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kandulmadhu
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10 years ago

REST API for count of unread posts

Hi,   The following is the call for getting count of unread messages in a thread: http://community.lithium.com/community-name/restapi/vc/threads/id/[id]/messages/unread/count   Similarly, is the...
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    PaoloT
    10 years ago

    Hi kandulmadhu

     

    I haven't seen that one, but there is a call for # of messages read by the user. So you can subtract that from the total to get the unread count. I would suggest using a macro for this and caching the result for some time to avoid running too many calls.

     

    Thanks,

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PaoloT
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Hi kandulmadhu

 

I haven't seen that one, but there is a call for # of messages read by the user. So you can subtract that from the total to get the unread count. I would suggest using a macro for this and caching the result for some time to avoid running too many calls.

 

Thanks,

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kandulmadhu
Advisor
10 years ago

Hi PaoloT,

 

I have used your logic for getting the count of unread posts in a board but I am getting negative values for some boards.

 

The following are the REST calls I used:

For total count: "/boards/id/board_id/posts/count"
For read posts: "/boards/id/board_id/messages/read/count"

Then unread = total - read

 

Do you have any idea why am I getting negative values for unread posts for some boards?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks and regards,

Madhu