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Lutz
Ace
12 years ago

REST API - determine if a message is a comment or an answer (not a solution)

Hi,   I have a problem to determine if a message is a comment or an answer (not a solution)   For an application which uses the REST API I want to extract threads, find out the question, the solu...
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    AdamN
    12 years ago

    Hi Lutz,

     

    I assume you're referring to the Q&A interaction style, in which case you’re correct, there is a distinction between answers and comments. As far as the REST API is concerned, however, they’re both replies to the root message. It’s actually the message metadata that distinguishes one type of reply from another.

     

    You can use the “metadata/key” method on the “Message” object to determine the value of a metadata key for a particular message. The metadata key that determines whether a reply is a Q&A Answer is “qanda.answer”. So for example:
    /restapi/vc/messages/id/5619/metadata/key/qanda.answer
    If you receive a value of “true” then it is an answer. Otherwise, it's a comment.

     

    I hope this helps!

     

    -Adam

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AdamN
Khoros Oracle
12 years ago

Hi Lutz,

 

I assume you're referring to the Q&A interaction style, in which case you’re correct, there is a distinction between answers and comments. As far as the REST API is concerned, however, they’re both replies to the root message. It’s actually the message metadata that distinguishes one type of reply from another.

 

You can use the “metadata/key” method on the “Message” object to determine the value of a metadata key for a particular message. The metadata key that determines whether a reply is a Q&A Answer is “qanda.answer”. So for example:
/restapi/vc/messages/id/5619/metadata/key/qanda.answer
If you receive a value of “true” then it is an answer. Otherwise, it's a comment.

 

I hope this helps!

 

-Adam