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Veery Curl Testing - Markdown version

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Grab my profile page. Currently, the default is to return HTML only.

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/posts/profile

This produces the same thing.

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/posts/profile/?text=html

Returned JSON:

{
  "status":200,
  "description":"OK",
  "post": 
    {
      "author":"MrX",
      "reading_time":0,
      "created_at":"2015/02/11 14:54:49",
      "updated_at":"2015/04/21 15:56:10",
      "slug":"profile",
      "post_type":"article",
      "title":"Profile",
      "word_count":16,
      "html":"<a name=\"Profile\"></a>\n<h1 class=\"headingtext\"><a href=\"/profile\">Profile</a></h1>\n\n<p>my profile page that contains nothing because i want to blend into the background.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2614312687_3fe4cae2a9_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n"
    }
}

Retrieve the markup for a post.

The _rev is returned for updating. To include the _rev info, the user's logged-in info must be submitted on the query string along with text=markup.

This will not include the _rev info.

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/posts/profile/?text=markup

To include _rev info:

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/posts/profile/?text=markup\&amp;author=MrX\&amp;session_id=50ff8f05c0f5d95aabbe7c5d810340c1

Returned JSON:

{
  "status":200,
  "description":"OK",
  "post":
    {
      "_rev":"3-97b3bc9434ea346a49b7709c6dd1e9fd",
      "title":"Profile",
      "slug":"profile",
      "post_type":"article",
      "markup":"# Profile\r\n\r\nmy profile page that contains nothing because i want to blend into the background.\r\n\r\n![](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2614312687_3fe4cae2a9_o.jpg)"
    }
}

Retrieve the markup and the HTML

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/posts/profile/?text=full

Returned JSON:

{
  "status":200,
  "description":"OK",
  "post":
    {
      "author":"MrX",
      "title":"Profile",
      "slug":"profile",
      "post_type":"article",
      "word_count":16,
      "reading_time":0,
      "created_at":"2015/02/11 14:54:49",
      "updated_at":"2015/04/21 15:56:10",
      "markup":"# Profile\r\n\r\nmy profile page that contains nothing because i want to blend into the background.\r\n\r\n![](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2614312687_3fe4cae2a9_o.jpg)",
      "html":"<a name=\"Profile\"></a>\n<h1 class=\"headingtext\"><a href=\"/profile\">Profile</a></h1>\n\n<p>my profile page that contains nothing because i want to blend into the background.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3156/2614312687_3fe4cae2a9_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\n"
    }
}

Get the Homepage Stream of Posts

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/posts

Page 3 of the stream of posts

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/posts/?page=3

Returned JSON:

{
  "status":200,
  "description":"OK",
  "posts":
   [
     {
       "author":"MrX",
       "reading_time":0,
       "more_text_exists":1,
       "tags":[],
       "text_intro":" <span class=\"streamtitle\"><a href=\"/test-multimarkdown\">test multimarkdown</a></span> -   Here is as example of [table][simple_table] followed by a more complex example from the documentation   simple_table       \tFirst Header \tSecond Header \tThird Header \t      \tFirst row \tData \tVery long data entry \t    \tSecond row \tCell \tCell \t       Prototype table       ...",
       "updated_at":"2015/04/30 01:57:55",
       "formatted_updated_at":"Apr 30, 2015 01:57:55 Z",
       "slug":"test-multimarkdown",
       "post_type":"article"
     },
     {
       "author":"MrX",
       "reading_time":0,
       "more_text_exists":0,
       "tags":["scaup","blogging"],
       "text_intro":"<span class=\"streamtitle\"><a href=\"/info\">Info</a></span> -   Minimal web publishing tool.  Formatting can be created by using markup syntax from Markdown, MultiMarkdown, Textile, and HTML.  Tech used:   Ubuntu Nginx FastCGI Perl HTML::Template CouchDB Memcached Elasticsearch  <a href=\"/tag/scaup\">#scaup</a> <a href=\"/tag/blogging\">#blogging</a>",
       "updated_at":"2015/04/29 21:56:57",
       "formatted_updated_at":"Apr 29, 2015 21:56:57 Z",
       "slug":"info",
       "post_type":"article"
     }
   ]
}

Stream of Posts from a Search Request

String search

Currently, a GET request is used. I may change this to a POST request.

