> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://api-docs.hellotracks.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Update an ETA session

> Changes the fields sent. A new expiresIn counts from now (at most 90 days). Changing showWorkerName or showMap records a visibility_changed event. Workers are refused with 403 (code permission_denied). An unknown session id gives 400 (invalid_request).



## OpenAPI

````yaml v1/openapi.json PATCH /eta/sessions/{id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Hellotracks REST API
  version: '1'
  description: >-
    Plain REST resources over HTTPS, for tools, automations and services. The ht
    command line is built on it.
  contact:
    email: api@hellotracks.com
servers:
  - url: https://api.hellotracks.com/v1
security:
  - ApiKey: []
tags:
  - name: Sign-up and sign-in
    description: >-
      Create a company or get an API key by an emailed code, without a key; and
      check which account a key belongs to.
  - name: Company
    description: The company the API key belongs to, with its settings and teams.
  - name: Members
    description: 'The people in the company: admins, operators and workers.'
  - name: API keys
    description: 'The company''s API keys: list, create, revoke and delete.'
  - name: Jobs
    description: 'Jobs: work at a location on a date, assigned to a member.'
  - name: Places
    description: 'Places: customer sites and other saved locations with a check-in radius.'
  - name: Zones
    description: 'Zones: the company''s geofences.'
  - name: Routing
    description: Route optimization for one member's day.
  - name: ETA pages
    description: >-
      Live ETA pages (eta.page links) that show a job's recipient when the
      worker arrives.
  - name: Maps
    description: Rendered maps as GeoJSON, and public map share links.
  - name: Timesheets
    description: Clock-in and clock-out entries of members, with totals, and editing them.
  - name: Forms
    description: >-
      Form templates, submitted forms, attachments for file and image fields,
      and forms linked to places and jobs.
  - name: Alerts
    description: >-
      Alert rules (configs) that watch members, places and zones, and the alerts
      (instances) they raised.
  - name: Reports
    description: >-
      Reports: the newer reporting API (catalog, preview, run, saved) and the
      older one (types, generate, jobs, uploads, recurring).
  - name: Webhooks
    description: URLs Hellotracks calls when jobs, check-ins, clock-ins or alerts happen.
paths:
  /eta/sessions/{id}:
    patch:
      tags:
        - ETA pages
      summary: Update an ETA session
      description: >-
        Changes the fields sent. A new expiresIn counts from now (at most 90
        days). Changing showWorkerName or showMap records a visibility_changed
        event. Workers are refused with 403 (code permission_denied). An unknown
        session id gives 400 (invalid_request).
      operationId: updateEtaSession
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            example: eta_k7m2p9x4q8r3
          description: ETA session id (eta_...).
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/EtaSessionUpdate'
            example:
              showWorkerName: false
              expiresIn: 48h
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                required:
                  - data
                  - error
                  - meta
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: object
                    required:
                      - session
                    properties:
                      session:
                        $ref: '#/components/schemas/EtaSession'
                  error:
                    type: 'null'
                  meta:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
              example:
                data:
                  session:
                    id: eta_k7m2p9x4q8r3
                    token: k7m2p9x4q8r3
                    jobId: '650000000000000000000001'
                    placeId: p1q2r3
                    memberId: a1b2c3
                    recipientName: Sam Lee
                    recipientPhone: '+14155550102'
                    recipientEmail: sam@example.com
                    title: Install water heater
                    status: assigned
                    recipientStatus: unknown
                    etaWindowStart: 1793552400000
                    etaWindowEnd: 1793563200000
                    etaConfidence: scheduled
                    publicUrl: https://eta.page/K7M2-P9X4-Q8R3
                    apiUrl: https://api.hellotracks.com/api/eta/k7m2p9x4q8r3
                    showWorkerName: true
                    showMap: true
                    branding:
                      companyName: Example Plumbing
                      companyId: c1d2e3
                    viewedAt: 0
                    readyConfirmedAt: 0
                    accessNotes: ''
                    rescheduleRequestedAt: 0
                    rescheduleNote: ''
                    source: public_api
                    createdById: c1d2e3
                    createdByName: Example Plumbing
                    createdAt: 1793520000000
                    updatedAt: 1793520000000
                    expiresAt: 1796112000000
                    revokedAt: 0
                    expired: false
                    revoked: false
                    job:
                      id: '650000000000000000000001'
                      title: Install water heater
                      date: '2026-11-02'
                      status: assigned
                      progressCode: 1
                      timeWindow:
                        start: '09:00'
                        end: '12:00'
                      address: 500 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105
                    recipientSafe:
                      ready: false
                      accessNotesAdded: false
                      rescheduleRequested: false
                error: null
                meta:
                  path: /v1/eta/sessions/{id}
                  method: PATCH
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
components:
  schemas:
    EtaSessionUpdate:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        recipientName:
          type: string
        recipientPhone:
          type: string
        recipientEmail:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        showWorkerName:
          type: boolean
        showMap:
          type: boolean
        expiresIn:
          type:
            - integer
            - string
          description: >-
            New lifetime counted from now: milliseconds or 30m, 24h, 30d.
            Without a value given, 30 days; at most 90 days.
        expires:
          type:
            - integer
            - string
          description: Same as expiresIn.
      example:
        showWorkerName: false
        expiresIn: 48h
    EtaSession:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Session id, eta_ followed by 12 characters.
        token:
          type: string
          description: Public token of the eta.page link.
        jobId:
          type: string
        placeId:
          type: string
        memberId:
          type: string
          description: Assignee when the session was created.
        recipientName:
          type: string
        recipientPhone:
          type: string
        recipientEmail:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/EtaSessionStatus'
        recipientStatus:
          type: string
        etaWindowStart:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: ms timestamp, 0 when unknown.
        etaWindowEnd:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: ms timestamp, 0 when unknown.
        etaConfidence:
          type: string
          description: >-
            scheduled, pending_schedule, live, trip_active, stale_location, or
            the terminal status.
        publicUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: https://eta.page/XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
