API: HTTP Create Article

The Create Article commands allow you to define and create a new article of content to include in your template. The command allows you to specify several components of an article, such as Callout and Body.

The Create Blank Article command requires the following arguments: Command, Realm, Password, and Article Name.

api_web?r=myrealm&p=mypass&c=createblankarticle&article_name=MyArticleBlank

The command is ‘createblankarticle’, the realm is ‘myrealm’ and the password is ‘mypass’. The new, empty article will be named ‘MyArticleBlank’.

The Create Article command requires the following arguments: Command, Realm, Password, and Article Name. Releases prior to v12.05 also require Folder ID.

api_web?r=myrealm&p=mypass&c=createarticle&article_name=MyArticle&folder_id=123

The command is ‘createarticle’, the realm is ‘myrealm’ and the password is ‘mypass’. The new, empty article will be named ‘MyArticle’ stored in folder ID 123.

Example

Using all commands and arguments (please note the command is wrapped for display purposes only):

api_web?r=myrealm&p=mypass&c=createarticle&article_name=myarticle&article_title=Title&article_description=Test&deck=Deck&callout=Callout&author_name=Jane&author_bio=Me&author_email=jane%40domain.com&folder_id=123&article_body=Body%20Content

Successful results return, where ‘42’ is the ID of the new article:

SUCCESS: 42

You can also POST the values, which allows you to send much larger body data.

Results

The Create Article commands output either a SUCCESS or FAILURE message.

SUCCESS

The Create Article command success message returns the ID of the new article. The result format is:

SUCCESS: [article_id]

FAILURE

A Create Article command will fail if an article with the same name already exists or invalid data is passed. The result format is:

FAILURE: [Reason]

Arguments

The Create Article commands support the following arguments:

Name	Req?	Description	Argument
Command	Yes	Defines the command to use.	cmd=[createarticle, createblankarticle] c=[createarticle, createblankarticle]
Realm	Yes	Name of the realm to run the command. This is required, and the command will fail if the realm and password do not match.	realm=[realm_name] r=[realm_name]
Password	Yes	Authentication code for API access. This is required, and the command will fail if the realm and password do not match.	pwd=[password] p=[password]
Article Name	Yes	Name of the article to create. To include spaces, use + or %20 to avoid possible issues with spaces in a URL.	article_name= [article_name]
Title		Title of the article.	article_title=[article_title]
Description		Internal description of the article.	article_description=[article_description]
Deck		Deck text for the article.	deck=[article_deck]
Callout		Callout text for the article.	callout=[article_callout]
Body		Body content of the article. Can be created as plain text or HTML. To avoid possible errors, put article_body content at the end of the call.	article_body=[article_body]
Author Name		Name of the article author.	author_name=[author_name]
Author Bio		Biography for the article author.	author_bio=[author_bio]
Author Email		Email of the article author.	author_email=[author_email]
Folder	*	Identifier of the Folder to associate the Creative for organization. Default folder is 0, or Unfiled. *This is required in versions prior to v12.05 for 'createarticle' only.	folder_id=[folder_id]