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nfoulet
Adept
14 years ago

get the start date or end date of a contest

Hello I would like to know how to get the start / end date of a contest, using the rest api. Thank you very much for your help    
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mfeltscher
Expert
11 years ago

Hi nfoulet 

 

I had the same requirement and therefore opened a product idea: https://community.lithium.com/t5/Product-ideas/Provide-REST-API-calls-to-see-if-a-contest-is-active/idi-p/171367

 

For the time being I'm using the following two calls to get the start and end date of a contest:

  • /boards/id/<board_id>/settings/name/contest.posting_date_start
  • /boards/id/<board_id>/settings/name/contest.posting_date_end

Note: These calls can only be used with restadmin

 

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

    Hi

     

    the call mfeltscher has included is relying on the fact that these values (set in Admin) are then stored as board level settings. It should be completely okay to use this for the time being as it's just another way of accessing a board setting.

     

    Thanks,