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.

Examples:

Example JSON

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

{
    "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" : [ ],
    "id" : "1012",
    "resources" : {
      "likes" : {
        "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/contents/1251/likes",
        "allowed" : [ "GET" ]
      },
      "self" : {
        "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/contents/1251",
        "allowed" : [ "GET", "DELETE", "PUT" ]
      },
      "html" : {
        "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/people/admin/status/1012",
        "allowed" : [ "GET" ]
      },
      "followingIn" : {
        "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/contents/1251/followingIn",
        "allowed" : [ "GET" ]
      },
      "comments" : {
        "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/contents/1251/comments",
        "allowed" : [ "GET", "POST" ]
      }
    }
 }

Creating a Status Update in a Place

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

 {
  "content":
      {
      "type": "text/html",
      "text": "<body><p>Some interesting text</p></body>"
      },
  "type": "update",
  "visibility": "place",
  "parent": "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/places/1234"
  }

Fields

Field	Type	Mode †	Description
`author`	`Person`	read-only	Author of this content object.
`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.
`latitude`	`Number`	read-only	If available, the latitude of the location from which this update was made.
`likeCount`	`Integer`	read-only	Number of people who have liked this object. Availability: Will be present only for object types that support being liked.
`longitude`	`Number`	read-only	If available, the longitude of the location from which this update was made.
`parent`	`String`	read-only	URI of the person whose status is being updated.
`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.
`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.
`repost`	`Update`	read-only	If this update is a repost, the `repost` field contains the original update. Otherwise, this field will not be present.
`resources`	`Object`	read-only	Resource links (and related permissions for the requesting person) relevant to this object.
`status`	`String`	read-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
`subject`	`String`	read-only	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 ("update"). 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
`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[]
`images`	`GET`	Return metadata about the images attached to this status update. Retrieves: Image[]
`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 update (if any). Retrieves: Stream[]
`html`	`GET`	Return the HTML representation of this content object.
`likes`	`POST`	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
`likes`	`GET`	Return a paginated list of people who like this update. Retrieves: Person[]
`read`	`POST`	Mark this update as having been read. Since: 3.2
`read`	`DELETE`	Mark this update 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 update by the requesting person. Availability: Must be authenticated, and must have liked this update already

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