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Contents 1 Forums 1.1 Add Forum 1.1.1 Authentication Restrictions 1.1.2 Required Parameters 1.1.3 Optional Parameters 1.1.4 Successful Response 1.2 Edit Forum 1.2.1 Authentication Restrictions 1.2.2 Required Parameters 1.2.3 Optional Parameters 1.2.4 Successful Response 1.3 Delete Forum 1.3.1 Authentication Restrictions 1.3.2 Required Parameters 1.3.3 Successful Response 1.4 Add Thread 1.4.1 Authentication Restrictions 1.4.2 Required Parameters 1.4.3 Optional Parameters 1.4.4 Successful Response 1.5 Add Reply 1.5.1 Authentication Restrictions 1.5.2 Required Parameters 1.5.3 Optional Parameters 1.5.4 Successful Response 1.6 Edit Post 1.6.1 Authentication Restrictions 1.6.2 Required Parameters 1.6.3 Optional Parameters 1.6.4 Successful Response 1.7 Delete Post 1.7.1 Authentication Restrictions 1.7.2 Required Parameters 1.7.3 Successful Response

[edit] Forums

[edit] Add Forum

This API call is responsible for adding a forum to a site.

[edit] Authentication Restrictions

Administrators only.

[edit] Required Parameters

action=forum

verb=addforum

title

the forum title; this field is used to calculate the canonical_id, if not provided.

[edit] Optional Parameters

description

the forum description.

layout

the position of this forum relative to other forums.

label

allows grouping of forums based on label.

canonical_id

the nice looking identifier for human readable ids; filtering will be performed to ensure proper syntax.

[edit] Successful Response

status=ok

item

forum

id

the id of the newly created forum.

canonical_id

the canonical_id of the newly created forum.

[edit] Edit Forum

This API call is responsible for editing a forum.

[edit] Authentication Restrictions

Administrators only.

[edit] Required Parameters

action=forum

verb=editforum

forumId

the forum id.

[edit] Optional Parameters

title

the forum title; this field is used to calculate the canonical_id, if not provided.

description

the forum description.

layout

the position of this forum relative to other forums.

label

allows grouping of forums based on label.

canonical_id

the nice looking identifier for human readable ids; filtering will be performed to ensure proper syntax.

[edit] Successful Response

status=ok

[edit] Delete Forum

This API call is responsible for deleting a forum and all of its threads and replies.

[edit] Authentication Restrictions

Administrators only.

[edit] Required Parameters

action=forum

verb=delforum

forumId

the forum id.

[edit] Successful Response

status=ok

[edit] Add Thread

This API call is responsible for adding a thread to a forum.

[edit] Authentication Restrictions

Any authenticated user.

[edit] Required Parameters

action=forum

verb=addthread

forumId

the forum id

title

the thread title; this field is used to calculate the canonical_id, if no canonical_id is supplied.

description

the thread description.

[edit] Optional Parameters

canonical_id

the nice looking identifier for human readable ids; filtering will be performed to ensure proper syntax.

[edit] Successful Response

status=ok

item

thread

id

the id of the newly created thread.

canonical_id

the canonical_id of the newly created thread.

[edit] Add Reply

This API call is responsible for adding a reply to a forum post.

[edit] Authentication Restrictions

Any authenticated user.

[edit] Required Parameters

action=forum

verb=addreply

postId

the post id; this can be either a thread id or a reply id.

description

the reply description.

[edit] Optional Parameters

quote

text that you want to quote in your reply; this only applies if postId is a reply id; this is limited to 255 characters.

[edit] Successful Response

status=ok

item

reply

id

the id of the newly created reply.

[edit] Edit Post

This API call is responsible for editing a forum post.

[edit] Authentication Restrictions

Superuser or user with moderator or administrator access. Post user is only able to update title and description for threads and description for replies.

[edit] Required Parameters

action=forum

verb=editpost

postId

the post id; this can be either a thread id or a reply id.

[edit] Optional Parameters

title

the post title; only applies if postId is a thread id;

description

the post description.

canonical_id

the canonical id of the forum post; only applies if postId is a thread id.

forumId

the id of the forum that this post belongs to; only applies if postId is a thread id.

sticky=yes|no

whether or not this post is sticky; only applies if postId is a thread id.

quote

text that you want to quote in your reply; only applies if postId is a reply id; this is limited to 255 characters.

[edit] Successful Response

status=ok

[edit] Delete Post

This API call is responsible for deleting a forum post.

[edit] Authentication Restrictions

Administrators or Moderators; Post user is able to delete as long as post is not a thread with a reply count greater than 0.

[edit] Required Parameters

action=forum

verb=delpost

postId

the post id; this can be either a thread id or a reply id.

[edit] Successful Response

status=ok