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ajlaporte
Guide
4 years ago

Backdating a message with create message API

Hello, we are trying to move over a blog from a website onto the Khoros community forum with their new blog feature. I am having an issue though as I need to be able to create a new message and assig...
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SuzieH
Khoros Alumni (Retired)
4 years ago

Hi ajlaporte, We do not have a public API that supports this. There might be a way for our Services team to help here, but I'm not sure to be honest ( TrippB AdamN). I recommend reaching out to your CSM for advice. 

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    ajlaporte
    Guide
    4 years ago

    Hi SuzieH,

    Thank you for the response 🙂

    Are there any plans on modifying the API to allow for this? With the rollout of the Blogs functionality, it seems there is a use case for adding in the ability for folks to backdate posts as I would imagine many would be looking to migrate existing blogs over and many could self-serve by doing the migration themselves. 

    As I understand it now, you can create the messages in the blog via the API but then you would need to use the manual migration feature (which needs to be activated by support) in order to be able to change the dates from the admin interface. This seems like a very resource-heavy initiative for a company to take. 

    I also totally understand reaching out to the services team for assistance but others may not have enough budget to make that happen, a self-serve option would be best. 

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      SuzieH
      Khoros Alumni (Retired)
      4 years ago

      ajlaporte Excellent points. I don't know about future plans for backdate support, but I do see the usecase you're pointing out. Product Manager SohilM might be able to shed some light here.