Space

A Jive community, which can also contain child communities. Suitable for housing Projects, sub-Spaces, and content.

Examples:
Example JSON

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

{
  "type" : "space",
  "name" : "Water Cooler",
  "parent" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/places/1001",
  "displayName" : "water-cooler",
  "description" : "A place for topics that don't seem to fit anywhere else.",
  "status" : "Active",
  "contentTypes" : [ "documents", "files", "discussions", "polls" ],
  "visibleToExternalContributors" : false,
  "childCount" : 0,
  "followerCount" : 0,
  "viewCount" : 14,
  "published" : "2008-12-12T23:27:11.735+0000",
  "updated" : "2012-07-18T23:25:52.245+0000",
  "tags" : [ ],
  "id" : "2002",
  "resources" : {
    "contents" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/contents?filter=place(http%3A%2F%2FLT-WS-090156%3A8080%2Fapi%2Fcore%2Fv3%2Fplaces%2F1004)",
      "allowed" : [ "GET" ]
    },
    "announcements" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/places/1004/announcements",
      "allowed" : [ "GET", "POST" ]
    },
    "self" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/places/1004",
      "allowed" : [ "DELETE", "GET", "PUT" ]
    },
    "html" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/community/water-cooler",
      "allowed" : [ "GET" ]
    },
    "categories" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/places/1004/categories",
      "allowed" : [ "GET", "POST" ]
    },
    "places" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/places/1004/places",
      "allowed" : [ "GET"]
    },
    "followingIn" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/places/1004/followingIn",
      "allowed" : [ "GET" ]
    },
    "avatar" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/places/1004/avatar",
      "allowed" : [ "DELETE", "GET", "POST" ]
    },
    "activity" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/places/1004/activities",
      "allowed" : [ "GET" ]
    },
    "statics" : {
      "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/places/1004/statics",
      "allowed" : [ "POST", "GET" ]
    }
  }
}
Create a Space

POST to /places creates a new space. The minimum set of fields you must include are: 

 {
  "displayName": "my-special-space",
  "name": "My Special Space",
  "type": "space"
 }

Fields

FieldTypeMode †Description
childCountIntegerread-only

Number of spaces that are direct children of this space.

contentTypesString[]optional

Content types that may be included in this place. Valid values are the plural versions of all defined content types (documents, discussions, and so on), plus projects (if projects are allowed in this place) and blog (if a blog is allowed in this place). Additional content types may be available if this Jive instance has installed plugins defining them. During creation, if no content type is specified then all available content types will be selected.

descriptionStringoptional

Human readable description of this place.

displayNameStringrequired

Display name of this place. It must be unique among places of the same type in this Jive instance. This value is used to compose the URL for the HTML presentation of this place in the Jive user interface, so its syntax must conform to the following rules:

  • TODO
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.

likeCountIntegerread-only

Number of people who have liked this object.

Availability:

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

localeStringoptional

Locale string of the space.

nameStringrequired

Formal name of this place. It must be unique among places of the same type in this Jive instance.

parentStringoptional

URI of the place that contains this space. URI points at a containing space, or is not present for the root space in a Jive instance.

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 place was originally created.

resourcesObjectread-only

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

statusStringread-only

Visibility status of this place ("Active", "Archived", "Deleted").

tagsString[]optional

Tags associated with this object.

Availability:

Will be present only for object types that support tags

typeStringrequired

The object type of this entity ("space").

updatedISO 8601 Dateread-only

Date and time this place was most recently updated.

viewCountIntegerread-only

Number of times this place has been viewed.

Availability:

Will be present only for objects that support view counts

visibleToExternalContributorsBooleanoptional

Flag indicating that this place 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

Resources

ResourceMethodDescription
activityGET

Return a paginated list of activities that have occurred within this place.

Retrieves:
  • Activity[]
    • announcementsPOST

    Create a new announcement associated with this place. An appropriate parent field will be calculated and injected automatically.

    Here is an example of a JSON with the minimum set of fields you must include: 

     {
  "content":
      {
      "type": "text/html",
      "text": "
    Some interesting text
    "
      },
  "subject": "Free beer for everyone"
 }

    Takes:
    Retrieves:
  • Announcement describing the new announcement
    • announcementsGET

    Return a paginated list of announcements for this place.

    Retrieves:
  • Announcement[]
    • avatarGET

    Return the binary content of the avatar image for this place.

    avatarPOST

    Register a new avatar image (or replace an existing one) for this place. The image will be downloaded and scaled as necessary.

    avatarDELETE

    Delete the existing avatar image for this place.

    blogGET

    Return the blog associated with this place.

    Retrieves:
  • Blog
    • categoriesGET

    Return the categories associated with this place.

    Retrieves:
  • Category[]
    • categoriesPOST

    Create a new category for this place with the specified characteristics, and return an entity describing it. The minimum information required to create a new category is:

       {
     "name": "Animals"
   }
    Takes:
    Retrieves:
  • Category describing the new category
    • contentsGET

    Return the first page of a paginated list of contents that are contained in this place.

    followersGET

    Return a paginated list of the people following this place.

    Retrieves:
  • Person[]
    • Since: 3.5
    followingInGET

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

    Retrieves:
  • Stream[]
    • htmlGET

    URI of the HTML representation of this place.

    placesGET

    Return the list of child places in this place.

    Retrieves:
  • Place[]
    • selfGET

    Return an updated version of this place.

    Retrieves:
  • Place describing this place
    • selfPUT

    Update the information about this place and return an updated entity.

    Retrieves:
  • Place describing this place
    • selfDELETE

    Delete this place and any related content.

    staticsPOST

    Create a new static resource for this place with the specified characteristics, and return an entity describing it.

         {
         "filename" : "{filename of the static resource}"
     }

    A description field may optionally be included as well.

    Retrieves:
  • Static describing the new static resource
    • Since: 3.1
    staticsGET

    Return the list of static resources associated with this place.

    Retrieves:
  • Static[]