GET /api/groups/{GroupID}/board

Returns a list of Board items for the specified group.

Authorization Roles/Permissions: For a public group or a group associated with a public API, anyone can access this operation. For an API Scope Group, only authorized API Administrators, API Scope Group members and leaders, Site Administrators, and Business Administrators can see the information. The operation will run successfully, but the results are limited by the privacy settings of the resources.

This topic includes the following sections:

HTTP Method
URL
Sample Request
Request Headers
Request Parameters

Response
Sample Response
Response Headers
Response Body
Error Codes/Messages

HTTP Method

GET

URL

https://{hostname}/api/groups/{GroupID}/board

Sample Request

The example below shows a request for the Board of the specified group.

Sample Request URL

https://{hostname}/api/groups/group19793.acmepaymentscorp/board

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
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
Content-Type	/
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
GroupID	Path	string	Required	The unique ID for a specific group.
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.
ItemID	Query	string	Optional	The unique ID for a specific forum entry. If specified, results are limited to information 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 board items 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.
RetrievingUserID	Query	string	Optional	The unique UserID of the user performing a specific action.
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 Group Board for the specified group.

Sample Response

The sample response below shows the group's Board returned.

Sample response headers: application/json

Status Code: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:00:01 GMT

Sample response body: application/json

{
  "channel" : {
    "title" : "Group Board",
    "startIndex" : 0,
    "itemsPerPage" : 0,
    "item" : [ {
      "title" : "Planned outage",
      "description" : "The API will be down for a maximum of one hour, 6am to 7am PT (GMT-7) on Sunday 16 June for equipment upgrade.",
      "category" : [ {
        "value" : "DISCUSSION",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:resourcetype"
      }, {
        "value" : "outage",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:tag"
      }, {
        "value" : "upgrade",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:tag"
      }, {
        "value" : "true",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:archivable"
      }, {
        "value" : "com.soa.board.item.acmepaymentscorp",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:state"
      }, {
        "value" : "com.soa.discussion.type.comment",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:discussiontype"
      } ],
      "guid" : {
        "value" : "discussion24508.acmepaymentscorp"
      },
      "pubDate" : "2013-06-12T19:59:54.000Z",
      "AuthoringUser" : {
        "ID" : "522320b9-cb6b-495d-ae07-e4b3bfdb3f6a.acmepaymentscorp",
        "Name" : "JaneSaoirse",
        "Image" : {
          "Url" : "https://{hostname}/api/users/522320b9-cb6b-495d-ae07-e4b3bfdb3f6a.acmepaymentscorp/avatars/63352786-b8f0-4717-a35e-cebb480c5a56.png",
          "Title" : "JaneSaoirse",
          "Link" : "#/users/522320b9-cb6b-495d-ae07-e4b3bfdb3f6a.acmepaymentscorp/details"
        }
      },
      "Image" : {
        "Url" : "https://{hostname}/api/users/522320b9-cb6b-495d-ae07-e4b3bfdb3f6a.acmepaymentscorp/avatars/63352786-b8f0-4717-a35e-cebb480c5a56.png",
        "Link" : "#/user/522320b9-cb6b-495d-ae07-e4b3bfdb3f6a.acmepaymentscorp/details"
      },
      "CreatedDate" : "2013-06-12T19:59:54.000Z",
      "Actions" : {
        "Action" : [ {
          "value" : "discussion.action.delete",
          "label" : "discussion.action.delete"
        } ]
      },
      "Marks" : {
        "Count" : 0,
        "IsMarkedByReader" : false
      },
      "CommentsPreview" : {
        "Count" : 0,
        "Comment" : [ ]
      },
      "EntityReference" : {
        "Title" : "ACME Payments API UG",
        "Guid" : "group19212.acmepaymentscorp",
        "Category" : [ {
          "value" : "group",
          "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:resourcetype"
        } ]
      }
    }, {
      "title" : "Features list: suggestions?",
      "description" : "We are getting together our features list for the next version. Any suggestions welcome!",
      "category" : [ {
        "value" : "DISCUSSION",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:resourcetype"
      }, {
        "value" : "version",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:tag"
      }, {
        "value" : "features",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:tag"
      }, {
        "value" : "payments",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:tag"
      }, {
        "value" : "improve",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:tag"
      }, {
        "value" : "true",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:archivable"
      }, {
        "value" : "com.soa.board.item.acmepaymentscorp",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:state"
      }, {
        "value" : "com.soa.discussion.type.comment",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:discussiontype"
      } ],
      "guid" : {
