Ning API Documentation

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Changelog

• January 27th, 2012
• November 18th, 2011

API Overview

• Introduction
  • What you can do
  • What you cannot do
• Authentication
  • Obtaining Credentials
  • Making a request
• Request Overview
  • Rate Limits
  • Resource URL structure
  • Resource URL parameters
  • Request Types
• Response Overview
  • Response Structure
  • Caching
  • Successful Response
  • Failed Response
• Visibility
  • Additional notes about visibility settings
  • Surfacing your own private content
• Moderation
  • Content Moderation
  • Member Moderation

API Reference

• Activity Items
  • Properties
  • Sub-Properties
  • HTTP GET
  • HTTP DELETE
• Blog Posts
  • Properties
  • Sub-Properties
  • HTTP GET
  • HTTP POST
  • HTTP PUT
  • HTTP DELETE
• Broadcast Message
  • Properties
  • HTTP POST
• Comments
  • Properties
  • Sub-Properties
  • HTTP GET
  • HTTP POST
  • HTTP DELETE
• Network
  • Properties
  • Sub-Properties
  • HTTP GET
• Photos
  • Properties
  • Sub-Properties
  • HTTP GET
  • HTTP POST
  • HTTP PUT
  • HTTP DELETE
• Tags
  • HTTP GET
• OAuth Tokens
  • Properties
  • HTTP POST
• Users
  • Properties
  • Sub-Properties
  • HTTP GET
  • HTTP PUT
  • HTTP DELETE
• Friend
  • Properties
  • HTTP GET
  • HTTP POST
  • HTTP DELETE
• Property Type Definitions
• Error Codes

API Examples

• Accessing the Ning API with cURL
  • Retrieving tokens
  • Retrieving photos
  • Add a new photo
  • Update a photo
  • Delete a photo
• Accessing the Ning API with PHP
  • Retrieving tokens
  • Retrieving photos
  • Add a new photo
  • Update a photo
  • Delete a photo
• Accessing the Ning API with Python
  • Retrieving tokens
  • Retrieving photos
  • Add a new photo
  • Update a photo
  • Delete a photo