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Building the Request

Request URL and GET vars

GET vars specific to this request:

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}

POST vars

None. No POST vars are required for this request.

Response Examples

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

PHP Example Code

Preparing GET and POST data.

// 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 ***

// Collect the API Base URL and Credential info
$API_URL = "https://www.mywebtvdomain.tv/api.php";
$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)); 
}