        "value" : "discussion24489.acmepaymentscorp"
      },
      "pubDate" : "2013-06-12T19:57:21.000Z",
      "AuthoringUser" : {
        "ID" : "522320b9-cb6b-495d-ae07-e4b3bfdb3f6a.acmepaymentscorp",
        "Name" : "JaneSaoirse",
        "Image" : {
          "Url" : "https://{hostname}/api/users/522320b9-cb6b-495d-ae07-e4b3bfdb3f6a.acmepaymentscorp/avatars/63352786-b8f0-4717-a35e-cebb480c5a56.png",
          "Title" : "JaneSaoirse",
          "Link" : "#/users/522320b9-cb6b-495d-ae07-e4b3bfdb3f6a.acmepaymentscorp/details"
        }
      },
      "Image" : {
        "Url" : "https://{hostname}/api/users/522320b9-cb6b-495d-ae07-e4b3bfdb3f6a.acmepaymentscorp/avatars/63352786-b8f0-4717-a35e-cebb480c5a56.png",
        "Link" : "#/user/522320b9-cb6b-495d-ae07-e4b3bfdb3f6a.acmepaymentscorp/details"
      },
      "CreatedDate" : "2013-06-12T19:53:24.000Z",
      "Actions" : {
        "Action" : [ {
          "value" : "discussion.action.delete",
          "label" : "discussion.action.delete"
        } ]
      },
      "Marks" : {
        "Count" : 0,
        "IsMarkedByReader" : false
      },
      "CommentsPreview" : {
        "Count" : 4,
        "Comment" : [ {
          "CommentID" : "comment24506.acmepaymentscorp",
          "CommentSubjectID" : "discussion24489.acmepaymentscorp",
          "Content" : "International currency support is the feature that would help me the most.",
          "Created" : "2013-06-12T19:57:11Z",
          "Marks" : 0,
          "IsMarked" : false,
          "UserID" : "957482b9-ck7f-0gk5-ae07-9flgok5djtus.acmepaymentscorp",
          "UserName" : "JonathanSwift",
          "AvatarURL" : "https://{hostname}/api/users/957482b9-ck7f-0gk5-ae07-9flgok5djtus.acmepaymentscorp/avatars/12d0fdd6-4707-4262-8c88-28ab3b5036c3.png"
        }, {
          "CommentID" : "comment24507.acmepaymentscorp",
          "CommentSubjectID" : "discussion24489.acmepaymentscorp",
          "Content" : "Also, seconding both of Philip's comments. Gift cards would be awesome.",
          "Created" : "2013-06-12T19:57:21Z",
          "Marks" : 0,
          "IsMarked" : false,
          "UserID" : "957482b9-ck7f-0gk5-ae07-9flgok5djtus.acmepaymentscorp",
          "UserName" : "JonathanSwift",
          "AvatarURL" : "https://{hostname}/api/users/957482b9-ck7f-0gk5-ae07-9flgok5djtus.acmepaymentscorp/avatars/12d0fdd6-4707-4262-8c88-28ab3b5036c3.png"
        } ]
      },
      "EntityReference" : {
        "Title" : "ACME Payments API UG",
        "Guid" : "group19212.acmepaymentscorp",
        "Category" : [ {
          "value" : "group",
          "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:resourcetype"
        } ]
      }
    }, {
      "title" : "ACMECorp member JenniferMeadows  has been invited to the ACME Payments API UG Group",
      "description" : "Please join our user group!",
      "category" : [ {
        "value" : "GROUP_MEMBER_REQ",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:resourcetype"
      }, {
        "value" : "false",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:archivable"
      }, {
        "value" : "com.soa.group.membership.state.pending",
        "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:wfstate"
      } ],
      "guid" : {
        "value" : "group_member_req24505.acmepaymentscorp"
      },
      "pubDate" : "2013-06-12T19:53:45.000Z",
      "AuthoringUser" : {
        "ID" : "522320b9-cb6b-495d-ae07-e4b3bfdb3f6a.acmepaymentscorp",
        "Name" : "JaneSaoirse",
        "Image" : {
          "Url" : "https://{hostname}/api/users/522320b9-cb6b-495d-ae07-e4b3bfdb3f6a.acmepaymentscorp/avatars/63352786-b8f0-4717-a35e-cebb480c5a56.png",
          "Title" : "JaneSaoirse",
          "Link" : "#/users/522320b9-cb6b-495d-ae07-e4b3bfdb3f6a.acmepaymentscorp/details"
        }
      },
      "Image" : {
        "Url" : "https://{hostname}/api/users/522320b9-cb6b-495d-ae07-e4b3bfdb3f6a.acmepaymentscorp/avatars/63352786-b8f0-4717-a35e-cebb480c5a56.png",
        "Link" : "#/user/522320b9-cb6b-495d-ae07-e4b3bfdb3f6a.acmepaymentscorp/details"
      },
      "CreatedDate" : "2013-06-12T19:53:45.000Z",
      "Marks" : {
        "Count" : 0,
        "IsMarkedByReader" : false
      },
      "CommentsPreview" : {
        "Count" : 0,
        "Comment" : [ ]
      },
      "EntityReference" : [ {
        "Title" : "acmepaymentscorp",
        "Guid" : "api18969.acmepaymentscorp",
        "Category" : [ {
          "value" : "api",
          "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:resourcetype"
        } ]
      }, {
        "Title" : "2.0",
        "Guid" : "apiversion19184.acmepaymentscorp",
        "Category" : [ {
          "value" : "apiversion",
          "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:resourcetype"
        } ]
      }, {
        "Title" : "ACME Payments API UG",
        "Guid" : "group19212.acmepaymentscorp",
        "Category" : [ {
          "value" : "group",
          "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:resourcetype"
        } ]
      }, {
        "Title" : "JenniferMeadows",
        "Guid" : "d4e9b5d9-bd93-4c4e-acfd-bcf23527c729.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
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 Group Board, and the channel includes paging values: StartIndex and ItemsPerPage. Each item in the RSS channel represents a Board item, and includes the information below.

