ContentVersion

An entity representing a version of a document.

Example:

Example JSON

JSON including important fields and an ContentVersion's resources. See the tables below for a list of all fields and resources.

{
    "type": "contentVersion",
    "status": "archived",
    "author": {
        "name": {
            "formatted": "Administrator"
        },
        "type": "person",
        "displayName": "Administrator",
        "id": "1"
    },
    "content": {
        // a document representing the content of this version
    },
    "versionNumber": 1,
    "published": "2012-07-11T23:49:37.929+0000",
    "id": "1180",
    "resources": {
        "self": {
            "ref": "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/versions/1242/1",
            "allowed": [ "POST", "GET" ]
        }
    }
 }

Fields

Field	Type	Mode †	Description
`author`	`Person`	read-only	Author of this document version.
`content`	`AbstractContent`	read-only	Document corresponding to this version.
`id`	`String`	read-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.
`minorVersion`	`Boolean`	read-only	Flag indicating that this is a minor version.
`published`	`ISO 8601 Date`	read-only	Date and time at which this document version was originally created.
`resources`	`Object`	read-only	Resource links (and related permissions for the requesting person) relevant to this object.
`status`	`String`	optional	Published status of this content object.
`type`	`String`	read-only	The object type of this object ("documentVersion").
`updated`	`ISO 8601 Date`	read-only	Date and time this document version was most recently updated.
`versionNumber`	`Integer`	read-only	One-relative version number of this version.

Resources

Resource Method Description

Resource	Method	Description
`restore`	`POST`	Restore a content version by creating a copy of the version to restore as the newest content version and returning that content version. Retrieves: ContentVersion describing this content object
`self`	`GET`	Return an updated version of this version of a content. Retrieves: ContentVersion describing this content object

restore

POST

Restore a content version by creating a copy of the version to restore as the newest content version and returning that content version.

Retrieves:

ContentVersion describing this content object

self

GET

Return an updated version of this version of a content.

Retrieves:

ContentVersion describing this content object