Category

Manage the forum categories on your Ning Network

Properties

id (id) [Read only]

The unique ID for a category

author (screenname) [Read only]

The screen name of the member who created the category

createdDate (date) [Read only]

The time stamp from the creation date

updatedDate (date) [Read only]

The time stamp from the last modification

url (url) [Read only]

URL of the category

title (string) [Read only]

The title of the category

description (string) [Read only]

The description of the category

visibility (visibility) [Read only]

Can friends see or all members see the category

tags (string) [Read only]

A JSON array of tags: { "food", "apple" }

private (string) [Read only]

True if the category is private

Sub-Properties

author.fullName (string) [Read only]

The full name of the author

author.iconUrl (url) [Read only]

The author’s profile photo

author.url (url) [Read only]

The author’s profile page on the Ning Network

HTTP GET

/xn/rest/apiexample/1.0/Category

Retrieve a specific category or a specific set of categories, up to 100.

Required Query Parameters:

id (id)

The ID of the category, multiple id parameters are allowed, up to 100

Optional Query Parameters:

fields (field)

Comma-separated list of desired properties, this is only a hint to the server

/xn/rest/apiexample/1.0/Category/recent

Retrieve the forum categories sorted by createdDate.

Optional Query Parameters:

fields (field)

Comma-separated list of desired properties, this is only a hint to the server

anchor (string)

An opaque token encodes the page of results returned, used in conjunction with count to page through a result set

count (int)

Returns one category by default and supports a maximum of 100. Also supports negative values down to -100 for retrieving categories before the anchor.

/xn/rest/apiexample/1.0/Category/alpha

Retrieve forum categories sorted alphabetically

Optional Query Parameters:

fields (field)

Comma-separated list of desired properties, this is only a hint to the server

anchor (string)

An opaque token encodes the page of results returned, used in conjunction with count to page through a result set

count (int)

Returns one category by default and supports a maximum of 100. Also supports negative values down to -100 for retrieving categories before the anchor.