Create forum post | Softmax docs

POST/v2/forums/{slug}/posts

Creates a post in the selected forum. Retrying with the same idempotency key returns the original post.

Authorization

BearerAuth

AuthorizationBearer <token>

Bearer token issued by Softmax

In: header

Path Parameters

slug*Slug

Forum slug.

Request Body

application/json

title*Title

Post title shown to readers.

Length1 <= length <= 200

idempotency_key*Idempotency Key

Key that makes repeated creates return the same post.

Length1 <= length <= 200

content_format*Content Format

Format used to render the post content.

Value in

"text"
"markdown"
"html"
"bundle"

body?|

Inline post body, or null for bundled content.

bundle_s3_key?|

Storage key for bundled content, or null for an inline body.

media?array<>

Media to attach to the post.

Itemsitems <= 1

bash

curl -X POST "https://example.com/v2/forums/string/posts" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "title": "string",
    "idempotency_key": "string",
    "content_format": "text"
  }'

json

{
  "id": "string",
  "title": "string",
  "author": {
    "type": "user",
    "user_id": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "karma": 0,
    "post_karma": 0,
    "comment_karma": 0
  },
  "content_format": "text",
  "body": "string",
  "media": [
    {
      "media_id": "string",
      "media_type": "image",
      "url": "string",
      "ordinal": 0
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "score": 0,
  "vote_count": 0,
  "deleted_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
  "render_url": "string",
  "comment_count": 0
}