Find out article draft state via API
Is there a way to know if a message is in "draft" state using the API? I can't find anything, but when creating a new message you can set is_draft to true.
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So, this is not possible? Not even via a custom endpoint?
- hi wmertens,
i'm discussing this with engineering how we can get this info to you via API. It is either a piece of metdata on the message or an actual state of the message.
Hi wmertens,
You are right, there is currently no way to find out if an article is in "draft" state using the API. Thank you for making us aware of this. We've logged this request in our backlog.
Thank you,
YuriSo is there a workaround possible with custom endpoints or something along those lines?
- So no workaround possible at all?
hi wmertens,
Let me see if this could be retrieved using our Search API since 'Is Draft' is a filter on the tkb search page that triggers a special set of parameters. You can see the parameters created in the URL on the TKB search page when you use this filter.
- Hey wmertens,
Can you tell me a little bit more about what you are trying to accomplish? Is this functionality you want for moderators to find all the draft state messages? Or is it for the users to be able to find all the messages they have in draft state?
Thank you,
Yuri- Yes to both :-)
We're now going to do it in a different way so this is no longer necessary but sure would be nice.
In general, I'm disappointed about how much things are not possible through the API but are possible through the UI. E.g. attaching files, deleting things, sorting things, ...