Name	Description
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" : "DISCUSSION", "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:resourcetype" The example above indicates that the Board item relates to a discussion. "value" : "outage", "domain" : "uddi:soa.com:tag" The example above indicates that the Board item relates to a tag on the discussion.
GUID	GUID for the Board item. It is the unique DiscussionID; for example, discussion24508.acmepaymentscorp.
pubdate	The date/timestamp when the information was generated.
AuthoringUser	Information about the user who authored the Board item, including: ID: the unique UserID Name: The user's name as it appears in the platform Image: Information about the user's image, including URL, Title, and Link
Image	Information about the image for the user that the Board item is associated with, including URL and link.
CreatedDate	The date/timestamp when the information was generated.
Actions	An array of name/value pair sets containing information about one or more action events that are valid for the item. Each includes value and label, and both contain the name of the valid action. For example: "value" : "discussion.action.delete", "label" : "discussion.action.delete" The example above indicates that Delete is a valid action for the Board item.
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 the Board item, including a numeric count and information about the specific comments, if applicable. If present, information about a specific comment includes: CommentID, CommentSubjectID, Content, Created (date), Marked, IsMarked, UserID, UserName, and AvatarURL.
EntityReference	An array of one or more entity references for the Board item. Each includes: Title GUID: the unique ID for the item. Category[ ]: An array of sets of two name/value pairs, each including Value and Domain, with a value for each.

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
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.
405	Method Not Allowed. You might get this if there is an error in the URL, or if you used the wrong HTTP verb.
500	An error occurred processing the call.

More information about Akana API Platform API error messages.