Quick Start

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have:

A Day Copilot account (sign up here)
Your API credentials (JWT token)
A tool to make HTTP requests (cURL, Postman, or your favorite programming language)

Step 1: Get Your API Token

After signing in to Day Copilot, you’ll receive a JWT token. This token authenticates all your API requests.

Your JWT token is sensitive! Never commit it to version control or share it publicly.

Step 2: Make Your First API Call

Let’s fetch your tasks to verify everything is working.

curl -X GET "https://app.daycopilot.ai/api/v1/tasks" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_JWT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

const response = await fetch('https://app.daycopilot.ai/api/v1/tasks', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${YOUR_JWT_TOKEN}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
});

const tasks = await response.json();
console.log(tasks);

import requests

url = "https://app.daycopilot.ai/api/v1/tasks"
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {YOUR_JWT_TOKEN}",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
tasks = response.json()
print(tasks)

Replace YOUR_JWT_TOKEN with your actual token from the Day Copilot dashboard.

Step 3: Create Your First Task

Now let’s create a new task:

curl -X POST "https://app.daycopilot.ai/api/v1/tasks" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_JWT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "title": "My First API Task",
    "description": "Created via the Day Copilot API",
    "priority": "medium",
    "status": "pending"
  }'

const response = await fetch('https://app.daycopilot.ai/api/v1/tasks', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${YOUR_JWT_TOKEN}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    title: 'My First API Task',
    description: 'Created via the Day Copilot API',
    priority: 'medium',
    status: 'pending'
  })
});

const task = await response.json();
console.log('Created task:', task);

import requests
import json

url = "https://app.daycopilot.ai/api/v1/tasks"
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {YOUR_JWT_TOKEN}",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
data = {
    "title": "My First API Task",
    "description": "Created via the Day Copilot API",
    "priority": "medium",
    "status": "pending"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
task = response.json()
print("Created task:", task)

Step 4: Response Format

Successful requests return a JSON response:

{
  "data": {
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "title": "My First API Task",
    "description": "Created via the Day Copilot API",
    "priority": "medium",
    "status": "pending",
    "createdAt": "2025-11-02T12:00:00Z",
    "updatedAt": "2025-11-02T12:00:00Z",
    "version_major": 1,
    "version_minor": 1,
    "is_published": true
  }
}

Common Response Codes

Code	Meaning
200	Success - Request completed successfully
201	Created - Resource created successfully
400	Bad Request - Invalid request parameters
401	Unauthorized - Missing or invalid authentication token
403	Forbidden - Insufficient permissions
404	Not Found - Resource doesn’t exist
429	Rate Limited - Too many requests
500	Server Error - Something went wrong on our end

Next Steps

Authentication

Learn about OAuth 2.0 and token management

Core Concepts

Understand the architecture and data models

API Reference

Explore all available endpoints

Guides

Follow detailed implementation guides

Need Help?

Support

Contact our support team if you run into any issues

Getting Started

Core Concepts

Guides

Resources

Prerequisites

Step 1: Get Your API Token

Step 2: Make Your First API Call

Step 3: Create Your First Task

Step 4: Response Format

Common Response Codes

Next Steps

Authentication

Core Concepts

API Reference

Guides

Need Help?

Support

​Prerequisites

​Step 1: Get Your API Token

​Step 2: Make Your First API Call

​Step 3: Create Your First Task

​Step 4: Response Format

​Common Response Codes

​Next Steps

Authentication

Core Concepts

API Reference

Guides

​Need Help?

Support

Prerequisites

Step 1: Get Your API Token

Step 2: Make Your First API Call

Step 3: Create Your First Task

Step 4: Response Format

Common Response Codes

Next Steps

Need Help?