osapi.jive.corev3.contents.Favorite

A Favorite is an external URL saved as a bookmark in Jive. The favoriteObject field contains an ExternalURL type with its own JSON structure.

Example:
Example JSON

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

{
  "type" : "favorite",
  "status" : "published",
  "subject" : "Scientists find anti-Alzheimer's gene mutation - Yahoo! News",
  "content" : {
    "type" : "text/html",
    "text" : "Important news"
  },
  "author" : {
    "name" : {
      "formatted" : "Administrator"
    },
    "type" : "person",
    "displayName" : "Administrator",
    "id" : "1"
  },
  "favoriteObject" : {
    "type" : "url",
    "url" : "http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-anti-alzheimers-gene-mutation-151901443.html",
    "published" : "2012-07-12T19:13:26.977+0000",
    "updated" : "2012-07-12T19:13:52.230+0000"
  },
  "visibleToExternalContributors" : false,
  "private" : false,
  "followerCount" : 0,
  "published" : "2012-07-12T19:13:51.887+0000",
  "updated" : "2012-07-12T19:13:51.887+0000",
  "tags" : [ "health" ]
}

Properties

PropertyTypeMode Description
authorPersonread-only

Author of this content object.

contentContentBodyrequired

Content of this content object.

contentIDStringread-only

Internal Jive ID associated with the content.

contentImagesImage[]read-only
contentVideosObject[]read-only
favoriteObjectObjectrequired

The favorite object that was saved. When creating a favorite, the fields type and url are required.

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.

iconCssStringread-only

CSS Style to locate icon within sprite.

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.

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.

privateBooleanoptional

Flag indicating that this favorite is private, and thus not shared.

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.

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
subjectStringrequired

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 ("favorite"). 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

createExtProps(extprop,options)
POST /contents/1234/extprops

Retrieves

ExtProps[]

Description

Creates extended properties for content.

 {
  "any prop name": "any val",
  "any prop2 name": "any val"
 }
Availability:

Content should be editable to caller.

Options:
NameTypeRequiredDescription
fieldsStringfalseNames of the fields to be returned
Retrieves:
  • ExtProps[]
  • createOutcome(outcome,options)
    POST /contents/1234/outcomes

    Retrieves

    Outcome

    Description

    Register that the requesting person created the outcome.

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

    {
      "outcomeType":
          {
              "id": 1
          }
    }
    

    Availability:

    Must be authenticated, must not be able to read the content, and must not have the same outcome type on this comment already

    Takes:
    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    fieldsStringfalseNames of the fields to be returned.
    Retrieves:
  • Outcome Representation of the newly created outcome
  • deleteExtProps()
    DELETE /contents/1234/extprops

    Retrieves

    --

    Description

    Deletes all extended properties for content.

    Availability:

    Content should be editable to caller.

    destroy()
    DELETE /contents/1234

    Retrieves

    --

    Description

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

    get(options)
    GET /contents/1234

    Retrieves

    Favorite

    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
  • getChildOutcomeTypes(options)
    GET /contents/1234/childOutcomeTypes

    Retrieves

    OutcomeType[]

    Description

    Return a paginated list of possible outcomes types on the content object's children.

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    countIntegerfalseThe maximum number of outcome types 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:
  • OutcomeType[]
  • getExtProps(options)
    GET /contents/1234/extprops

    Retrieves

    ExtProps

    Description

    Returns extended properties for content.

    Availability:

    Content should be visible to caller.

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    fieldsStringfalseNames of the fields to be returned
    Retrieves:
  • ExtProps[]
  • getOutcomes(options)
    GET /contents/1234/outcomes

    Retrieves

    Outcome[]

    Description

    Return a paginated list of outcomes on the content.

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    countIntegerfalseThe maximum number of outcomes 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:
  • Outcome[]
  • getOutcomeTypes(options)
    GET /contents/1234/outcomeTypes

    Retrieves

    OutcomeType[]

    Description

    Return a paginated list of possible outcomes types on the content.

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    countIntegerfalseThe maximum number of outcome types 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:
  • OutcomeType[]
  • toURI()

    Retrieves

    String

    Description

    Retrieves:
  • A URI representing this entity, or undefined if no such URI exists.
  • 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.