Created by and last edited by properties in Block, Page and Database objects

We have added created_by and last_edited_by properties for block, page and database objects corresponding to the users who have created or last edited these objects. Both properties are user objects which will contain object and id keys. This is a backwards compatible change that is available in older versions of the API as well.

{
  "object": "page",
  "id": "e722caec-ae02-4a41-9bbd-286f65f8dca4",
  "created_time": "2022-02-15T21:24:00.000Z",
  "last_edited_time": "2022-02-17T22:40:00.000Z",
  "created_by": {
    "object": "user",
    "id": "71e95936-2737-4e11-b03d-f174f6f13087"
  },
  "last_edited_by": {
    "object": "user",
    "id": "5ba97cc9-e5e0-4363-b33a-1d80a635577f"
  },
  "cover": null,
  "icon": null,
  "parent": {
    "type": "page_id",
    "page_id": "a7e32210-c151-4b96-8b94-ea659b1e8e4f"
  },
  "archived": false,
  "properties": {
    "title": {
      "id": "title",
      "type": "title",
      "title": [
        {
          "type": "text",
          "text": {
            "content": "Tasks",
            "link": null
          },
          "annotations": {
            "bold": false,
            "italic": false,
            "strikethrough": false,
            "underline": false,
            "code": false,
            "color": "default"
          },
          "plain_text": "Tasks",
          "href": null
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "url": "https://notion.so/Tasks-e722caecae024a419bbd286f65f8dca4"
}

{
  "object": "block",
  "id": "9bc30ad4-9373-46a5-84ab-0a7845ee52e6",
  "created_time": "2021-03-16T16:31:00.000Z",
  "created_by": {
    "object": "user",
    "id": "cb38e95d-00cf-4e7e-adce-974f4a44a547"
	},
  "last_edited_time": "2021-03-16T16:32:00.000Z",
  "last_edited_by": {
    "object": "user",
    "id": "e79a0b74-3aba-4149-9f74-0bb5791a6ee6"	
	},
  "has_children": false,
  "type": "to_do",
  "archived": false,
  "to_do": {
    "rich_text": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "text": {
          "content": "Lacinato kale",
          "link": null
        },
        "annotations": {
          "bold": false,
          "italic": false,
          "strikethrough": false,
          "underline": false,
          "code": false,
          "color": "default"
        },
        "plain_text": "Lacinato kale",
        "href": null
      }
    ],
    "checked": false
  }
}

{
  "object": "database",
  "id": "e8d49c2d-9644-4ba2-8511-918a62309665",
  "cover": null,
  "icon": null,
  "created_time": "2022-02-15T21:09:00.000Z",
  "created_by": {
    "object": "user",
    "id": "71e95936-2737-4e11-b03d-f174f6f13087"
  },
  "last_edited_by": {
    "object": "user",
    "id": "5ba97cc9-e5e0-4363-b33a-1d80a635577f"
  },
  "last_edited_time": "2022-02-17T18:43:00.000Z",
  "title": [
    {
      "type": "text",
      "text": {
        "content": "Tasks",
        "link": null
      },
      "annotations": {
        "bold": false,
        "italic": false,
        "strikethrough": false,
        "underline": false,
        "code": false,
        "color": "default"
      },
      "plain_text": "Tasks",
      "href": null
    }
  ],
  "properties": {
    "Tags": {
      "id": "keGJ",
      "name": "Tags",
      "type": "multi_select",
      "multi_select": {
        "options": []
      }
    },
    "Name": {
      "id": "title",
      "name": "Name",
      "type": "title",
      "title": {}
    }
  },
  "parent": {
    "type": "page_id",
    "page_id": "e722caec-ae02-4a41-9bbd-286f65f8dca4"
  },
  "url": "https://notion.so/e8d49c2d96444ba28511918a62309665",
  "archived": false
}

We have also added a boolean archived property for database objects to denote if the database has been deleted. You can use the archived property to archive or unarchive a database and its descendants when updating the database.