osapi.jive.corev3.contents.Discussion

A Discussion is the beginning of a conversation. A Discussion can be explicitly marked as a question by setting the question field to true. Messages are replies to the discussion, and replies to the replies are also possible.

Example:
Example JSON

JSON with the most important data for a Discussion. See the table below for a list of all fields.

 {
   "type" : "discussion",
   "status" : "published",
   "subject" : "New Discussion",
   "content" : {
     "type" : "text/html",
     "text" : "<p>Text of the discussion</p>"
   },
   "author" : {
     "name" : {
       "formatted" : "Administrator"
     },
     "type" : "person",
     "displayName" : "Administrator",
     "id" : "1"
   },
   "question" : false,
   "visibility" : "all",
   "visibleToExternalContributors" : false,
   "viewCount" : 0,
   "replyCount" : 0,
   "followerCount" : 0,
   "likeCount" : 0,
   "published" : "2012-07-09T18:50:30.066+0000",
   "updated" : "2012-07-09T18:50:30.066+0000",
   "tags" : ["important" ]
 }

Properties

PropertyTypeMode Description
answerStringread-only

URI of the correct answer (if any) to this discussion, if it is a question.

Availability:

Only present on a discussion marked as a question, with a message marked as the correct answer

Since: 3.2
attachmentsAttachment[]optional

List of attachments to this discussion (if any).

authorPersonread-only

Author of this content object.

categoriesString[]optional

Categories associated with this object. Places define the list of possible categories.

contentContentBodyrequired

Content of this content object.

followerCountIntegerread-only

Number of people following this object.

Availability:

Will be present only for object types that support being followed.

helpfulString[]read-only

URIs of messages that have been marked "helpful", if this discussion is a question.

Availability:

Only present on a discussion marked as a question, with at least one message marked as a helpful answer

Since: 3.2
highlightBodyStringread-only

Highlight snippet of a search match in the body or description.

Availability:

Will be present in search results only.

highlightSubjectStringread-only

Highlight snippet of a search match in the subject or name.

Availability:

Will be present in search results only.

highlightTagsStringread-only

Highlight snippet of a search match in tags.

Availability:

Will be present in search results only.

idStringread-only

Identifier (unique within an object type and Jive instance) of this object. This field is internal to Jive and should not be confused with contentID or placeID used in URIs.

likeCountIntegerread-only

Number of people who have liked this object.

Availability:

Will be present only for object types that support being liked.

onBehalfOfOnBehalfOfoptional

Information that is available when the discussion was posted by the author on behalf of another person. This person may be an anonymous user, an unknown user with just an email address or another user of Jive.

Since: 3.3
parentStringoptional

URI of the parent place of this content object. When visibility is place then the URI points to a place (and is required on create). Otherwise, this field is not part of the returned JSON (and must not be included on create).

parentContentSummaryread-only

Summary information about the content object that is the parent of this object.

Availability:

Will be present in search results only.

parentPlaceSummaryread-only

Summary information about the place that contains this object.

Availability:

Will be present in search results only.

publishedISO 8601 Dateread-only

Date and time when this content object was originally created.

questionBooleanread-only

Flag indicating that this discussion is a question.

replyCountIntegerread-only

Number of replies to this object.

Availability:

Will be present only for object types that support replies.

resolvedStringoptional

If this discussion is a question, this field will contain the resolution state ("open", "resolved", "assumed_resolved"). If the current state is "open", it may be changed to "assumed_resolved" by the author or a moderator.

Availability:

Only present on a discussion marked as a question

Since: 3.2
resourcesObjectread-only

Resource links (and related permissions for the requesting person) relevant to this object.

statusStringread-only

Published status of this content object.

  • incomplete - Content object is in draft mode
  • pending_approval - Content object is waiting for approval
  • rejected - Content object has been rejected for publication by an approver
  • published - Content object has been published
subjectStringrequired

Subject of this content object.

tagsString[]optional

Tags associated with this object.

Availability:

Will be present only for object types that support tags

typeStringrequired

The object type of this object ("discussion"). This field is required when creating new content.

updatedISO 8601 Dateread-only

Date and time this content object was most recently updated.

usersPerson[]optional
The list of users that can see the content. On create or update, provide a list of Person URIs or Person entities. On get, returns a list of Person entities. This value is used only when visibility is people.
viaViaoptional

Information that is available when the discussion was posted via an external system.

Since: 3.3
viewCountIntegerread-only

Number of times this content object has been viewed.

