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# Mark one inbox item read

POST https://api.cloudraker.com/workspace/inbox/{itemId}/read

Resolves one inbox row, and what that MEANS depends on the row’s `kind` (R8-07). A `mention` is resolved outright — nothing else ever closes one, so reading it is finishing it: the row becomes `done` and leaves the default `status=open` listing and the badge. An `approval`, a `task` or a `parked` row becomes `read` and STAYS open — it is still the caller’s blocking work, and only the work behind it closing resolves it. A `connector` row is neither: it is dismissed until the connection FAILS A CHECK again, at which point it comes back unread — the breakage, not the reading, owns its lifetime. **Authorization:** the API verifies the personal recipient or fresh shared-space read access, including task assignment, before relaying the write. Another user’s personal row and inaccessible shared rows return 404. `itemId` is the row id both readers publish (`id` here, `itemId` on `GET /api/me/work`) or, for a `connector` row, the connection id. A `refId` is NOT accepted: it names the approval / task / question, which repeats across sessions, so it can never identify one row.

Reference: https://docs.cloudraker.com/workspace/api/inbox/mark-workspace-inbox-item-read

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `itemId` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

The updated item.

- `data` (WorkspaceInboxItem, required)

## Errors

### 404 Not Found Error

No such inbox item for this caller.

- `any`

## Types

### WorkspaceInboxItem

- `id` (string, required)
- `userId` (string, required)
- `kind` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `approval`, `human_task`, `question`, `mention`, `parked`, `run_attention`, `connector`
- `sessionId` (string, required, nullable)
- `turnId` (string, required, nullable)
- `refId` (string, required, nullable)
- `title` (string, required)
- `body` (string, required, nullable)
- `status` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `open`, `read`, `done`
- `createdAt` (string, required)
- `updatedAt` (string, required)
- `readAt` (string, required, nullable)
- `document` (WorkspaceInboxItemDocument, optional, nullable)
- `unread` (boolean, optional)
- `audience` (enum, optional)
  - Allowed values: `space`, `user`
- `spaceId` (string, optional, nullable)
- `assignee` (string, optional, nullable)
- `claimedBy` (string, optional, nullable)
- `taskStatus` (string, optional, nullable)
- `runId` (string, optional, nullable)
- `threadId` (string, optional, nullable)
- `runCreatedAt` (string, optional, nullable)
- `playbookName` (string, optional, nullable)
- `startedBy` (string, optional, nullable)
- `runStatus` (string, optional, nullable)
- `failureAt` (string, optional, nullable)
- `initializationPending` (boolean, optional)
- `legacyImportPending` (boolean, optional)
- `unattended` (boolean, optional, nullable)
- `connectionId` (string, optional, nullable)
- `reauthUrl` (string, optional, nullable)
- `brokenCode` (string, optional, nullable)

### WorkspaceInboxItemDocument

- `artifactId` (string, required)
- `threadId` (string, required)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "string",
    "userId": "string",
    "kind": "approval",
    "sessionId": "string",
    "turnId": "string",
    "refId": "string",
    "title": "string",
    "body": "string",
    "status": "open",
    "createdAt": "string",
    "updatedAt": "string",
    "readAt": "string",
    "document": {
      "artifactId": "string",
      "threadId": "string"
    },
    "unread": true,
    "audience": "space",
    "spaceId": "string",
    "assignee": "string",
    "claimedBy": "string",
    "taskStatus": "string",
    "runId": "string",
    "threadId": "string",
    "runCreatedAt": "string",
    "playbookName": "string",
    "startedBy": "string",
    "runStatus": "string",
    "failureAt": "string",
    "initializationPending": true,
    "legacyImportPending": true,
    "unattended": true,
    "connectionId": "string",
    "reauthUrl": "string",
    "brokenCode": "string"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.cloudraker.com/workspace/inbox/itemId/read"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.cloudraker.com/workspace/inbox/itemId/read';
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.cloudraker.com/workspace/inbox/itemId/read"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.cloudraker.com/workspace/inbox/itemId/read")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.cloudraker.com/workspace/inbox/itemId/read")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.cloudraker.com/workspace/inbox/itemId/read', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.cloudraker.com/workspace/inbox/itemId/read");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.cloudraker.com/workspace/inbox/itemId/read")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```