A string search is comprised of one or more words.

Search on "beer":

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/searches/string/beer

Search on "craft beer":

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/searches/string/craft%20beer

Elasticsearch notes: It seems that when entering a text string surrounded by double quotes, then an exact string match is conducted by Elasticsearch. When a plus sign separates words, then it seems that an 'OR' Boolean search is conducted.

Tag search

Search on the hashtag "toledo":

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/searches/tag/toledo

Returned JSON for a hashtag search on "beer"

{
  "status":200,
  "description":"OK",
  "next_link_bool":0,
  "posts":[
    {
      "author":"MrX",
      "reading_time":1,
      "text_intro":" <span class=\"streamtitle\"><a href=\"/black-cloister-feb-26-2015-notes\">Black Cloister Feb 26 2015 notes</a></span> -   Feb 26, 2015 - Toledo Blade - Black Cloister Brewing Co. taps opening date  The story is part of a new Blade column, called \"Raise a Glass.\"  ",
      "slug":"black-cloister-feb-26-2015-notes",
      "formatted_updated_at":"Feb 26, 2015 16:14:32 Z",
      "post_type":"article",
      "more_text_exists":1,
      "tags":["toledo","beer","brewery"],
      "updated_at":"2015/02/26 16:14:32"
    },
    {
      "author":"MrX",
      "reading_time":1,
      "text_intro":"<span class=\"streamtitle\"><a href=\"/jan-15-2015-insights-from-tom-at-titgemeiers\">Jan 15, 2015 insights from Tom at Titgemeier's.</a></span> -   I visited Titgemeier's this morning to buy bird seed, honey, and a bottle capper. I broke our capper last night.  I chatted with Tom for a while. We definitely missed a good Glass City Mashers meeting last Thursday. Chris spoke. He's the owne ...",
      "slug":"jan-15-2015-insights-from-tom-at-titgemeiers",
      "formatted_updated_at":"Feb 25, 2015 13:27:01 Z",
      "post_type":"article",
      "more_text_exists":1,
      "tags":["beer","business","toledo"],
      "updated_at":"2015/02/25 13:27:01"
    }
  ]    
}

To-do : Maybe add the "TAGS" API command.
curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/tags/beer

To-do : Add advanced search options, such as Boolean searches by exploiting Elasticsearch's more sophisticated features.

String search on a hashtag

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/searches/string/%23scarf

Login

Create and send the no-password login link

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{ "email" : "x@x.com", "url" : "http://veeryclientperl/nopwdlogin"}' http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/users/login

Returned JSON if successful:

{    
  "status":200,
  "session_id_rev":"1-073335f570d5cf202bac424e0b05cb9b",
  "system_message":"A new login link has been created and sent.",
  "user_message":"Creating New Login Link",
  "description":"OK"

}

The session_id_rev name=value is only included in the returned JSON when debug_mode equals 1 in the API's YAML config file.

Activating the no-password login link

This will create the user's login session.

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/users/login/?rev=12345

Returned JSON:

{
  "author_name":"MrX",
  "session_id":"50ff8f05c0f5d95aabbe7c5d810323c8",
  "status":200,
  "description":"OK"
}

Get Author's Info

At the moment, the submitted author name is case-sensitive with regards to the lookup within CouchDB.

The function is useful to determine if the author is logged-in.

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/users/MrX

Returned JSON:

{
  "is_logged_in":0,
  "status":200,
  "name":"MrX",
  "type":"author",
  "description":"OK"
}

If valid login, then additional info is returned:

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/users/MrX/?author=MrX\&amp;session_id=50ff8f05c0f5d95aabbe7c5d810340c1

Returned JSON:

{
  "_id"  : "abbe7c5d810006f8",
  "_rev" : "12-90b9a5ae6c32d",
  "type" : "author",
  "name" : "MrX",
  "is_logged_in":1,
  "email" : "mrx@mrx.xyz",
  "current_session_id" : "5aabbe7c5d8103411c"
}

Update Author's Info

At the moment, only the email address can be updated because little else is stored within the author's doc that can be modified.

curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"author": "MrX", "session_id": "5aabbe7c5d810346cb", "id": "2384849494", "rev": "45454554", "new_email" : "new@new.com", "old_email" : "old@old.com"}' http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/users

Returned JSON:

{
  "status":200,
  "description":"OK"
}

Create a New Post

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"author": "MrX", "session_id": "5012344558568686", "submit_type": "Post", "markup": "h1. 13may2015 2059\n\n test post from Perl Veery API"}' http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/posts

Returned JSON

{
  "html":"<a name=\"13may2015_2059\"></a>\n<h1 class=\"headingtext\"><a href=\"/13may2015-2059\">13may2015 2059</a></h1>\n\n<p> test post from Perl Veery <span class=\"caps\">API</span></p>",
  "status":200,
  "rev":"1-f6eaf40f56dbb2ccc07919535f891ee1",
  "post_id":"13may2015-2059",
  "description":"OK"
}

Update a Post

Preview

curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"author": "MrX", "session_id": "50ff8f05c0f5d95aabbe7c5d810323c8", "rev": "50ff8f05c0f5d95aabbe7c5d810323c8", "post_id": "13may2015-2059", "submit_type": "Preview", "markup": "h1. 13may2015 2059\n\n Updated - test post from Perl Veery API"}' http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/posts

Returned JSON:

{
  "html":"<a name=\"13may2015_2059\"></a>\n<h1 class=\"headingtext\"><a href=\"/\">13may2015 2059</a></h1>\n\n<p> Updated - test post from Perl Veery <span class=\"caps\">API</span></p>",
  "status":200,
  "description":"OK"
}

Wrong rev info submitted on update

{
  "status":"400",
  "system_message":"Invalid rev information provided.",
  "user_message":"Unable to update post.",
  "description":"Bad Request"
}

Not logged in when trying to create or update content

{
  "status":"400",
  "system_message":"You are not logged in.",
  "user_message":"Unable to peform action.",
  "description":"Bad Request"
}

Successfully updating a post

curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"author": "MrX", "session_id": "50ff8f05c0f5d95aabbe7c5d810323c8", "rev": "1-f6eaf40f56dbb2ccc07919535f891ee1", "post_id": "13may2015-2059", "submit_type": "Update", "markup": "h1. 13may2015 2059\n\n Updated - test post from Perl Veery API"}' http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/posts

Returned JSON:

{
  "html":"<a name=\"13may2015_2059\"></a>\n<h1 class=\"headingtext\"><a href=\"/13may2015-2059\">13may2015 2059</a></h1>\n\n<p> Updated - test post from Perl Veery <span class=\"caps\">API</span></p>",
  "title": "13may2015 2059",
  "status":200,
  "rev":"2-43eb2b79a7d58de0e3678387cfd1e5c9",
  "description":"OK"
}

Deleting and Undeleting a Post

Change the value for action accordingly.

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/posts/13may2015-2059/?action=undelete\&amp;author=MrX\&amp;session_id=50ff8f05c0f5d95aabbe7c5d810340c1

Returned JSON

{
  "status":200,
  "description":"OK"
}

Show List of Deleted Posts

Author must be logged in.

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/posts/?deleted=yes\&amp;author=Mrx\&amp;session_id=50ff8f05c0f5d95aabbe7c5d810340c1

Returned JSON:

{
  "status":200,
  "posts":[
    {
      "post_type":"note",
      "slug":"test-post-mar-6-2015-0901",
      "title":"test post mar 6, 2015 - 0901"
    },
    {
      "post_type":"article",
      "slug":"test-post-2mar2015",
      "title": "%20Test%20post%202Mar2015%0A%0Acreated%20within%20the%20javascript%20editor.%0A"
    },
  ],
  "description":"OK"
}

Logging Out

curl http://veeryapiperl.soupmode.com/api/users/logout/?author=MrX\&amp;session_id=50ff8f05c0f5d95aabbe7c5d810340c1

Returned JSON:

{
  "status":200,
  "description":"OK",
  "logged_out":"true"
}

If unsuccessful for some reason:

{
  "status":"400",
  "description":"Bad Request",
  "user_message":"Unable to logout.",
  "system_message":"Invalid info submitted."
}

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