Unique ID for the post
While using webnook I could see the post id keeps changing.
May I know if there are any static unique id or post id for a post or a topic ?
And what is difference between a Topic and Post events you've in webhook ?
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Mishal Fathima , thanks for your questions!
Yes, there is a static unique id for a post. It is labeled "postKey" in the webhook.
A "post" webhook event includes both post types: topics and replies. A "topic" webhook event includes topics only.
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But as I checked the Postkey keeps changing when a reply is posted. I user post-posted and reply posted events.
I'm in need of a static id for the posts that posted in here. This would be unique id for the post on any actions done on it. As the name of the post can be changed at any time.
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Hi Mishal Fathima , the postKey is the unique identifier for each individual post, so it will be different for each post. In the setup of the webhook for the event "REPLY_POSTED" you can add the "rootKey" field to the field set. For a reply, the rootKey is the postKey of the topic that the reply is related to.
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Forumbee Support Team, Any update ?
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Mishal Fathima The postKey is always the ID of the post that generated the webhook. So in topic webhooks, the postKey is the topic ID. In reply web hooks, the postKey is the reply ID. In your reply webhook setup, be sure to add the field "rootKey" as show in the screenshot above. This field contains the topic ID.
Keep in mind that multi-type webhooks (which include multiple event types under a single webhook definition) do not provide an option to edit the field list. This includes the webhooks "TOPIC_ANY" or "REPLY_ANY".
In this case you should use webhooks for the individual events you are interested in. For example REPLY_POSTED and REPLY_LIKED. You can then add in the "rootKey" field to these events.
Here is what the webhook data looks like for that configuration:
I hope that helps! Let us know if you have any questions.
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Forumbee Support Thanks much for this. Really helpful
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Atlast, Can you just help me with all the fields that are available so that we can add in the payload resource data to fetch up needed info through webhook ?, correct names to get the data like email address of the user etc
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Mishal Fathima Add the following fields to include the email:
The Actor is the user whose action is creating the webhook event.
Most API fields are available to be added. For the Actor, see the Users endpoint fields. For Topic/Reply, see the Posts endpoint fields. Or if you have a specific field in mind let us know.
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Forumbee Support Thanks for the email point. But It says the category isn't accessible for Users and posts endpoint fields. Could you please provide it accessible at the earliest.
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Mishal Fathima Your access has been granted now. Thank you!
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Forumbee Support Thanks much
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Forumbee Support I'm not able to get email payload data in both topic/ actor/reply actions ? Any idea on this why ?
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Forumbee Support For new post as well the email isn't retrieved through Webhook, any changes done from your end ?
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Mishal Fathima We have released an update that fixes an issue that caused some added fields in webhooks to not send data. Please check again to confirm if you are receiving your added fields (email). Thank you!
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