goodday-mcp

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Implementation Reference

• goodday_mcp/main.py:337-389 (handler)

  The handler function decorated with @mcp.tool() that implements the create_project tool. It constructs a payload from input parameters and sends a POST request to the Goodday API endpoint 'projects/new-project' to create a new project, then formats and returns the result.

  @mcp.tool()
  async def create_project(
      name: str,
      created_by_user_id: str,
      project_template_id: str,
      parent_project_id: Optional[str] = None,
      color: Optional[int] = None,
      project_owner_user_id: Optional[str] = None,
      start_date: Optional[str] = None,
      end_date: Optional[str] = None,
      deadline: Optional[str] = None
  ) -> str:
      """Create a new project in Goodday.
  
      Args:
          name: Project name
          created_by_user_id: ID of user creating the project
          project_template_id: Project template ID (found in Organization settings → Project templates)
          parent_project_id: Parent project ID to create a sub project
          color: Project color (1-24)
          project_owner_user_id: Project owner user ID
          start_date: Project start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
          end_date: Project end date (YYYY-MM-DD)
          deadline: Project deadline (YYYY-MM-DD)
      """
      data = {
          "name": name,
          "createdByUserId": created_by_user_id,
          "projectTemplateId": project_template_id
      }
      
      if parent_project_id:
          data["parentProjectId"] = parent_project_id
      if color:
          data["color"] = color
      if project_owner_user_id:
          data["projectOwnerUserId"] = project_owner_user_id
      if start_date:
          data["startDate"] = start_date
      if end_date:
          data["endDate"] = end_date
      if deadline:
          data["deadline"] = deadline
      
      result = await make_goodday_request("projects/new-project", "POST", data)
      
      if not result:
          return "Unable to create project: No response received"
      
      if isinstance(result, dict) and "error" in result:
          return f"Unable to create project: {result.get('error', 'Unknown error')}"
      
      return f"Project created successfully: {format_project(result)}"

• goodday_mcp/main.py:115-133 (helper)

  Helper function used by create_project to format the created project details into a readable string.

  def format_project(project: dict) -> str:
      """Format a project into a readable string with safe checks."""
      if not isinstance(project, dict):
          return f"Invalid project data: {repr(project)}"
  
      # Defensive defaults in case nested keys are not dicts
      status = project.get('status') if isinstance(project.get('status'), dict) else {}
      owner = project.get('owner') if isinstance(project.get('owner'), dict) else {}
  
      return f"""
  Project ID: {project.get('id', 'N/A')}
  Name: {project.get('name', 'N/A')}
  Health: {project.get('health', 'N/A')}
  Status: {status.get('name', 'N/A')}
  Start Date: {project.get('startDate', 'N/A')}
  End Date: {project.get('endDate', 'N/A')}
  Progress: {project.get('progress', 0)}%
  Owner: {owner.get('name', 'N/A')}
  """.strip()

• goodday_mcp/main.py:15-57 (helper)

  Core helper function called by the create_project handler to perform the authenticated POST request to the Goodday API.

  async def make_goodday_request(endpoint: str, method: str = "GET", data: dict = None, subfolders: bool = True) -> dict[str, Any] | list[Any] | None:
      """Make a request to the Goodday API with proper error handling."""
      api_token = os.getenv("GOODDAY_API_TOKEN")
      if not api_token:
          raise ValueError("GOODDAY_API_TOKEN environment variable is required")
      
      headers = {
          "User-Agent": USER_AGENT,
          "gd-api-token": api_token,
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
      }
      
      # Automatically add subfolders=true for project task and document endpoints if not already present
      if subfolders and endpoint.startswith("project/") and ("/tasks" in endpoint or "/documents" in endpoint):
          if "?" in endpoint:
              if "subfolders=" not in endpoint:
                  endpoint += "&subfolders=true"
          else:
              endpoint += "?subfolders=true"
      
      url = f"{GOODDAY_API_BASE}/{endpoint.lstrip('/')}"
      
      async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
          try:
              if method.upper() == "POST":
                  response = await client.post(url, headers=headers, json=data, timeout=30.0)
              elif method.upper() == "PUT":
                  response = await client.put(url, headers=headers, json=data, timeout=30.0)
              elif method.upper() == "DELETE":
                  response = await client.delete(url, headers=headers, timeout=30.0)
              else:
                  response = await client.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=30.0)
  
              response.raise_for_status()
              return response.json()
  
          except httpx.HTTPStatusError as e:
              raise Exception(f"HTTP error {e.response.status_code}: {e.response.text}")
          except httpx.RequestError as e:
              raise Exception(f"Request error: {str(e)}")
          except Exception as e:
              raise Exception(f"Unexpected error: {str(e)}")