Requesting News or Event info
support, ws.webtv, api, news, get
GET vars specific to this request:
Var | Value | Description |
go | news | The API section |
do | get | The API action |
iq | News ID | The News or Event ID |
Resulting Request URL:
The resulting request URL would be similar to this (don't forget to append the required info: key, timestamp, salt and signature):
https://....../api.php?go=news&do=get&iq={news_id}&{required information}
None. No POST vars are required for this request.
If the request was successful, you'll receive a response containing:
• data: The News/Event info.
• categories: The list of Categories associated with the News/Event.
• gallery_images: The News/Event images.
Example:
{ "data" : { "allow_comments" : "1" , "date" : "1390561980" , "date_formatted" : "24\/01\/2014 12:13:00 PM" , "date_lastmod" : "1414228089" , "date_lastmod_formatted" : "25\/10\/2014 11:08:09 AM" , "description" : "This is the news body... " , "description_seo" : "This is the news body..." , "id" : "49" , "id_import" : null , "id_user" : "1" , "img_icon" : "http:\/\/......\/uploads\/images\/news_49_1405010910_icon.jpg" , "img_legend" : "" , "img_poster" : "http:\/\/......\/uploads\/images\/news_49_1405010910_poster.jpg" , "img_social" : "http:\/\/......\/uploads\/images\/news_49_1405010910_social.jpg" , "img_thumbnail" : "http:\/\/......\/uploads\/images\/news_49_1405010910_thumb.jpg" , "is_featured" : "0" , "socialize" : "1" , "status" : "1" , "tags" : "tag1, tag2, tag3" , "title" : "The News title" , "title_url" : "the-news-title" , "type" : "0" , "type_name" : "news" , "url" : "http:\/\/......\/index.php\/news\/49\/the-news-title\/" , "user_alias" : "WebTV" , "user_url" : "http:\/\/......\/index.php\/portal\/user\/1\/webtv\/" , "views_page" : "80" , "views_page_formatted" : "80" }, "categories" : [{ "id" : 1, "title" : "Movies" , "breadcrumb" : [{ "id" : 1, "title" : "Movies" }] }], "gallery_images" : [{ "date" : "1412746497" , "date_formatted" : "08\/10\/2014 07:34:57 AM" , "date_lastmod" : "1414228089" , "date_lastmod_formatted" : "25\/10\/2014 11:08:09 AM" , "description" : "" , "id" : "51" , "id_gallery" : "38" , "img_icon" : "http:\/\/......\/uploads\/images\/galleries\/gallery_38_image_51_1412746497_icon.jpg" , "img_large" : "http:\/\/......\/uploads\/images\/galleries\/gallery_38_image_51_1412746497_large.jpg" , "img_thumbnail" : "http:\/\/......\/uploads\/images\/galleries\/gallery_38_image_51_1412746497_thumb.jpg" , "title" : "Image 1" }, { "date" : "1414227905" , "date_formatted" : "25\/10\/2014 11:05:05 AM" , "date_lastmod" : "1414228089" , "date_lastmod_formatted" : "25\/10\/2014 11:08:09 AM" , "description" : "" , "id" : "52" , "id_gallery" : "38" , "img_icon" : "http:\/\/......\/uploads\/images\/galleries\/gallery_38_image_52_1414227906_icon.jpg" , "img_large" : "http:\/\/......\/uploads\/images\/galleries\/gallery_38_image_52_1414227906_large.jpg" , "img_thumbnail" : "http:\/\/......\/uploads\/images\/galleries\/gallery_38_image_52_1414227906_thumb.jpg" , "title" : "Image 2" }, { "date" : "1414227905" , "date_formatted" : "25\/10\/2014 11:05:05 AM" , "date_lastmod" : "1414228089" , "date_lastmod_formatted" : "25\/10\/2014 11:08:09 AM" , "description" : "" , "id" : "53" , "id_gallery" : "38" , "img_icon" : "http:\/\/......\/uploads\/images\/galleries\/gallery_38_image_53_1414227906_icon.jpg" , "img_large" : "http:\/\/......\/uploads\/images\/galleries\/gallery_38_image_53_1414227906_large.jpg" , "img_thumbnail" : "http:\/\/......\/uploads\/images\/galleries\/gallery_38_image_53_1414227906_thumb.jpg" , "title" : "Image 3" }] } |
If the request failed (for example, if the Credential does not have permission to GET), you'll receive a response like the following:
{ "error" : "REQUEST_ERROR" , "error_long" : "Permission error: GET" } |
Possible Error Messages
Besides the general errors, this request can return the following errors:
• REQUEST_ERROR | Invalid News/Event ID:
News/Event ID is not numeric or lower than 1.
• REQUEST_ERROR | News/Event not found or inactive
Preparing GET and POST data.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | // The GET vars $GET_VARS = array ( "go" => "channels" , "do" => "get" , "iq" => 49 ); // The POST vars $POST_VARS = array (); |
Generating the salt, timestamp, signature and sending the request
*** The following code block is common to all signed requests ***
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 | // Collect the API Base URL and Credential info $API_KEY_ID = "1b323a1cb879fd4e66530fbad07a32ee" ; $API_SHARED_SECRET = "MWIzMjNhMWNiODc5ZmQ0ZTY2NTMwZmJhZDA3YTMyZWViOTQ3MDJiOGM2ZTU2NjE3" ; // keep this safe!!! // Generating salt and timestamp $salt = md5(mt_rand()); $timestamp = time(); $signature = base64_encode (hash_hmac( 'sha256' , $salt . $timestamp , $API_SHARED_SECRET , true)); // Generating the validation signature // - Default method: using base64_encode(hash_hmac(...)) $signature = base64_encode (hash_hmac( 'sha256' , $salt . $timestamp , $API_SHARED_SECRET , true)); // comment this line if using the next method // - Simplified method - available since v60: using md5(). // This method requires the variable $API_SIGNATURE_GENERATION_MODE = 1; in the config/Config.inc.php file. // $signature = md5($salt."-".$timestamp."-".$API_SHARED_SECRET); // you must "uncomment" this line when using the simplified method // Append the timestamp, salt, key and signature to the GET vars $GET_VARS [ "timestamp" ] = $timestamp ; // UTC timestamp $GET_VARS [ "salt" ] = $salt ; $GET_VARS [ "key" ] = $API_KEY_ID ; // The API Key ID: This is public and is used by the API to identify the application; $GET_VARS [ "signature" ] = $signature ; // Create the request URL. Please note that if you do not use PHP buit in function // to create the HTTP query then don't forget to URL encode the values $REQUEST_URL = $API_URL . "?" .http_build_query( $GET_VARS ); // The previous will build an URL like .../api.php?go=api_subject&do=api_action&etc... // Create a new cURL resource and set the appropriate options $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt( $ch , CURLOPT_URL, $REQUEST_URL ); curl_setopt( $ch , CURLOPT_POST, true); curl_setopt( $ch , CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt( $ch , CURLOPT_HEADER, false); curl_setopt( $ch , CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $POST_VARS ); // If your PHP host does not have a valid SSL certificate, you will need to turn off SSL // Certificate Verification. This is dangerous (!), and should only be done temporarily // until a valid certificate has been installed curl_setopt( $ch , CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false); // Turns off verification of the SSL certificate. curl_setopt( $ch , CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false); // Turns off verification of the SSL certificate. // Sending the request to the API $response = curl_exec( $ch ); // Processing the response if (! $response ) { echo 'API call failed' ; } else { print_r(json_decode( $response ,true)); } |