In your app
A function makes the call on the client it is given, so your code passes the real one and a test passes a fake.Add the function
src/attract/share-service-area.ts
Call it
A script makes the client once and calls the function:A route handler, a job or a queue worker calls it the same way.
scripts/share-service-area.ts
Terminal
_id (…:en:draft). Answers the draft, with its aposShareKey while the link is on: the link is the draft’s _url with aposShareKey and aposShareId (the draft’s _id) in its query.
Find the id
id is the document’s _id, from a list. Ask the list for only the fields you need: each row is a document’s id and those fields.
TypeScript
row.id as id. Drafts: list with { aposMode: 'draft' } to get the draft’s id (Find an id).
Required parameters
Required parameters
Optional parameters
Optional parameters
Optional. Leave it out (or pass
null) and it isn’t sent: the site’s default applies. true adds a share key (aposShareKey) to the draft; false (the default) removes it.Returns
Returns
A
ServiceArea. ServiceArea content type. Read its properties (serviceArea.title): each says whether the site always sends it. The example answer is the site’s wire JSON: one key differs from the property names (_id → id).Always sent. Its title: the name it goes by in every list, and the heading of its page where it has one.
Always sent. The document’s id. On a type with drafts it ends in its locale and mode (
…:en:published, …:en:draft): the part before the first colon is its aposDocId, shared by both copies. The {_id} the type’s routes take.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. How is this area defined? One of zips, polygon; a newer site may send others, so keep a fallback.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Sort position — and where areas overlap, the LOWEST number wins the click/search result.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Turn off to keep the area saved but leave it off the map.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. One or more 5-digit zip codes, separated by commas, spaces or new lines. The map shape is generated automatically from public zip-boundary data.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. A list of ServiceAreaShapesItem. One or more shapes for this area. Paste coordinates (or draw on the map once a Google Maps key is configured); each shape needs at least 3 points.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. The URL name: lowercase words joined by hyphens (letters outside a–z, even emoji, are kept).Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Select whether this content is public or private. One of public, loginRequired; a newer site may send others, so keep a fallback.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. An ISO 8601 date and time, e.g. 2026-10-21T14:30:00.000Z.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. An ISO 8601 date and time, e.g. 2026-10-21T14:30:00.000Z.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. The amount shown for this area (0 shows the map section’s “included” label). Use the label below for anything non-standard.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Optional. Shown instead of the formatted price — e.g. “From $40” or “Call for pricing”.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Optional. Leave empty to assign a color from the site palette automatically.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Optional short text shown when a visitor clicks this area (or finds it via search).Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. A list of ServiceAreaPublicNamesItem. Optional. The real-world places this area covers — e.g. “Brooklyn” or “Albany County”. Zone names like “Zone A” mean nothing to search engines; these names are what gets published as structured data (with structured data enabled in Site settings → SEO).Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Set automatically. “Demo placeholder” rows are removed the moment a real service area is published. “Zip feed import” rows were created by Import Zones from Zip Feed and get their zips/price refreshed on re-import. One of manual, demo, zipFeed; a newer site may send others, so keep a fallback.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. Internal id of the seed/import that created this row. Empty for manually created areas.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. In the archive: kept, but out of every list and off the site until it is restored. false (or null) for a live document.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. When it was created (ISO 8601). Format: an ISO 8601 date and time.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. When it last changed (ISO 8601). Format: an ISO 8601 date and time.Sometimes sent:
undefined when the site leaves it out, and it can be null. The draft’s preview share key, while its share link is on: the link is the draft’s _url with aposShareKey and aposShareId (the draft’s _id) in its query. Absent otherwise, and on published documents.Errors
Errors
Nothing to catch: the SDK retries what is safe, and throws the rest as the classes below; catch only what you want to react to (see Errors and testing).
The site refused what was sent:
errors lists each field’s problem, siteMessage the first.Retried first: No. Read: errors (field → messages), siteMessage.The API key is missing or refused (malformed, revoked, expired), or a signature its signing mode needs is missing or stale.Retried first: No. Read:
siteMessage, errorName, data.The key may not do this: a scope it lacks, or an address outside its allowlist.
siteMessage names it.Retried first: No. Read: siteMessage, errorName, data.Nothing matches, or the caller may not see it.Retried first: No. Read:
siteMessage, errorName, data.The site failed. Its logs say why.Retried first: No: a write may have landed. Read:
siteMessage, errorName, data.No answer: DNS, a refused connection, TLS, or the timeout (15 s per attempt by default).Retried first: Only when nothing reached the site (
neverConnected()); never after a timeout, when it may have landed. Read: reason, neverConnected.The client refused to send it (e.g. a path segment of
..); the site never saw it.Retried first: No. Read: reason (what to change).Any other status, or a success whose JSON doesn’t match this SDK version’s types (update the SDK).Retried first: No. Read:
reason, status.sites.forSite('acme') named a slug your sites (createSiteClients()) don’t have.Retried first: No: nothing was sent. Read: message, slug.Behavior
- Access: an API key with
content:service-areas:write(or a master above it:content:service-areas:all,content:all,admin:all). A signed-in person may call it as far as their own permissions allow; anyone else gets 403. - Rate limit: the key’s own writes-per-minute limit, set when the key is created (default 120); over it, 429 with
Retry-After. The client waits and retries for you; you seeRateLimitedonly if that runs out. - Retries: a write is sent again only after a 429 (refused before it acted) or when it never reached the site. After a timeout or a 5xx it may have landed: check before you send it again.
- Timeout: 15 s per attempt by default; raise
timeout(milliseconds) on the client for longer.
Test it
It calls the function above with a fake client: the fake answers every call with a valid example, so nothing leaves your machine and no settings or key are needed. Run it withnode --test.
tests/serviceAreas-shareServiceArea.test.ts
serviceAreas.shareServiceArea with factories.ServiceArea({...}), the fields you give over a valid example.
tests/serviceAreas-shareServiceArea-answer.test.ts
Related
List a service area’s locales
site.serviceAreas().getServiceAreaLocales()List service areas
site.serviceAreas().listServiceAreas()Create a service area
site.serviceAreas().createServiceArea()Get a service area
site.serviceAreas().getServiceArea()Replace a service area
site.serviceAreas().replaceServiceArea()Delete a service area
site.serviceAreas().deleteServiceArea()POST /service-area/{_id}/share
The endpoint this calls, in the API reference: the HTTP request and answer, and every rule the site checks.