View Details of a Discussion ID in Edge Drive (REST API: GET)

This operation retrieves the properties of a discussion for a file or folder in Edge Drive, based on the discussion ID.

Request

Syntax

GET webservice/drive/file/fileOrfolderId/Discussion/discussionId?depth=depth HTTP/1.1
 Accept: application/xml
Host: host name
Authtoken: authentication token

where <webservice> is the root path used to route the API requests to the Web Server.

For more information, see Available Web Services for REST API.

Request Parameters

Name	Description	Required
fileOrfolderId	The GUID of the file or folder for which you want to view the discussion. To retrieve the GUID of the file or folder, see View Properties of a File or Folder.	Yes
Depth	The number of levels of replies to the discussion that you want to view.	Yes
discussionId	The unique ID of the discussion. To retrieve the discussion ID, see View Details of a Discussion.	Yes

Request Headers

Name	Description
Host	The host name of the Web Server or Web Console used in the API request.
Accept	The format of the response. Valid values are: application/xml or application/json.
Authtoken	The authentication token received after successfully logging on. For details on receiving an authentication token, see Authentication.
Content-type	The media type contained in the request body.
PAGE-SIZE	The size of each page in the result. Default value is 2147483647
SORT-DIRECTION	The sort direction of the result. Valid values are 0 or descending, and 1 or ascending.
NBREPLIES	Number of replies you want to view for the discussion.
LAST-COMMENT-ID	The commentId of the last comment in the discussion.

Response

Response Parameters

Parameter	Description	Element
entityType	The ID of the file entity type. For example, 136 for file type.	discussion
discussionId	The unique ID for the discussion.	discussion
created	The date and time when the discussion was created, specified in Unix time stamp format.	discussion
entityGUID	The GUID of the file or folder.	discussion
modified	The date and time when the discussion was last modified, specified in Unix time stamp format.	discussion
nbComments	Number of comments for the discussion	discussion
status	Status 1 indicates that the discussion is enabled.	discussion
newName	Name of the user entity.	owner
userName	Domain/username of the user who created the discussion.	owner
userId	Unique ID for the user.	owner
depth	The level at which the comment was added. For new discussion, the comment level is 0.	comments
nbReplies	Number of replies for the discussion.	comments
discussionId	The unique ID for the discussion.	comments
created	The date and time when the comment was created, specified in Unix time stamp format.	comments
modified	The date and time when the comment was last modified, specified in Unix time stamp format.	comments
content	The comment text.	comments
commentId	The unique ID of the comment that you edited.	comments

Examples

Sample Request

GET webservice/drive/file/6eaf968caa5145dcaf17508d4cf0c454/Discussion/16?depth=0 HTTP/1.1
 Host: client.mydomain.com
 Accept: application/xml
 Authtoken: QSDK 38568012f4d1e8ee1841d283a47aa3ba78e124ea58354b5fc60f4dab8a63347d05cf5552484dafda3bfa4c5db84e580b1cb37bcf8e65b39f7f8549a443e6f78a2c7be3f31b3d845e24776c835e498e8e883bb40c46bd15af4f40ca94e823acedcdd4e9659e74b34a07a85c4586cd2ed914b6dce015874783ef768fda78183a4208930954a377f66eb56c8b92cexampl4s437a19317ca6ce7f3233d5a01aca35dbad93468b833f2cf71010809006a937670adce711ca8be46638e8
 PAGE-SIZE: 20
 SORT-DIRECTION: 0
 NBREPLIES:4
 LAST-COMMENT-ID:123456

Sample Response

XML

<Api_DiscussionOperationResp>
 <discussion entityType="136" discussionId="16" created="1503344084" entityGUID="6eaf968caa5145dcaf17508d4cf0c454" modified="1503344084" nbComments="2" status="1">
 <owner newName="user1" userName="mydomain\user1" userId="1096" />
 <comments depth="0" nbReplies="0" discussionId="16" created="1503344084" commentId="18" modified="1503419650" content="revised text">
 <owner newName="user1" userName="mydomain\user1" userId="1096" />
 </comments>
 <comments depth="0" nbReplies="0" discussionId="16" created="1503417410" commentId="26" modified="1503417410" content="new comment">
 <owner newName="user1" userName="mydomain\user1" userId="1096" />
 </comments>
 </discussion>
 </Api_DiscussionOperationResp>

JSON

{
 "discussion": {
 "entityType": 136,
 "discussionId": 16,
 "created": 1503344084,
 "entityGUID": "6eaf968caa5145dcaf17508d4cf0c454",
 "modified": 1503344084,
 "nbComments": 2,
 "status": 1,
 "owner": {
 "newName": "user1",
 "userName": "mydomain\user1",
 "userId": 1096
 },
 "comments": [
 {
 "depth": 0,
 "nbReplies": 0,
 "discussionId": 16,
 "created": 1503344084,
 "commentId": 18,
 "modified": 1503419650,
 "content": "revised text",
 "owner": {
 "newName": "user1",
 "userName": "mydomain\user1",
 "userId": 1096
 }
 },
 {
 "depth": 0,
 "nbReplies": 0,
 "discussionId": 16,
 "created": 1503417410,
 "commentId": 26,
 "modified": 1503417410,
 "content": "new comment",
 "owner": {
 "newName": "user1",
 "userName": "mydomain\user1",
 "userId": 1096
 }
 }
 ]
 }
 }

Supported Error Codes

Code	Status	Description
400	Bad Request	The request is missing required parameters.
401	Unauthorized	The request did not include an authentication token or the authentication token was expired.
403	Forbidden	The user did not have permission to access the requested resource.
412	Precondition Failed	Prerequisites are not met. For example, MongoDB database is not installed.