API Reference

Channels.getChannelInfo

Returns information about a specific channel.

The ID argument can be specified by the channel ID or the channel shortname. If the channel shortname is used the vhost argument is required.

Syntax

array channels.getChannelInfo ( mixed id, int vhost = NULL )

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Default value	Description
id	mixed	Required	none	The ID of the channel you want information about.
vhost	int	Optional	NULL	The vhost ID that the channel belongs to.

Response

This is the response received on success of the getChannels method call. If there are no channels in your vhost you will be returned an empty XML response.

Name	Type	Description	Possible Values
id	INT	The current channel ID.	INT channel ID
created	YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS	The date the channel was created.	YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
vhost	INT	The vhost ID.	INT
name	STRING	The channel name defined in MediaFactory.	STRING
shortname	STRING	The given short given retrieved in MediaFactory. By Default this is the channel name, all lowercase and have spaces " " replaced by underscores "_".	STRING
parentchannel	INT	The ID of the current channel's parent. This is for nested channel lists.	INT
thumburl	STRING	OBSOLETE	STRING
status	INT	The moderation status of the current channel.	0,1,2,3,4
description	STRING	A short summary for the purpose of the channel. This is defined in MediaFactory.	STRING
readonly	INT	OBSOLETE	0/1
disableembed	INT	DEPRECATED	0/1
modemailaccepted	INT	The ID of the email to use for Media approved in the channel.	0/1
modemaildenied	INT	The moderation email ID of the email to use for Media denied in the channel.	0/1
emailaddress	STRING	Email address to be used for media intake through email. Leave empty to disable, must be unique.	STRING
defaultsort	STRING	The default sort order of the media within the channel	'name ASC', 'name DESC', 'shortname ASC', 'shortname DESC', 'id ASC', 'id DESC', 'createdDate ASC', 'createdDate DESC'
visibility	STRING	The current visibility of the channel	SHOWN, HIDDEN
geoblocking	STRING	A list of accepted country codes for the channel to display content from. This value is set in the channel settings.	CA,US,AU
groupid	DEPRECATED	DEPRECATED	DEPRECATED
groupname	DEPRECATED	DEPRECATED	DEPRECATED

Sample Response

Sample REST Response
http://api.newspark.ca/services/rest/channels/getChannelInfo?vhost=[VHOST_ID]&id=[CHANNEL_ID]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<result>
  <id>CHANNEL_ID</id>
  <created>2012-01-20 12:08:57</created>
  <vhost>VHOST_ID</vhost>
  <name>Comments</name>
  <shortname>comments</shortname>
  <parentchannel>0</parentchannel>
  <thumburl/>
  <status>1</status>
  <description/>
  <readonly>0</readonly>
  <disableembed>0</disableembed>
  <modemailaccepted>0</modemailaccepted>
  <modemaildenied>0</modemaildenied>
  <emailaddress/>
  <visibility>1</visibility>
  <treeleft>11</treeleft>
  <treeright>12</treeright>
  <defaultsort>upload DESC</defaultsort>
  <geoblocking/>
</result>

Sample JSON Response

{
    "status": true,
    "result": {
        "id": CHANNEL_ID,
        "created": "2012-01-20 12:08:57",
        "vhost": VHOST_ID,
        "name": "Comments",
        "shortname": "comments",
        "parentchannel": 0,
        "thumburl": "",
        "status": 1,
        "description": "",
        "readonly": "0",
        "disableembed": "0",
        "modemailaccepted": 0,
        "modemaildenied": 0,
        "emailaddress": null,
        "visibility": 1,
        "treeleft": 11,
        "treeright": 12,
        "defaultsort": "upload DESC",
        "geoblocking": []
    }
}

Code examples

PHP-RPC

$path = 'https://api.newspark.ca/services/php';

// Listing the arguments
$arguments = array(
  'APIKEY' => 'YOURAPIKEY',
  'method' => 'channels.getChannelInfo',
  'id' => $id,
  'vhost' => '2'
);

// http_build_query basically turns an array into a url-encoded list of variables
$url = $path .'?' . http_build_query($arguments,null,'&');

// get the contents from the specified url
$data = file_get_contents($url);

// transform it back into php data structures
$data = unserialize($data);

// the actual data is stored in $data['result']

print_r($data['result']);

PEAR XMLRPC client

// Include the client
require_once 'XML/RPC.php';

// Create the XMLRPC Client
$client = new XML_RPC_Client('/services/xmlrpc?APIKEY={YOURAPIKEY}', 'api.newspark.ca');

// PEAR's XML-RPC client requires all arguments to wrapped in a special value class
// XML_RPC_encode converts this automatically

$arguments = array(
  XML_RPC_encode($id),
  XML_RPC_encode('2')
);

// Creating an XML-RPC message
$message = new XML_RPC_Message('channels.getChannelInfo',$arguments);

// Sending the message to the server
$response = $client->send($message);

// We also need to decode the response back to normal PHP types
$response = XML_RPC_decode($response);

print_r($response);

SabreTooth XMLRPC client

// Include the client
require_once 'Sabre/XMLRPC/Client.php';

// Create the XMLRPC Client
$xmlrpc = new Sabre_XMLRPC_Client('https://api.newspark.ca/services/xmlrpc?APIKEY={YOURAPIKEY}');

