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Socialtext::Resting(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Socialtext::Resting(3pm)

NAME

Socialtext::Resting - module for accessing Socialtext REST APIs

SYNOPSIS

  use Socialtext::Resting;
  my $Rester = Socialtext::Resting->new(
    username => $opts{username},
    password => $opts{password},
    server   => $opts{server},
  );
  $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
  $Rester->get_page('my_page');
}

DESCRIPTION

"Socialtext::Resting" is a module designed to allow remote access to the Socialtext REST APIs for use in perl programs.

METHODS

new

    my $Rester = Socialtext::Resting->new(
        username => $opts{username},
        password => $opts{password},
        server   => $opts{server},
    );
    or
    my $Rester = Socialtext::Resting->new(
        user_cookie => $opts{user_cookie},
        server      => $opts{server},
    );
Creates a Socialtext::Resting object for the specified server/user/password, or server/cookie combination.

accept

    $Rester->accept($mime_type);
Sets the HTTP Accept header to ask the server for a specific representation in future requests.
Standard representations: http://www.socialtext.net/st-rest-docs/index.cgi?standard_representations
Common representations:
text/x.socialtext-wiki
text/html
application/json

get_page

    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->get_page('page_name');
Retrieves the content of the specified page. Note that the workspace method needs to be called first to specify which workspace to operate on.

get_page_revision

    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->get_page_revision('page_name', 'revision_id');
Retrieves the content of the specified page revision. Note that the workspace method needs to be called first to specify which workspace to operate on.

get_attachment

    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->get_attachment('attachment_id');
Retrieves the specified attachment from the workspace. Note that the workspace method needs to be called first to specify which workspace to operate on.

put_workspacetag

    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->put_workspacetag('tag');
Add the specified tag to the workspace.

put_pagetag

    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->put_pagetag('page_name', 'tag');
Add the specified tag to the page.

delete_workspacetag

    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->delete_workspacetag('tag');
Delete the specified tag from the workspace.

delete_pagetag

    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->delete_pagetag('page_name', 'tag');
Delete the specified tag from the page.

post_attachment

    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->post_attachment('page_name',$id,$content,$mime_type);
Attach the file to the specified page

post_comment

    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->post_comment( 'page_name', "me too" );
Add a comment to a page.

put_page

    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->put_page('page_name',$content);
Save the content as a page in the wiki. $content can either be a string, which is treated as wikitext, or a hash with the following keys:
content
A string which is the page's wiki content.
date
RFC 2616 HTTP Date format string of the time the page was last edited
from
A username of the last editor of the page. If the the user does not exist it will be created, but will not be added to the workspace.

delete_page

    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->delete_page('page_name');
Delete the specified page.

name_to_id

    my $id = $Rester->name_to_id($name);
    my $id = Socialtext::Resting::name_to_id($name);
Convert a page name into a page ID. Can be called as a method or as a function.

get_pages

    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->get_pages();
List all pages in the wiki.

get_page_attachments

    $Rester->get_page_attachments($page)
List all the attachments on a page.

get_sheet_cell

    $Rester->get_sheet_cell($page_id, $cellid)
Get the value of a cell in a spreadsheet.

get_revisions

    $Rester->get_revisions($page)
List all the revisions of a page.

get_taghistory

    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->get_taghistory($page)
Get a history, by revision, of all tags for a page.

get_workspace_tags

    $Rester->workspace('foo');
    $Rester->get_workspace_tags()
List all the tags in workspace foo.

get_homepage

Return the page name of the homepage of the current workspace.
    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->get_backlinks('page_name');
List all backlinks to the specified page
    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->get_frontlinks('page_name');
List all 'frontlinks' on the specified page

get_pagetags

    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->get_pagetags('page_name');
List all pagetags on the specified page

get_taggedpages

    $Rester->worksapce('wikiname');
    $Rester->get_taggedpages('tag');
List all the pages that are tagged with 'tag'.

get_tag

    $Rester->workspace('wikiname');
    $Rester->get_tag('tag');
Retrieves the specified tag from the workspace. Note that the workspace method needs to be called first to specify which workspace to operate on.

get_breadcrumbs

    $Rester->get_breadcrumbs('workspace')
Get breadcrumbs for current user in this workspace

get_workspace

    $Rester->get_workspace();
Return the metadata about a particular workspace.

get_workspaces

    $Rester->get_workspaces();
List all workspaces on the server

get_user

    my $userinfo = $Rester->get_user($username);
    print $userinfo->{email_address};
Get information about a username

create_user

    $Rester->create_user( { username => $username,
                            email_address => $email,
                            password => $password } );
Create a new user. Other parameters can be specified, see POD for Socialtext::User. username is optional and will default to the email address, as in most cases username and email_address will be the same.

add_user_to_workspace

    $Rester->add_user_to_workspace( $workspace, { username => $user, 
                                      rolename => $role,
                                      send_confirmation_invitation => 0 || 1,
                                      from_address => $from_email } );
Add a user that already exists to a workspace. rolename defaults to 'member', send_confirmation_invitation defaults to '0'. from_address must refer to a valid existing user, and is only needed if send_confirmation_invitation is set to '1'. If the user is already a member of the workspace, this will reset their role if you specify a role that's different from their current role.

get_users_for_workspace

    my @users = $Rester->get_users_for_workspace( $workspace );
    for ( @users ) { print "$_->{name}, $_->{role}, $->{is_workspace_admin}\n" }
Get a list of users in a workspace, and their roles and admin status.

put_persontag

    $Rester->put_persontag( $person, $tag )
Tag a person.

get_persontags

    $Rester->get_persontags($person);
Retrieves all tags for a person

get_people

    $Rester->get_people();
Retrieves all people.

get_person

    $Rester->get_person();
Retrieves a person.

get_signals

    $Rester->get_signals();
    $Rester->get_signals(group_id => 42);
    $Rester->get_signals(account_id => 2);
Retrieves the list of signals.
Optional arguments are passed as query paramaters.

post_signal

    $Rester->post_signal('O HAI');
    $Rester->post_signal('O HAI', group_id => 42);
    $Rester->post_signal('O HAI', group_ids => [2,3,4]);
    $Rester->post_signal('O HAI', account_id => 42);
    $Rester->post_signal('O HAI', account_ids => [2,3,4]);
    $Rester->post_signal('O HAI', in_reply_to => { signal_id => 142 });
Posts a signal.
Optional "account_ids" and "group_ids" arguments for targeting the signal.
Optional "in_reply_to_id" for specifying a signal_id this signal is in reply to.
Optional "annotations" to annotate the signal. "annotations" should be an array ref containing hashrefs that have one key (the annotation type) and a value that is a hashref containing key/value pairs.

post_webhook

    $Rester->post_webhook( %args )
Creates a webhook. Args will be encoded as JSON and put up.

get_webhooks

    my $hooks = $Rester->get_webhooks();
Returns an arrayref containing hashrefs of each webhook on the server.

delete_webhook

    $Rester->delete_webhook( id => $webhook_id );
Deletes the specified webhook.

response

    my $resp = $Rester->response;
Return the HTTP::Response object from the last request.

AUTHORS / MAINTAINERS

Shawn Devlin "<shawn.devlin@socialtext.com>"
Kevin Jones "<kevin.jones@socialtext.com>"
Brandon Noard "<brandon.noard@socialtext.com>"

CONTRIBUTORS

Luke Closs
Jeremy Stashewsky
Chris Dent
Kirsten Jones
Michele Berg - get_revisions()
2012-04-23 perl v5.14.2