primaryTag": "ThisIsATag",  "createDate": "2013-10-11T00:00:00",  "createdBy": "email@domain.org",  "modifyDate": "2013-11-14T23:11:48.8589873-08:00",  "modifiedBy": "email@domain.org"}
```

### Delete a Container

**URL**

```
https://api.resultsscorecard.com/api/containers/delete
```

**JSON Input**

```
{  siteCode: "abc",  apiKey: "eEIzvy0kCu017+D1VjjjI1f52Vmbm+VF2FvO",  id:3}
```

**JSON Output**

```
Successfully deleted Container [id].
```

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