Availability:

Will be present only for objects that support view counts

visibilityStringoptional

The visibility policy for this discussion. Valid values are:

  • all - anyone with appropriate permissions can see the content. Default when visibility, parent and users were not specified.
  • people - only those users specified by users can see the content. Default when visibility and parent were not specified but users was specified.
  • place - place permissions specify which users can see the content. Default when visibility was not specified but parent was specified.
visibleToExternalContributorsBooleanread-only

Flag indicating that this content object is potentially visible to external contributors.

→ Fields used by update and create operations
→ Fields used only by create operations
→ Fields not used by update or create operations

Methods

createReply(message,options)
POST /messages/contents/1234

Retrieves

Message

Description

Create a new reply to this discussion, and return a Message representing the new object.

Takes:
  • Message fields describing the new message
Options:
NameTypeRequiredDescription
fieldsStringfalseThe names of the fields to be returned
Retrieves:
  • Message describing the newly created message
  • destroy()
    DELETE /contents/1234

    Retrieves

    --

    Description

    Delete this discussion and all messages associated with it.

    get(options)
    GET /contents/1234

    Retrieves

    Discussion

    Description

    Return an updated version of this discussion.

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    fieldsStringfalseThe names of the fields to be returned
    Retrieves:
  • Discussion representing the updated discussion
  • getFollowers(options)
    GET /contents/1234/followers

    Retrieves

    Person[]

    Description

    Return a paginated list of the people following this content.

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    countIntegerfalseNumber of followers to be returned (default is 25)
    fieldsStringfalseNames of the fields to be returned
    startIndexIntegerfalseZero-relative index of the first follower to be returned
    Retrieves:
  • Person[]
  • Since: 3.5
    getFollowingIn(options)
    GET /contents/1234/followingIn

    Retrieves

    Stream[]

    Description

    Return the list of custom streams in which the requesting person is following this discussion (if any).

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    fieldsStringfalseThe names of the fields to be returned
    Retrieves:
  • Stream[]
  • getLikes(options)
    GET /contents/1234/likes

    Retrieves

    Person[]

    Description

    Return a paginated list of people who like this discussion.

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    countIntegerfalseThe maximum number of people to return (default is 25)
    fieldsStringfalseThe names of the fields to be returned
    startIndexIntegerfalseZero-relative index of the first person to return (default is 0)
    Retrieves:
  • Person[]
  • getReplies(options)
    GET /messages/contents/1234

    Retrieves

    Message[]

    Description

    Return a paginated list of replies to this discussion.

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    countIntegerfalseThe maximum number of replies to return (default is 25)
    anchorStringfalseoptional URI for a message to anchor at. Specifying a anchor will try to return the page containing the anchor. If the anchor could not be found then the first page of messages will be returned.
    excludeRepliesBooleanfalseFlag indicating that direct replies only are requested (true), or the entire tree of replies are requested (false)
    hierarchicalBooleanfalseFlag indicating that replies should be returned in hierarchical order instead of chronological order. Since v3.1
    fieldsStringfalseThe names of the fields to be returned
    startIndexIntegerfalseZero-relative index of the first reply to return (default is 0)
    Retrieves:
  • Message[]
  • like()
    POST /contents/1234/likes

    Retrieves

    --

    Description

    Register that the requesting person likes this discussion.

    Availability:

    Must be authenticated, must not be your own discussion, and must not have liked this discussion already

    markRead()
    POST /contents/1234/read

    Retrieves

    --

    Description

    Mark this discussion as having been read.

    Since: 3.2
    markUnread()
    DELETE /contents/1234/read

    Retrieves

    --

    Description

    Mark this discussion as having not been read.

    Since: 3.2
    toURI()

    Retrieves

    String

    Description

    Retrieves:
  • A URI representing this entity, or undefined if no such URI exists.
  • unlike()
    DELETE /contents/1234/likes

    Retrieves

    --

    Description

    Delete the like of this discussion by the requesting person.

    Availability:

    Must be authenticated, and must have liked this discussion already

    update(multipartbody,options)
    PUT /contents/1234

    Retrieves

    Discussion

    Description

    Update the information about this discussion.

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    fieldsStringfalseThe names of the fields to be returned
    minorBooleanfalseFlag indicating that this is a minor update and should not trigger events (true) or not (false)
    Retrieves:
  • Discussion representing the updated discussion
  • Resources

    ResourceMethodReturnsDescription
    htmlGETObject

    Return the HTML representation of this discussion.