# Get Available Territory Slots

A time slot represents a period in a day when an appointment can be scheduled. Use the `available-territory-slots` Connect API to fetch the consolidated availability of each service resource within the selected territory.

1. Create a page in your app where you can show the available time slots based on the work type group and service territory.

2. Make a POST request on the `available-territory-slots` Connect API by passing the required `workTypeGroupId` and `territoryIds` parameters.

3. Parse the JSON response, and show only the available time slots on the page. Don’t show the service resources to maintain their privacy.

   Here’s how a page showing the available time slots can look.

   ![A representation of the Select Service Appointment Time screen.](https://a.sfdcstatic.com/developer-website/sfdocs/service-cloud/media/salesforce-scheduler-dev-guide/screen_service_appointment_time.png)

4. Write custom code to randomly select a service resource for the appointment based on the time slot that the user selects. This sample code automatically selects a service resource and stores it in `serviceResourceId` property.

5. Pass the list of service resources available for the selected time slot in `resources`.

## Example

**Resource URI**

```nolang
https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/data/vXX.X/connect/scheduling/available-territory-slots
```

**For an Existing User (Account)**

To consider an existing user’s preferred visiting hours, pass `accountId` in the input request body. The preference is enforced when the [Enforce Account's Visiting Hours policy rule](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=platform.ls_scheduling_policies.htm\&type=5) is enabled.

Sample Request

```nolang

{
   "accountId" : "001S7000001pFlJIAU",
   "workTypeGroupId" : "0VSS700000000sVOAQ",
   "territoryIds" : [
      "0HhS700000001DYKAY"
   ],
 "engagementChannelTypeIds": [
    "0eFS70000004CG5MAM"
  ]
}
```

Sample Response

The API returns the available time slots and service resources.

```nolang
{
  "result" : {
    "territorySlots" : [ {
      "slots" : [{
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T20:00:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T19:00:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T20:15:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T19:15:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T20:30:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T19:30:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T20:45:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T19:45:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T21:00:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T20:00:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T21:15:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T20:15:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T21:30:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T20:30:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T21:45:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T20:45:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T22:00:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T21:00:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T22:15:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T21:15:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T22:30:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T21:30:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T22:45:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T21:45:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T23:00:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T22:00:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T23:15:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T22:15:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T23:30:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T22:30:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T23:45:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T22:45:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T00:00:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T23:00:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T00:15:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T23:15:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T00:30:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T23:30:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T00:45:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T23:45:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T01:00:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T00:00:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T01:15:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T00:15:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T01:30:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T00:30:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T01:45:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T00:45:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T02:00:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T01:00:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T18:00:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T17:00:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T18:15:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T17:15:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T18:30:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T17:30:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T18:45:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T17:45:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T19:00:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T18:00:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T19:15:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T18:15:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T19:30:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T18:30:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T19:45:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T18:45:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T20:00:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T19:00:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T20:15:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T19:15:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T20:30:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T19:30:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T20:45:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T19:45:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T21:00:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T20:00:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-30T21:15:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-30T20:15:00.000Z"
      }],
      "territoryId" : "0HhS700000001DYKAY"
    } ]
  }
}
```

**For a Guest User (Lead)**

Sample Request

```nolang
{
   "workTypeGroupId" : "0VSS700000000sVOAQ",
   "territoryIds" : [
      "0HhS700000001DYKAY"
   ],
 "engagementChannelTypeIds": [
    "0eFS70000004CG5MAM"
  ]
}
```

Sample Response

The API returns the available time slots and service resources.

```nolang
{
  "result" : {
    "territorySlots" : [ {
      "slots" : [{
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T20:00:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T19:00:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T20:15:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T19:15:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T20:30:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T19:30:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T20:45:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T19:45:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T21:00:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T20:00:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T21:15:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T20:15:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T21:30:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T20:30:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T21:45:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T20:45:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T22:00:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T21:00:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T22:15:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T21:15:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T22:30:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T21:30:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T22:45:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T21:45:00.000Z"
      }, {
        "endTime" : "2023-11-29T23:00:00.000Z",
        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
        "resources" : [ "0HnS700000002jAKAQ" ],
        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T22:00:00.000Z"
      }, {
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        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
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        "startTime" : "2023-11-29T22:15:00.000Z"
      }, {
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      }, {
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      }, {
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        "engagementChannelTypeIds" : [ "0eFS70000004CG5MAM" ],
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    } ]
  }
}
```

On the next page in your app, you can show the appointment details for the user to review and create the appointment.