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wsurguy's avatar
wsurguy
Adept
10 years ago

Permission denied when making a 'Reply' via the REST API.

Hi All,   I am receiving a 'Permission Denied' when trying to make a reply to a message via the REST API. My user is and 'Administrator' and has the 'Grant' permission 'Make REST API calls with mod...
  • Tim_h's avatar
    Tim_h
    10 years ago

    Good to hear you managed to get the post returned wsurguy.

    You won't be able to specify the author of the post unless the user making the post has the "switch to other users" permission enabled.

     

    And even then you can't switch to a user that has any permission higher than your own.

    Labels on the other hand apply to a topic only. Not an individual post, you wouldn't pass those in with a reply.

    You could need to use tags if there's metadata you want to attach to the post.

     

    Sounds like you've got the right permissions working now, but just need a few tweaks to what you're handing to the API :)

wsurguy's avatar
wsurguy
Adept
Hi Tim,
Thanks for the reply.
When I tried the test you suggested I get 'An invalid set of parameters has been specified in the url.'.
This is the URL that does not work - http://OURCOMMUNITY/t5/Wireless-Knowledge-Base/What-are-the-default-settings-for-WF121/td-p/#6209
If I take off the '#' from the 6209 and try the URL http:// OURCOMMUNITY/t5/Wireless-Knowledge-Base/What-are-the-default-settings-for-WF121/ta-p/6209 the entry is displayed properly.
Here is how I am getting the ID of the parent entry.
In the response I receive from the post of the parent message I get the Lithium ID 6209 for the entry.
It is found in the xml tag '6209' in the response and in the thread tag ''
I then use that ID to try and make the post using the REST API as below.
http://OURCOMMUNITY/restapi/vc/messages/id/6209/reply?restapi.session_key=VALIDSESSIONKEY
Is there a different ID I should be using to make the reply?
I tried this REST API call with the entry ID of 6209 and get the proper response.
http://OURCOMMUNITY/restapi/vc/messages/id/6209/thread

Wayne

Tim_h's avatar
Tim_h
Boss
10 years ago

Apologies for the confusion wsurguy, I only include the # to indicate the number went there, it wasn't intended to be a part of the URL.

You've figured that part out, we can move on :)

 

You've got a valid ID, so I think the rest call is the incorrect one.

Unless I'm wildly mistaken and I could well be...

 

Switch out "reply" for "post" in your rest call. That might work better?

 

http://community.lithium.com/t5/Community-API/bd-p/developers-rest-api?leaf-id=MessageDiscussion.messages.post#MessageDiscussion.messages.post

 

 

 

  • wsurguy's avatar
    wsurguy
    Adept
    10 years ago

    Hi Tim,

      I gave it a try with the URL below.

     

    http://OURCOMMUNITY/restapi/vc/messages/id/6208/post?restapi.session_key=VALIDSESSIONKEY&message.author=%2Fusers%2Fid%2F180&label.labels=Wifi&message.body=TEST

     

    It returns the following.

     

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
    <response status="error">
    <error code="501">
    <message>
    Unknown path element at node &apos;message&apos;.
    </message>
    </error>
    </response>

     

    According to the API documentation message.author, label.labels and message.body should be valid.

    I tried encoding the '.' as '%2E'  in these parameters with the same result.

     

    Is there a more efficient way to troubleshoot these kind of issues?

    I am using fiddler and everthing looks ok but I am apparently missing something.

     

    Thanks

    Wayne

    • wsurguy's avatar
      wsurguy
      Adept
      10 years ago

      Tim,

        I was able to perform a post for the parent message using the following REST API url and passing the body of the message in the parameter message.body.  I found I cannot pass message.author or label.labels using this REST API method.

       

      http://OURCOMMUNITY/restapi/vc/threads/id/6214/messages/post?restapi.session_key=VALIDSESSIONKEY


      I posted a new parent which is ID 6214.  Then posted the child message.

       

      Thank you for your help.

      Wayne

       

      • Tim_h's avatar
        Tim_h
        Boss
        10 years ago

        Good to hear you managed to get the post returned wsurguy.

        You won't be able to specify the author of the post unless the user making the post has the "switch to other users" permission enabled.

         

        And even then you can't switch to a user that has any permission higher than your own.

        Labels on the other hand apply to a topic only. Not an individual post, you wouldn't pass those in with a reply.

        You could need to use tags if there's metadata you want to attach to the post.

         

        Sounds like you've got the right permissions working now, but just need a few tweaks to what you're handing to the API :)