# Audit Logs

An **audit log** object provides information about the action and user that initiated the changes and the old and new values, where applicable.

The API allows you to retrieve audit logs for a given client, action, resource, or trigger.

### The Audit Log object

<table><thead><tr><th width="219">Attribute</th><th width="129.33333333333331">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>id</code></td><td>string</td><td>The unique identifier for an audit log.</td></tr><tr><td><code>memberId</code></td><td>string</td><td>The <a href="/pages/-ME251F6qEQmQvSxlsC_">team member</a> whose actions triggered the audit log creation.</td></tr><tr><td><code>resourceType</code></td><td>string</td><td><p>The type of audited resource. Valid values include:<br></p><ol><li><code>accessRestrictionList</code></li><li><code>accountServiceSettings</code></li><li><code>address</code></li><li><code>allowedIps</code></li><li><code>apiKeys</code></li><li><code>autofill</code></li><li><code>bannedFace</code> </li><li><code>check</code> </li><li><code>client</code></li><li><code>companyLookup</code></li><li><code>customList</code></li><li><code>document</code></li><li><code>otpEmail</code></li><li><code>otpSMS</code></li><li><code>workflow</code></li><li><code>workflowTemplate</code></li><li><code>workflowSession</code></li></ol></td></tr><tr><td><code>resourceId</code></td><td>string</td><td>The id of the audited resource.</td></tr><tr><td><code>clientId</code></td><td>string</td><td>The id of the client associated with the audited resource.</td></tr><tr><td><code>trigger</code></td><td>string</td><td>The event that triggered the audit log creation, e.g. updateClient.</td></tr><tr><td><code>action</code></td><td>string</td><td><p>The type of action. Possible values are: </p><ol><li><code>create</code></li><li><code>update</code></li><li><code>delete</code></li><li><code>add</code></li></ol></td></tr><tr><td><code>diff</code></td><td>array[object]</td><td>The diff between the old and new values of the audited resource. Also, see the <a href="/pages/-MDyzD8u-FSmC269N6rV#the-diff-object">diff</a> object below.</td></tr><tr><td><code>createdAt</code></td><td>string</td><td>The date and time when the audit log was created.</td></tr></tbody></table>

#### The `diff` object

<table><thead><tr><th width="221.4">Attribute</th><th width="131">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>action</code></td><td>string</td><td><p>Indicates the kind of change. Possible values are: </p><ol><li><code>new</code> - indicates a newly added attribute/element.</li><li><code>delete</code> - indicates an attribute/element was deleted.</li><li><code>update</code> - indicates an attribute/element was updated.</li><li><code>add</code> - indicates a change occurred within an array.</li></ol></td></tr><tr><td><code>path</code></td><td>array[string]</td><td>The left-to-right path of the attribute in the audited resource e.g. <code>['personDetails', 'firstName']</code> indicates that firstName within the personDetails object is the attribute affected by the action.</td></tr><tr><td><code>old</code></td><td>string</td><td>The old value of the audited attribute.</td></tr><tr><td><code>new</code></td><td>string</td><td>The new value of the audited attribute.  When <code>action</code> is new, the type of <code>new</code> is <code>object</code> rather than <code>string</code></td></tr></tbody></table>


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