MattDe
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v1 API /boards/id/[id]/threads endpoint pagination and inconsistent results
Hello! We were wondering if anyone else has run into issues with the v1 API /boards/threads endpoint and omitted results, as well as broken pagination, and if there are any known workarounds without switching implementation to the v2 API or another v1 endpoint. Issue 1) When querying for a larger board's threads, different page numbers are returning identical threads and posts, even when utilizing the message_viewer.topic_sort_order and message_viewer.message_sort_order parameters. Per the boards/threads/count method for our designer-discussions board, we should have 22 pages of 1000 differing threads: However, this is not confirmed in our results as page=1 and page=2 return the exact same results, but in a slightly different schema: Issue 2) When querying the same v1 Board/Threads endpoint, and we aren't (intermittently) getting pages of duplicated results, we're expecting to see, per the documentation, "a list of threads in a single board. Threads include topics as well as replies, so this call provides a complete overview of activity in the specified board." Unfortunately, that is not the behavior observed in some instances, exemplified below: Query: http://community.alteryx.com/restapi/v1/boards/id/designer-discussions/threads (&page=19&page_size=1000) Response for thread 45945 (redacting other threads not involved in this example): <thread type="thread" href="/threads/id/45945"> <solutions> <solution type="message" href="/messages/id/45947"> <root type="message" href="/messages/id/45945"/> <canonical_url type="string" null="true"/> <post_time type="date_time">2017-02-08T16:04:59+00:00</post_time> <parent type="message" href="/messages/id/45945"/> <message_status type="message_status" href="/message_statuses/id/1"> <name type="string">Unspecified</name> <key type="string">unspecified</key> </message_status> <board_id type="int">17530</board_id> <views> <count type="int">10332</count> </views> <deleted type="boolean">false</deleted> <author type="user" href="/users/id/5127"> <login type="string">DataBlender</login> </author> <thread type="thread" href="/threads/id/45945"/> <teaser type="string"></teaser> <board type="board" href="/boards/id/designer-discussions"/> <subject type="string">Re: Replacing values</subject> <seo_title type="string" null="true"/> <seo_description type="string" null="true"/> <message_rating type="float">0.0</message_rating> <last_edit_author type="user" href="/users/id/5127"> <login type="string">DataBlender</login> </last_edit_author> <kudos> <count type="int">3</count> </kudos> <last_edit_time type="date_time">2017-02-08T16:07:40+00:00</last_edit_time> <id type="int">45947</id> <read_only type="boolean">false</read_only> </solution> </solutions> <messages> <topic type="message" href="/messages/id/45945"> <root type="message" href="/messages/id/45945"/> <canonical_url type="string" null="true"/> <post_time type="date_time">2017-02-08T15:57:51+00:00</post_time> <parent type="message" null="true"/> <message_status type="message_status" href="/message_statuses/id/1"> <name type="string">Unspecified</name> <key type="string">unspecified</key> </message_status> <board_id type="int">17529</board_id> <views> <count type="int">10337</count> </views> <deleted type="boolean">false</deleted> <author type="user" href="/users/id/10146"> <login type="string">bdsibert</login> </author> <thread type="thread" href="/threads/id/45945"/> <teaser type="string"></teaser> <board type="board" href="/boards/id/designer-discussions"/> <subject type="string">Replacing values</subject> <labels> <label type="label" href="/labels/id/170"> <id type="int">170</id> <text type="string">Best Practices</text> </label> <label type="label" href="/labels/id/53"> <id type="int">53</id> <text type="string">Preparation</text> </label> </labels> <seo_title type="string" null="true"/> <seo_description type="string" null="true"/> <message_rating type="float">0.0</message_rating> <last_edit_author type="user" href="/users/id/196"> <login type="string">Community_Admin</login> </last_edit_author> <kudos> <count type="int">0</count> </kudos> <last_edit_time type="date_time">2018-05-24T02:48:04+00:00</last_edit_time> <id type="int">45945</id> <read_only type="boolean">false</read_only> </topic> <count type="int">8</count> <read> <count type="int">0</count> </read> <linear/> </messages> <title type="string" null="true"/> <board type="board" href="/boards/id/designer-discussions"/> <id type="int">45945</id> <interaction_style type="string">board</interaction_style> </thread> Parsing this response, the only messages returned are the original thread, 45945, and the solution, 45947. Looking at the resource in question, there are actually 7 total replies. This is confirmed using the MessageDiscussion endpoint, query: https://community.alteryx.com/restapi/v1/threads/id/45945, which shows the following (after a light parse): Is anyone else experiencing either issue and is there any known workaround? Thanks for the help! MattDe
