Post

A Post represents a blog post. An example JSON representation looks like this:

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Example JSON

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

{
  "type" : "post",
  "status" : "published",
  "subject" : "New Post",
  "parent" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/places/1173",
  "content" : {
    "type" : "text/html",
    "text" : "<p>Post text</p>"
  },
  "author" : {
    "name" : {
      "formatted" : "Administrator"
    },
    "type" : "person",
    "displayName" : "Administrator",
    "id" : "1"
  },
  "visibleToExternalContributors" : false,
  "restrictComments" : false,
  "permalink" : "New-Post",
  "viewCount" : 0,
  "replyCount" : 0,
  "followerCount" : 1,
  "likeCount" : 0,
  "publishDate" : "2012-06-25T23:29:00.000+0000",
  "published" : "2012-06-25T23:29:19.135+0000",
  "updated" : "2012-06-25T23:29:19.135+0000",
  "tags" : [ ],
  "attachments" : [ ],
  "id" : "1001",
  "resources" : {
    "likes" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/contents/1174/likes",
      "allowed" : [ "GET" ]
    },
    "self" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/contents/1174",
      "allowed" : [ "PUT", "DELETE", "GET" ]
    },
    "html" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/people/admin/blog/2012/06/25/New-Post",
      "allowed" : [ "GET" ]
    },
    "attachments" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/attachments/contents/1174",
      "allowed" : [ "POST", "GET" ]
    },
    "followingIn" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/contents/1174/followingIn",
      "allowed" : [ "GET" ]
    },
    "comments" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/contents/1174/comments",
      "allowed" : [ "POST", "GET" ]
    }
  }
}

Create Post in Personal Blog

POST to /contents creates a new blog post. The minimum set of fields you must include are:

 {
  "content":
      {
      "type": "text/html",
      "text": "<body><p>Some interesting text</p></body>"
      },
  "subject": "New Post in Personal Blog",
  "type": "post"
  }

Fields

Field	Type	Mode †	Description
`attachments`	`Attachment[]`	optional	List of attachments to this post (if any).
`author`	`Person`	read-only	Author of this content object.
`categories`	`String[]`	optional	Categories associated with this object. Places define the list of possible categories.
`content`	`ContentBody`	required	Content of this content object.
`followerCount`	`Integer`	read-only	Number of people following this object. Availability: Will be present only for object types that support being followed.
`highlightBody`	`String`	read-only	Highlight snippet of a search match in the body or description. Availability: Will be present in search results only.
`highlightSubject`	`String`	read-only	Highlight snippet of a search match in the subject or name. Availability: Will be present in search results only.
`highlightTags`	`String`	read-only	Highlight snippet of a search match in tags. Availability: Will be present in search results only.
`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.
`likeCount`	`Integer`	read-only	Number of people who have liked this object. Availability: Will be present only for object types that support being liked.
`parent`	`String`	optional	URI of the blog of this post. If no parent is specified during creation then the post will be created in the personal blog.
`parentContent`	`Summary`	read-only	Summary information about the content object that is the parent of this object. Availability: Will be present in search results only.
`parentPlace`	`Summary`	read-only	Summary information about the place that contains this object. Availability: Will be present in search results only.
`permalink`	`String`	read-only	Permanent URI for the HTML version of this post.
`publishDate`	`ISO 8601 Date`	optional	Date and time at which this post should be made visible.
`published`	`ISO 8601 Date`	read-only	Date and time when this content object was originally created.
`replyCount`	`Integer`	read-only	Number of replies to this object. Availability: Will be present only for object types that support replies.
`resources`	`Object`	read-only	Resource links (and related permissions for the requesting person) relevant to this object.
`restrictComments`	`Boolean`	optional	Flag indicating that old comments will be visible but new comments are not allowed. If not restricted then anyone with appropriate permissions can comment on the content.
`status`	`String`	read-only	Published status of this content object. `incomplete` - Post is in draft mode `pending_approval` - Post is waiting for approval `rejected` - Post has been rejected for publication by an approver `scheduled` - Post has been scheduled to be published on a given date `published` - Post has been published
`subject`	`String`	required	Subject of this content object.
`tags`	`String[]`	optional	Tags associated with this object. Availability: Will be present only for object types that support tags
`type`	`String`	required	The object type of this object ("post"). This field is required when creating new content.
`updated`	`ISO 8601 Date`	read-only	Date and time this content object was most recently updated.
`viewCount`	`Integer`	read-only	Number of times this content object has been viewed. Availability: Will be present only for objects that support view counts
`visibleToExternalContributors`	`Boolean`	read-only	Flag indicating that this content object is potentially visible to external contributors.

Resources

Resource	Method	Description
`attachments`	`GET`	Return a list of attachments associated to this blog post. Retrieves: Attachment[]
`comments`	`POST`	Add a comment about this content object. The minimum JSON object needed to create a comment is: { "content": {"type": "text/html", "text": " This is a new comment "}, } Takes: Comment describing the new comment Retrieves: Comment representing the recorded comment
`comments`	`GET`	Return a paginated list of the comments about this content object. Retrieves: Comment[]
`followers`	`GET`	Return a paginated list of the people following this content. Retrieves: Person[] Since: 3.5
`followingIn`	`GET`	Return the list of custom streams in which the requesting person is following this blog post (if any). Retrieves: Stream[]
`html`	`GET`	Return the HTML representation of this content object.
`likes`	`POST`	Register that the requesting person likes this blog post. Availability: Must be authenticated, must not be your own blog post, and must not have liked this blog post already
`likes`	`GET`	Return a paginated list of people who like this blog post. Retrieves: Person[]
`read`	`POST`	Mark this post as having been read. Since: 3.2
`read`	`DELETE`	Mark this post as having not been read. Since: 3.2
`self`	`GET`	Return an updated version of this content object. Retrieves: Content describing this content object
`self`	`PUT`	Update the information about this content object. Retrieves: Content representing the updated content object
`self`	`DELETE`	Delete this content object and any related comments and other related information.
`likes`	`DELETE`	Delete the like of this blog post by the requesting person. Availability: Must be authenticated, and must have liked this blog post already

Post

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