osapi.jive.corev3.contents.Update

A status update for a Jive user or place. In order to update the status of a Person you will have to first get the Person, update the status field and then update the person with the updated JSON.

Example:
Example JSON

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

{
    "type" : "update",
    "status" : "published",
    "subject" : "My new status",
    "parent" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/people/1",
    "content" : {
      "type" : "text/html",
      "text" : "<span>My new status</span>"
    },
    "author" : {
      "name" : {
        "formatted" : "Administrator"
      },
      "type" : "person",
      "displayName" : "Administrator",
      "id" : "1"
    },
    "parentPlace" : {
      "name" : "Administrator",
      "id" : "1",
      "type" : "person",
      "uri" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/people/1",
      "html" : "https://example.jiveon.com/people/admin"
    },
    "visibleToExternalContributors" : false,
    "highlightBody" : "My new <em class=\"jive-hilite\">status</em>",
    "highlightSubject" : "My new <em class=\"jive-hilite\">status</em>",
    "viewCount" : 0,
    "replyCount" : 0,
    "followerCount" : 1,
    "likeCount" : 0,
    "published" : "2012-07-13T23:26:49.669+0000",
    "updated" : "2012-07-13T23:26:49.669+0000",
    "tags" : [ ]
 }

Properties

PropertyTypeMode Description
authorPersonread-only

Author of this content object.

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.

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.

latitudeNumberread-only

If available, the latitude of the location from which this update was made.

likeCountIntegerread-only

Number of people who have liked this object.

Availability:

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

longitudeNumberread-only

If available, the longitude of the location from which this update was made.

parentStringread-only

URI of the person whose status is being updated.

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.

replyCountIntegerread-only

Number of replies to this object.

Availability:

Will be present only for object types that support replies.

repostUpdateread-only

If this update is a repost, the repost field contains the original update. Otherwise, this field will not be present.

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
subjectStringread-only

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 ("update"). This field is required when creating new content.

updatedISO 8601 Dateread-only

Date and time this content object was most recently updated.

viewCountIntegerread-only

Number of times this content object has been viewed.

Availability:

Will be present only for objects that support view counts

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

createComment(comment,options)
POST /contents/1234/comments

Retrieves

Comment

Description

Add a comment about this content object.

The minimum JSON object needed to create a comment is:

     {
         "content": {"type": "text/html", "text": "<body><p>This is a new comment</p></body>"},
     }
Takes:
Options:
NameTypeRequiredDescription
fieldsStringfalseThe names of the fields to be returned
Retrieves:
  • Comment representing the recorded comment
  • destroy()
    DELETE /contents/1234

    Retrieves

    --

    Description

    Delete this content object and any related comments and other related information.

    get(options)
    GET /contents/1234

    Retrieves

    Update

    Description

    Return an updated version of this content object.

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    fieldsStringfalseThe names of the fields to be returned
    Retrieves:
  • Content describing this content object
  • getComments(options)
    GET /contents/1234/comments

    Retrieves

    Comment[]

    Description

    Return a paginated list of the comments about this content object.

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    countIntegerfalseThe maximum number of comments to be returned (default is 25)
    anchorStringfalseoptional URI for a comment 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 comments will be returned.
    excludeRepliesBooleanfalseFlag indicating that replies to the direct comments about this direct message should be excluded (default is false)
    fieldsStringfalseThe names of the fields to be returned
    hierarchicalBooleanfalseFlag indicating that comments should be returned in hierarchical order instead of chronological order (default is true)
    startIndexIntegerfalseZero-relative index of the first comment to be returned (default is zero)
    Retrieves:
  • Comment[]
  • getContentImages(options)
    GET /images/contents/1234

    Retrieves

    Image[]

    Description

    Return metadata about the images attached to this status update.

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    fieldsStringfalseThe names of the fields to be returned
    Retrieves:
  • Image[]
  • 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 update (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 update.

    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[]
  • like()
    POST /contents/1234/likes

    Retrieves

    --

    Description

    Register that the requesting person likes this update.

    Availability:

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

    markRead()
    POST /contents/1234/read

    Retrieves

    --

    Description

    Mark this update as having been read.

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

    Retrieves

    --

    Description

    Mark this update 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 update by the requesting person.

    Availability:

    Must be authenticated, and must have liked this update already

    update(multipartbody,options)
    PUT /contents/1234

    Retrieves

    Content

    Description

    Update the information about this content object.

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    fieldsStringfalseThe names of the fields to be returned
    Retrieves:
  • Content representing the updated content object
  • Resources

    ResourceMethodReturnsDescription
    htmlGETObject

    Return the HTML representation of this content object.