API changelog

Keep up to date with any changes to the MRI OnLocation API. For any product changes, check the Help Center.

August 2023 Contractors New endpoints to manage contractor organization groups and categories. Retrieve your list of categories and groups, and add, update and delete categories and groups.
July 2023 Saved visitors Frequent visitors have been renamed saved visitors to align with the recent changes in the web interface. No changes have been made to the API endpoints.
June 2023 Assets New endpoints to manage assets, add asset groups and types, and issue and return assets to employees and contractors.
November 2022 Zones

Zone groups		 New endpoints to manage location zones and zone groups. View, add, update, or delete zones and zone groups, and link zones to access points.
August 2022 Employee movements The mode_in and mode_out properties for the data returned using the employee movement endpoint have changed. This removes the inconsistency in how this data was returned across the API. The new values are:
Old value
auto
manual
kiosk
touchless
token
visitorcontrol
wolmobile
wolmobile2
wolmobile_auto
onguard
onguard_manual
mtsiom
trigger
api
brivo
deputy		 New value
Auto
Manual
Kiosk
Touchless
Token Scan
Sign In/Out Manager
OnLocation Mobile Legacy
OnLocation Mobile
OnLocation Mobile Auto
OnSentry Scan
OnSentry Manual
Sign In/Out Manager (Tenant)
Trigger
API
Brivo
Deputy
July 2022 Employees The customfields parameter for employee custom fields has been deprecated. Use cf when making a PUT/POST request using the /staff/{id} endpoint. The response continues to use customfields.
May 2022 Audit log Use the audit log to view which account data has changed in the last 30 days.
Getting started WhosOnLocation is now MRI OnLocation. Note there is no change to the URL api.whosonlocation.com.
March 2022 Certifications Qualifications Management has been renamed Certifications Management. The qualifications endpoints have been deprecated, please switch to the new certifications endpoints.
December 2021 Getting started Introducing the new WhosOnLocation API documentation. The site includes a new and improved interface, more contextual information about the endpoint, and all documentation is now located in the same site.
Contractors

Qualifications		 New API endpoints for managing contractor insurance documents and qualification documents. Use the API to retrieve the details of your uploaded documents, upload new documents, or delete existing documents.
February 2021 Custom fields New API endpoints for custom fields. Use the API to retrieve your custom fields and tabs for employees and contractors.
December 2020 Questionnaires New API endpoints for custom questionnaires. Use the API to access your questionnaires, questions, and the answers that your employees and guests have submitted.
October 2020 Contractors Contractor inter-zone movements now included in the contractor movement endpoint.
May 2020 Employees Employee inter-zone movements now included in the employee movement endpoint.
December 2019 Inductions Manage induction courses for contractors and employees using the WhosOnLocation API.
May 2019 Contractors New endpoints to manage insurance policies for contractor organizations.
October 2016 Employees New endpoint to manage employee movements. Use the API to return all employee movements, or add or update a movement record.
March 2016 Getting started Use the WhosOnLocation API to build integrations that leverage your visitor and staff data.