Guide · 4 steps

Building a Family Portal

In this guide, you'll build a simple family portal that displays a resident's profile, their family connections, and recent photos and messages.

Prerequisites
  • LifeLoop API service token
  • Basic cURL or HTTP client knowledge
  • Tenant: sunrise-001
1Step 1

Fetch the resident

Start by retrieving the resident profile you want to render at the top of the portal.

Request
curl https://api.lifeloop.com/api/v1/sunrise-001/residents/res-001 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SERVICE_TOKEN"
Response · 200 OK
{
  "id": "res-001",
  "firstName": "Aileen",
  "lastName": "Edmond",
  "facilityId": "fac-001",
  "dateOfBirth": "1945-03-15",
  "roomNumber": "204B"
}
2Step 2

Get the resident's connections

List the family members linked to the resident — typically rendered as the portal's audience.

Request
curl https://api.lifeloop.com/api/v1/sunrise-001/connections?residentId=res-001 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SERVICE_TOKEN"
Response · 200 OK
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "conn-001",
      "residentId": "res-001",
      "name": "Sarah Edmond",
      "relationship": "Daughter",
      "email": "sarah@example.com"
    },
    {
      "id": "conn-002",
      "residentId": "res-001",
      "name": "Michael Edmond",
      "relationship": "Son",
      "email": "michael@example.com"
    }
  ]
}
3Step 3

Retrieve recent photos

Pull the latest photos to show in a gallery section. Limit the page size for the initial render.

Request
curl https://api.lifeloop.com/api/v1/sunrise-001/photos?residentId=res-001&limit=5 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SERVICE_TOKEN"
Response · 200 OK
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "photo-001",
      "residentId": "res-001",
      "url": "https://cdn.lifeloop.com/photos/photo-001.jpg",
      "caption": "Spring garden activity",
      "createdAt": "2026-06-20T14:30:00Z"
    }
  ]
}
4Step 4

Fetch recent messages

Finally, pull the most recent caregiver messages for the activity feed.

Request
curl https://api.lifeloop.com/api/v1/sunrise-001/messages?residentId=res-001&limit=3 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SERVICE_TOKEN"
Response · 200 OK
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "msg-001",
      "residentId": "res-001",
      "subject": "Great day at music therapy!",
      "body": "Aileen enjoyed singing along today.",
      "createdAt": "2026-06-21T10:15:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

Next steps

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