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synthesis's avatar
synthesis
Guide
12 years ago

REST API: Searching a specific area of a community forum.

I'm brand new to using the Lithium API. I've read over the documentation and also searched the boards for an answer to my question. I'm stumped. I'm hoping one of you can help. If I want to get the mo...
  • AdamN's avatar
    AdamN
    12 years ago

    Hi synthesis,

     

    It looks like "Printers - LaserJet" is a board, so if you were just swapping into "bsc-413" into your previous REST API call, that won't work because the call you provided is for categories. You can modify it just slightly to get what you want, though:

     

    http://h30499.www3.hp.com/restapi/vc/boards/id/bsc-413/posts/recent?page_size=100

     

    Notice here I've changed "/categories/id" to "/boards/id" and subbed in the board id "bsc-413".

     

    I hope this helps!

AdamN's avatar
AdamN
Khoros Oracle

Hi synthesis,

 

It looks like "Printers - LaserJet" is a board, so if you were just swapping into "bsc-413" into your previous REST API call, that won't work because the call you provided is for categories. You can modify it just slightly to get what you want, though:

 

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/restapi/vc/boards/id/bsc-413/posts/recent?page_size=100

 

Notice here I've changed "/categories/id" to "/boards/id" and subbed in the board id "bsc-413".

 

I hope this helps!

synthesis's avatar
synthesis
Guide
12 years ago
You rock, dude! This is exactly what I needed. Thank you for such a timely response to my post.