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saikumarn's avatar
saikumarn
Advisor
4 years ago

Unable to create group hub using API

Hi,

I am trying to create a group hub using this document (https://developer.khoros.com/khoroscommunitydevdocs/docs/create-a-group-hub?_ga=2.117082309.2123355538.1619410972-1050991493.1615871887) I have given all the required fields but getting 500 status after API call.

 

Post call : [COMMUNITY-DOMAIN]/api/2.0/grouphubs

 

Requested body : 

{
    "grouphub":{
        "id":"shutterbugs",
        "title":"Shutterbugs",
        "description" : "test",
        "parent":{
            "type":"node",
            "id":"category:groupHubs",
            "href":"/nodes/category:testGroups"
        },
        "membership_type":"open",
        "conversation_styles":[
            "forum",
            "blog"
        ],
        "parent_category":{
      	    "id":"testGroups"
        }
    }
}

 

Response :

<html>

<head>
	<title>null</title>
	<style>
		<!--H1 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:22px;} H2 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:16px;} H3 {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;font-size:14px;} BODY {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-color:white;} B {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;color:white;background-color:#525D76;} P {font-family:Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;background:white;color:black;font-size:12px;}A {color : black;}A.name {color : black;}HR {color : #525D76;}
		-->
	</style>
</head>

<body>
	<h1>HTTP Status 500 – </h1>
	<HR size="1" noshade="noshade">
	<p><b>type</b> Status Report</p>
	<p><b>Description</b> <u>http.500</u></p>
</body>

</html>

 

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you.

  • jeffshurtliff's avatar
    jeffshurtliff
    4 years ago

    I believe the issue is with the "parent" key, which shouldn't be necessary.  If you try it without that but still with the "parent_category" key (assuming that category exists) then it should work for you.  

    For example:

    {
    "grouphub":{
        "id":"shutterbugs",
        "title":"Shutterbugs",
        "description" : "test",
        "membership_type":"open",
        "conversation_styles":[
            "forum",
            "blog"
        ],
        "parent_category":{
      	    "id":"testGroups"
        }
    }
}

     

    Alternatively, if you are using Python to make the REST API calls then you could utilize the open-source Khoros Python library I'm developing to create your group hubs, as documented here and shown in the example below.

    >>> khoros.grouphubs.create(
...     'python-lovers', 'The Python Lovers Group', \
...     'This is my witty description.', \
...     open_group=True, discussion_styles=['forum', 'blog'], \
...     parent_category_id='testGroups', return_url=True)
'https://stage.example.com/t5/the-python-lovers-group/gh-p/python-lovers'

     

    Hope this helps!

  • jeffshurtliff's avatar
    jeffshurtliff
    Boss
    4 years ago

    I believe the issue is with the "parent" key, which shouldn't be necessary.  If you try it without that but still with the "parent_category" key (assuming that category exists) then it should work for you.  

    For example:

    {
    "grouphub":{
        "id":"shutterbugs",
        "title":"Shutterbugs",
        "description" : "test",
        "membership_type":"open",
        "conversation_styles":[
            "forum",
            "blog"
        ],
        "parent_category":{
      	    "id":"testGroups"
        }
    }
}

     

    Alternatively, if you are using Python to make the REST API calls then you could utilize the open-source Khoros Python library I'm developing to create your group hubs, as documented here and shown in the example below.

    >>> khoros.grouphubs.create(
...     'python-lovers', 'The Python Lovers Group', \
...     'This is my witty description.', \
...     open_group=True, discussion_styles=['forum', 'blog'], \
...     parent_category_id='testGroups', return_url=True)
'https://stage.example.com/t5/the-python-lovers-group/gh-p/python-lovers'

     

    Hope this helps!

    • SuzieH's avatar
      SuzieH
      Khoros Alumni (Retired)
      4 years ago

      jeffshurtliff Ryan Pierson and I would love to interview you about your library for our Dev Blog 🙂 Please PM me when you have some time!

  • TedV's avatar
    TedV
    Khoros Alumni (Retired)
    4 years ago

    Hi saikumarn ,

     

    If one of the comments solved your query, would you mind marking it as an accepted solution?

    Thanks!