API: HTTP Update Article

The Update Article command allows you to make changes to an existing article. The command allows you to specify several components of an article, such as Callout and Body.

Arguments

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

api_web?r=myrealm&p=mypass&c=updatearticle&article_name=MyArticle

The command is ‘updatearticle’, the realm is ‘myrealm’ and the password is ‘mypass’. The article named ‘MyArticle’ will be updated with no content in each field.

An important note about the Update command is that if you do not include an argument, the content in that field will be cleared. If you do not wish to clear your article content, be sure to include all commands and the content you expect to be saved.

The Create Article commands support the following arguments:

Name	Req?	Description	Argument
Command	Yes	Defines the command to use.	cmd=[updatearticle] c=[updatearticle]
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 update. 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.	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.	folder_id=[folder_id]

Example

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

api_web?r=myrealm&p=mypass&c=updatearticle&article_name=myarticle&article_title=Title%20Updated&article_description=Test%20Updated&deck=Deck%20Updated&callout=Callout%20Updated&article_body=Body%20Content%20Updated&author_name=Jane&author_bio=Me&author_email=jane%40domain.com&folder_id=0

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

SUCCESS: 42

This is a very simple example. You can also POST the values, which allows you to send much larger body data.

Results

The Update Article command outputs either a SUCCESS or FAILURE message.

SUCCESS

The Update Article command success message returns the id of the new article. The result format is:

SUCCESS: [article_id]

FAILURE

A Update Article command will fail if an article does not exist. The result format is:

FAILURE: [Reason]

*Feature added in v8.4