$arguments = array(
  $id,
  '2'
);

$data = $xmlrpc->invoke('channels.getChannelInfo',$arguments);

print_r($data);

Zend XMLRPC client

// Include the client
require_once 'Zend/XmlRpc/Client.php';

// Create the XMLRPC Client
$client = new Zend_XmlRpc_Client('https://api.newspark.ca/services/xmlrpc?APIKEY={YOURAPIKEY}');

$arguments = array(
  $id,
  '2'
);

$data = $client->call('channels.getChannelInfo',$arguments);

print_r($data);

Actionscript 2

    /*
     *     In ActionScript 2 remote service calls are done using the RemotingConnector Component.
     *     An instance of the component must exist on the stage and have an instance name.
     *
     *     Results and Faults are handled by addEventListener's and the call parameters are placed inside of an associative array
     *
     *     You must also specify the service class and method names under the appropriate property fields of the component
     */

    var gatewayURL:String = "/services/amf2";
    //Set up service call
    myRemConn_rc.gatewayUrl = gatewayURL;
    myRemConn_rc.serviceName = "channels";
    myRemConn_rc.methodName = "getChannelInfo";
    myRemConn_rc.params = {id:id, 2:vhost};
    myRemConn_rc.addEventListener("result", widgetResult);
    myRemConn_rc.addEventListener("status", widgetFault);

    //Make the call
    myRemConn_rc.trigger();

    /*
    *  Handles service result.
    */
    function widgetResult(ev:Object){
        //Do stuff
        //Data is returned inside of ev.target.results
        //(i.e. ev.traget.results.description or ev.traget.results.settings.color)
    }

    /*
    *  Handles service fault.
    */
    function widgetFault(ev:Object){
        //Display Error
        trace("Categories Error - " + ev.code + " -  " + ev.data.faultstring);
    }

Actionscript 3

    /*
     *  In ActionScript 3 remote service calls are done using the NetConnection Object.
     *  A Responder Object controls what functions handle successful or failed calls
     *  and any parameters for the call are placed in an array and passed as a parameter
     *  in the NetConnection.call() method.
     */

    var gatewayURL:String = "/services/amf2";
    var parameters:Array = new Array(id, vhost);

    var connection:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
    connection.connect(gatewayURL);
    connection.call("channels.getChannelInfo", new Responder(widgetResult, widgetFault), parameters);


    /*
     *   Handles service result.
     */
    function widgetResult(ev:Object):void{
        //Do stuff
        //Data is returned inside of ev
        //(i.e. ev.description or ev.settings.color)
    }


    /*
    *  Handles service fault.
    */
    function widgetFault(ev:Object):void{
        //Display Error
        error.showError(parentClip, ev.code + " -  " + ev.description, "Please refresh your browser to try again.");
        error.x = (parentClip.width - error.width) / 2;
        error.y = (parentClip.height - error.height) / 2;
    }

REST service example

<%@ Page Language="vb" %>
<%


' REST gateway
dim gateway as string = "http://api.newspark.ca/services/rest/"

' Service + method we're calling.
dim method as string = "channels/getChannelInfo"

dim apiKey as string = "YOURAPIKEY"

dim url as string = gateway & method & "?APIKEY=" & apiKey &  "&id=" & id

' HTTP Client
dim wcHTTPScrape as new System.net.WebClient()

' Opening a stream
dim objInput as System.IO.Stream = wcHTTPScrape.OpenRead(url)

dim objReader as new System.IO.StreamReader ( objInput )

' Reading the entire HTTP response and output it
Response.Write ( objReader.ReadToEnd () )


objReader.Close ()
objInput.Close ()

%>

jQuery JSON

/*
* jQuery post example
*/

function getChannelInfo ( id ) {

var params = {
    "method" :      'channels.getChannelInfo',
    "id" :          id,
    "vhost" :       2}

$.post('/services/json',params
,function(response){
    console.log(response);
});

Local API

// Get the Service Mapper

$mapper = Sabre_ServiceMap_Mapper::getMapper();

// Calling the method
$data = $mapper->channels->getChannelInfo( $id, 2 );

print_r($data);

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Developer Documentation Portal

API Reference

Channels.getChannelInfo

Syntax

Arguments

Response

Sample Response

Sample REST Response
http://api.newspark.ca/services/rest/channels/getChannelInfo?vhost=[VHOST_ID]&id=[CHANNEL_ID]

Sample JSON Response

Code examples

PHP-RPC

PEAR XMLRPC client

SabreTooth XMLRPC client

Zend XMLRPC client

Actionscript 2

Actionscript 3

REST service example

jQuery JSON

Local API

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Developer Documentation Portal

API Reference

Channels.getChannelInfo

Syntax

Arguments

Response

Sample Response

Sample REST Responsehttp://api.newspark.ca/services/rest/channels/getChannelInfo?vhost=[VHOST_ID]&id=[CHANNEL_ID]

Sample JSON Response

Code examples

PHP-RPC

PEAR XMLRPC client

SabreTooth XMLRPC client

Zend XMLRPC client

Actionscript 2

Actionscript 3

REST service example

jQuery JSON

Local API

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Sample REST Response
http://api.newspark.ca/services/rest/channels/getChannelInfo?vhost=[VHOST_ID]&id=[CHANNEL_ID]