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nicolasdarmadja's avatar
nicolasdarmadja
Guide
11 years ago

Get the number of posts by a user in a board

What is the REST API call to get the number of posts by a user in a certain period of time (3 months)?   I know we can use the method posts / in / boards / id / [board_id]. However, I want to limit...
HaidongG's avatar
HaidongG
Lithium Alumni (Retired)
11 years ago

Hi nicolasdarmadja 

 

may you try this call?

 

 "/search/messages/count?q=date%3A%5B"  + start +   "%20TO%20"  + end +  "%5D&author_id="  + author_id

 

  • "start" and "end" are UTC dates in seconds or milliseconds (both should work)
  • "author_id" is the user id.
  • nicolasdarmadja's avatar
    nicolasdarmadja
    Guide
    11 years ago

    Hi HaidongG,

     

    Thanks for your reply! Would it be possible to use login names instead of user id?

    Further question: Is there any documentation regarding what parameters you can use in the search/messages method?

     

    Thank you

    • VarunGrazitti's avatar
      VarunGrazitti
      Boss
      11 years ago

      nicolasdarmadja - Yes, you can use author_login= instead of author_id= and then pass the name instead of ID.

      • HaidongG's avatar
        HaidongG
        Lithium Alumni (Retired)
        11 years ago

        Hi VarunGrazitti ,

         

        do you mean to say "author=" instead of "author_login="? I did a quick search on our product code, I don't think that we are looking into query parameter for "author_login", but only for "author".

         

        nicolasdarmadja , if you are looking into screen name i.e. "author=HaidongG", please make sure that the screen name is unique. As community doesn't do any screen name validation for SSO login, it may lead to two accounts with the same screen name.

         

        I hope that this helps.