GET /api/users/{UserID}/board
Returns a list of Board items for the specified user.
Authorization Roles/Permissions: Must be logged in. Self (logged in) or Site Admin (for any user).
This topic includes the following sections:
HTTP Method
GET
URL
https://{hostname}/api/users/{UserID}/board
Sample Request
Request URL #1
Returns only group member requests.
https://{hostname}/api/users/957482b9-ck7f-0gk5-ae07-9flgok5djtus.acmepaymentscorp/board?ItemType=GroupMemberReq
Request URL #2
Returns only the Board item that matches the specified ItemID.
https://{hostname}/api/users/957482b9-ck7f-0gk5-ae07-9flgok5djtus.acmepaymentscorp/board?ItemID=group_member_req11039.acmepaymentscorp
Sample request headers
Accept: application/json
Sample request body
Not applicable.
Request Headers
For general information on request header values, refer to HTTP Request Headers.
Header | Description |
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Accept | application/json, text/xml, application/vnd.soa.v71+json, application/vnd.soa.v71+xml, application/vnd.soa.v72+json, application/vnd.soa.v72+xml, application/vnd.soa.v80+json, application/vnd.soa.v80+xml, application/vnd.soa.v81+json, application/vnd.soa.v81+xml |
Cookie | AtmoAuthToken_{fedmemberid}={cookie value, which usually starts with TokenID}—The platform cookie. This is the Akana API Platform authorization token, and must be sent with every API request that requires login. For more information and an example, see Session cookies. |
X-Csrf-Token_{fedmemberID} | The CSRF prevention header; may or may not be required, depending on platform settings. See CSRF Prevention on the Platform. By default, the CSRF header is not required for GET operations and is required for all others, with a few exceptions relating to user login. |
Request Parameters
Parameter | Parm Type | Data Type | Required | Description |
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UserID | Path | string | Required | The unique ID for a specific user. |
ItemType | Query | string[ ] | Optional | A filtering parameter, specifying one or more board item (forum entry) types to be returned, such as an alert, discussion, or ticket. For valid values, see Board Item Types. |
DiscussionType | Query | string | Optional | The type of discussion. No longer in use. |
APIID | Query | string | Required | The unique ID for a specific API. |
TicketLabel | Query | string | Optional | A filtering parameter: if specified, only tickets with that label are returned. If not specified, no filter is applied. For valid values, refer to Ticket Label Values. |
TicketState | Query | string | Optional | A filtering parameter: if specified, only tickets of that state are returned. For valid values, refer to Ticket State Values. |
AppID | Query | string | Optional | If specified, only board items relating to that app are returned. If not specified, items relating to all apps are returned. |
ItemID | Query | string | Optional |
The unique ID for a specific forum entry. If specified, results are limited to items relating to that item ID. If not specified, no filter is applied. |
Tag | Query | string | Optional |
A user-defined tag. If specified, results are limited to resources relating to that tag. If not specified, no filter is applied. |
IncludeComments | Query | boolean | Optional | Indicates whether comments should be included in the information returned. Default: true. If set to false, comments are excluded. |
NumberOfComments | Query | integer | Optional | The number of comments to be returned (if IncludeComments is not set to false). Default value: 2. |
IncludeActions | Query | boolean | Optional | Indicates whether workflow actions currently valid for the resource should be included in the results. Default: true. For valid workflow actions, see Workflow Actions. |
IncludeCommentActions | Query | boolean | Optional | Indicates whether workflow actions currently valid for a comment on the board should be included in the results. Default: false. For valid workflow actions for comments, see Comments: Valid Workflow Actions. |
start | Query | integer | Optional | An index number indicating the starting point for the results to be returned. If not specified, results start at position 0, the first result. |
count | Query | integer | Optional | The number of results to be returned, from the specified starting point. If not specified, all matching results are returned. |
SortBy | Query | string | Optional | An optional parameter allowing users to sort results by a specific value; for example, com.soa.sort.order.updated sorts with the most updated entries first. For valid values, see Sort By Values. If not specified, items are returned in the sort order of DescendingDate, which means that the most recent items are first. |
IncludeSelfAuthored | Query | string | Optional |
Indicates whether resources authored by the requestor should be included. Default: true. |
PublishedState | Query | string | Optional |
Indicates that only resources in a specific state should be returned. Valid values: published or unpublished. Default: published, indicating that only resources that have been published are returned. |
Response
If successful, this operation returns HTTP status code 200, with the requested Board items for the specified user. The information is sent as an RSS channel in JSON or XML format.
Sample Response
The sample response below shows Board items that match the parameters specified in Request URL #2. Only the Board item that matches the specified ItemID is returned.
