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:
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_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.
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_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.
get_backlinks
$Rester->workspace('wikiname');
$Rester->get_backlinks('page_name');
List all backlinks to the specified page
get_frontlinks
$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_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_id => 142);
Posts a signal.
Optional account_ids
and group_ids
arguments for targetting 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
Luke Closs <luke.closs@socialtext.com>
Shawn Devlin <shawn.devlin@socialtext.com>
Jeremy Stashewsky <jeremy.stashewsky@socialtext.com>
CONTRIBUTORS
Chris Dent
Kirsten Jones
Michele Berg - get_revisions()