        apiUrl:
          type: string
          format: uri
        showWorkerName:
          type: boolean
        showMap:
          type: boolean
        branding:
          type: object
          properties:
            companyName:
              type: string
            companyId:
              type: string
        viewedAt:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        readyConfirmedAt:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        accessNotes:
          type: string
        rescheduleRequestedAt:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        rescheduleNote:
          type: string
        source:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The HT-Integration-Source header of the create request, else
            public_api.
        createdById:
          type: string
        createdByName:
          type: string
        createdAt:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        updatedAt:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        expiresAt:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        revokedAt:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          description: 0 when not revoked.
        expired:
          type: boolean
        revoked:
          type: boolean
        job:
          type: object
          description: Left out when the job no longer exists.
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
            title:
              type: string
            date:
              type: string
              description: YYYY-MM-DD, empty string when the job has no date.
            status:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/EtaSessionStatus'
            progressCode:
              type: integer
              description: >-
                0 unassigned, 1 scheduled, 2 accepted, 3 in progress, 4 success,
                5 failed.
            timeWindow:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/JobTimeWindow'
            address:
              type: string
            completedAt:
              type: integer
              format: int64
        recipientSafe:
          type: object
          description: >-
            What the recipient did on the page. Left out when the job no longer
            exists.
          properties:
            ready:
              type: boolean
            accessNotesAdded:
              type: boolean
            rescheduleRequested:
              type: boolean
            completion:
              type: string
              enum:
                - completed
                - issue
            completedAt:
              type: integer
              format: int64
      example:
        id: eta_k7m2p9x4q8r3
        token: k7m2p9x4q8r3
        jobId: '650000000000000000000001'
        placeId: p1q2r3
        memberId: a1b2c3
        recipientName: Sam Lee
        recipientPhone: '+14155550102'
        recipientEmail: sam@example.com
        title: Install water heater
        status: assigned
        recipientStatus: unknown
        etaWindowStart: 1793552400000
        etaWindowEnd: 1793563200000
        etaConfidence: scheduled
        publicUrl: https://eta.page/K7M2-P9X4-Q8R3
        apiUrl: https://api.hellotracks.com/api/eta/k7m2p9x4q8r3
        showWorkerName: true
        showMap: true
        branding:
          companyName: Example Plumbing
          companyId: c1d2e3
        viewedAt: 0
        readyConfirmedAt: 0
        accessNotes: ''
        rescheduleRequestedAt: 0
        rescheduleNote: ''
        source: public_api
        createdById: c1d2e3
        createdByName: Example Plumbing
        createdAt: 1793520000000
        updatedAt: 1793520000000
        expiresAt: 1796112000000
        revokedAt: 0
        expired: false
        revoked: false
        job:
          id: '650000000000000000000001'
          title: Install water heater
          date: '2026-11-02'
          status: assigned
          progressCode: 1
          timeWindow:
            start: '09:00'
            end: '12:00'
          address: 500 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105
        recipientSafe:
          ready: false
          accessNotesAdded: false
          rescheduleRequested: false
    Meta:
      type: object
      properties:
        path:
          type: string
          description: The request path, without /v1.
          example: /jobs
        method:
          type: string
          example: GET
    EtaSessionStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
        - scheduled
        - assigned
        - en_route
        - approaching
        - arrived
        - completed
        - cancelled
        - revoked
        - expired
        - unavailable
      description: >-
        scheduled (no assignee), assigned (not yet accepted), en_route /
        approaching (accepted or on a trip; approaching under 1 km), arrived
        (checked in or trip finished), completed, cancelled (job failed or
        deleted), revoked, expired, unavailable (job not found).
    JobTimeWindow:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Time window on the job's date, local time of the company, as HH:mm
        strings (24:00 allowed as the end).
      properties:
        start:
          type: string
          pattern: ^\d{2}:\d{2}$
          description: HH:mm. 00:00 when not set.
          example: '09:00'
        end:
          type: string
          pattern: ^\d{2}:\d{2}$
          description: HH:mm. 24:00 when not set.
          example: '12:00'
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: 'null'
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Stable error code for programs.
          enum:
            - invalid_request
            - invalid_format
            - invalid_data
            - invalid_api_key
            - unknown_user
            - authentication_failed
            - forbidden
            - not_found
            - already_exists
            - throttled
            - not_ready
            - clock_invalid
            - force_logout
            - internal_error
            - unknown_error
        message:
          type: string
          description: Why it failed, for people.
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: The request is invalid.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
          example:
            data: null
            error:
              code: invalid_request
              message: date must be YYYY-MM-DD
            meta:
              path: /jobs
              method: GET
    Unauthorized:
      description: The API key is missing or invalid.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
          example:
            data: null
            error:
              code: invalid_api_key
              message: Invalid Hellotracks API key.
            meta:
              path: /jobs
              method: GET
    Forbidden:
      description: The key may not do this.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
          example:
            data: null
            error:
              code: forbidden
              message: No permission.
            meta:
              path: /jobs
              method: GET
    TooManyRequests:
      description: Too many requests; slow down.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
          example:
            data: null
            error:
              code: throttled
              message: Too many requests.
            meta:
              path: /jobs
              method: GET
    ServerError:
      description: Hellotracks failed; retry later.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
          example:
            data: null
            error:
              code: internal_error
              message: Hellotracks API is temporarily unavailable.
            meta:
              path: /jobs
              method: GET
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: API-Key
      description: >-
        Your API key, from More → API & Integrations in the dashboard, or from
        ht signup / ht auth login.

````

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