Sample response headers: application/json
Status Code: 200 OK Content-Type: application/json Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 00:28:30 GMT
Sample response body: application/json
{ "channel" : { "title" : "User Board", "startIndex" : 0, "itemsPerPage" : 0, "item" : [ { "title" : "Membership cancellation", "description" : "Membership is cancelled", "category" : [ { "value" : "GROUP_MEMBER_REQ", "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:resourcetype" }, { "value" : "true", "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:archivable" } ], "guid" : { "value" : "group_member_req11039.acmepaymentscorp" }, "pubDate" : "2012-05-25T04:07:56.000Z", "AuthoringUser" : { "ID" : "6824eb45-a84f-44a8-9fb4-5a0a0410dd2c.acmepaymentscorp", "Name" : "melgm", "Image" : { "Url" : "https://{hostname}/api/users/6824eb45-a84f-44a8-9fb4-5a0a0410dd2c.acmepaymentscorp/avatar", "Title" : "melgm", "Link" : "#/users/6824eb45-a84f-44a8-9fb4-5a0a0410dd2c.acmepaymentscorp/details" } }, "Image" : { "Url" : "https://{hostname}/api/users/6824eb45-a84f-44a8-9fb4-5a0a0410dd2c.acmepaymentscorp/avatar", "Link" : "#/user/6824eb45-a84f-44a8-9fb4-5a0a0410dd2c.acmepaymentscorp/details" }, "CreatedDate" : "2012-05-25T04:07:56.000Z", "Marks" : { "Count" : 0, "IsMarkedByReader" : false }, "CommentsPreview" : { "Count" : 1, "Comment" : [ { "CommentID" : "comment11040.acmepaymentscorp", "CommentSubjectID" : "group_member_req11039.acmepaymentscorp", "Content" : "melgm cancelled the membership request", "Created" : "2012-05-25T04:07:56Z", "Marks" : 0, "IsMarked" : false, "UserID" : "6824eb45-a84f-44a8-9fb4-5a0a0410dd2c.acmepaymentscorp", "UserName" : "melgm", "AvatarURL" : "https://{hostname}/api/users/6824eb45-a84f-44a8-9fb4-5a0a0410dd2c.acmepaymentscorp/avatar" } ] }, "EntityReference" : { "Title" : "melgm", "Guid" : "6824eb45-a84f-44a8-9fb4-5a0a0410dd2c.acmepaymentscorp", "Category" : [ { "value" : "user", "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:resourcetype" } ] } } ] }, "version" : "1.0" }
Response Headers
For general information on response header values, refer to HTTP Response Headers.
Header | Description |
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Content-Type | application/json, text/xml, application/vnd.soa.v71+json, application/vnd.soa.v71+xml, application/vnd.soa.v72+json, application/vnd.soa.v72+xml, application/vnd.soa.v80+json, application/vnd.soa.v80+xml, application/vnd.soa.v81+json, application/vnd.soa.v81+xml |
Response Body
The response body is in the form of an RSS channel, and includes the items listed below. The RSS version is 1.0. The title of the RSS Channel is User Board, and the channel includes paging values: StartIndex, TotalResults, and ItemsPerPage. Each item in the RSS channel represents a Board item, and includes the information below.
Name | Description |
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title | The text title of the Board item. |
description | Descriptive text for the Board item. |
category[ ] |
An array of sets of two name/value pairs, each including Value and Domain, with a value for each. For example: "value" : "false", "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:archivable" The example above indicates that the Board item is not archivable. |
GUID | GUID for the Board item. |
pubdate | The date/timestamp when the information was generated. |
AuthoringUser |
Information about the user who authored the Board item, including:
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Image | Information about the image for the resource that the Board item is associated with, including URL and link. |
CreatedDate | The date/timestamp when the information was generated. |
Marks | Information about marks on the Board item, including a numeric count and a boolean value, IsMarkedByReader, indicating whether the current user (if a user is logged in) marked the Board item. |
CommentsPreview | Information about comments on a Board item such as a ticket or discussion, including a numeric count and the two most recent comments. |
EntityReference |
An array of one or more entity references for the Board item. Each includes:
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Error Codes/Messages
If the call is unsuccessful an error code/message is returned. One or more examples of possible errors for this operation are shown below.
Item | Value |
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401 |
Unauthorized. For example, you would get this response if you didn't include the custom X-Csrf-Token_{fedmemberID} header in the request, when it was required by the platform settings; or if you included an invalid or expired value for this header. You would also get this response for any operation that requires login (almost all) if the login cookie was missing. You would also get this response if you hadn't completed login before running the operation, or if you had the wrong UserID. |
500 | An error occurred processing the call. |
More information about Akana API Platform API error messages.