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kandulmadhu
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10 years ago
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API for creating new contest

Hi,   Is there any REST API for creating new contest? If yes, please provide the REST API here. I need to select the media type as well while creating the contest via the REST API post call.   ...
  • kandulmadhu's avatar
    kandulmadhu
    10 years ago

    Hey,

    I got the REST API for this.

     

    You could use the following post call for creating a contest:

    "http://<community>/restapi/vc/nodes/type/key/contest/add" and the following are the mandatory parameters for this call

    contest.id

    contest.title

     

    Though I still need to get the parameters for setting the media type for this contest.

     

    Thanks,

    Madhu

VarunGrazitti's avatar
VarunGrazitti
Boss
10 years ago

kandulmadhu - Check this thread. Contests are a "style" of board: "forum", "blog", "idea", "contest", "qanda", "review", etc. are all board "Conversation Styles" (we used to call this "Interaction Styles" or "Discussion Styles").

 

As you can create the contest inside that using API in this link.

 

  • kandulmadhu's avatar
    kandulmadhu
    Advisor
    10 years ago

    Hi VarunGrazitti,

    Thanks for replying.

     

    As we know Contest is a type of board and we can create board via "/boards/add" API but I need to set its interaction style as "contest".

    When we create contest via community structure in the admin tab, a board is created with interaction style as contest.

    Can we achieve this via REST API call, because I tried via "/boards/add" but I need some parameter that I could pass to set the interaction_style of the board.

     

    Regards,

    Madhu

     

    • VarunGrazitti's avatar
      VarunGrazitti
      Boss
      10 years ago
      You could may be try passing this as a parameter:

      message.discussionStyle=contest

      or

      board.discussionStyle = contest


      Just a hit and try case.
      • kandulmadhu's avatar
        kandulmadhu
        Advisor
        10 years ago

        Hey,

        I got the REST API for this.

         

        You could use the following post call for creating a contest:

        "http://<community>/restapi/vc/nodes/type/key/contest/add" and the following are the mandatory parameters for this call

        contest.id

        contest.title

         

        Though I still need to get the parameters for setting the media type for this contest.

         

        Thanks,

        Madhu