British Columbia Data Catalogue Posts API

The Posts API from British Columbia Data Catalogue — 6 operation(s) for posts.

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Operations 6

GET /api/Posts/{key} Get the post associated with the key #

GET /api/Posts Get the posts associated with the keys in the list passed in #

GET /api/Posts/Latest/{indexKind}/{indexKey} Get the latest posts of postKind for the specified index (default or category) #

GET /api/Posts/Keys/{indexKind}/{indexKey} Get all keys for the specified index (newsroom or category) #

GET /api/Posts/Keys/{reference} Get the post key associated with the reference #

GET /api/Posts/LatestMediaUri/{mediaType} Gets the latest Social Media post for the social media type passed in #

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: '1.0'
  title: BC Gov News API Service 1.0 Posts API
  description: News API
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://news.api.gov.bc.ca/
tags:
- name: Posts
paths:
  /api/Posts/{key}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Posts
      summary: Get the post associated with the key
      operationId: Posts_GetOne
      parameters:
      - name: key
        in: path
        description: ''
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        description: The requested API version
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: '1.0'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Post'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Post'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Post'
  /api/Posts:
    get:
      tags:
      - Posts
      summary: Get the posts associated with the keys in the list passed in
      operationId: Posts_Get
      parameters:
      - name: postKeys
        in: query
        description: ''
        required: false
        explode: true
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          default: ''
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        description: The requested API version
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: '1.0'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Post'
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Post'
            text/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Post'
  /api/Posts/Latest/{indexKind}/{indexKey}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Posts
      summary: Get the latest posts of postKind for the specified index (default or category)
      operationId: Posts_GetLatest
      parameters:
      - name: indexKind
        in: path
        description: home or one of categories
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: indexKey
        in: path
        description: default or one key of the categories (ministries, sectors, services, tags, themes)
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: postKind
        in: query
        description: 'One of: releases, stories, factsheets, updates or default (releases+stories except top/feature)'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: ''
      - name: count
        in: query
        description: number of posts to return
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: ''
      - name: skip
        in: query
        description: number of posts to skip
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: ''
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        description: The requested API version
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: '1.0'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Post'
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Post'
            text/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Post'
  /api/Posts/Keys/{indexKind}/{indexKey}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Posts
      summary: Get all keys for the specified index (newsroom or category)
      operationId: Posts_GetAllKeys
      parameters:
      - name: indexKind
        in: path
        description: home or one of categories
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: indexKey
        in: path
        description: default or one key of the categories (ministries, sectors, services, tags, themes)
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: postKind
        in: query
        description: 'One of: releases, stories, factsheets, updates or default (releases+stories+factsheets)'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          default: ''
      - name: count
        in: query
        description: number of posts to return
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: ''
      - name: skip
        in: query
        description: number of posts to skip
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          default: ''
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        description: The requested API version
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: '1.0'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/KeyValuePair_2'
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/KeyValuePair_2'
            text/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/KeyValuePair_2'
  /api/Posts/Keys/{reference}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Posts
      summary: Get the post key associated with the reference
      operationId: Posts_GetKeyFromReference
      parameters:
      - name: reference
        in: path
        description: ''
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        description: The requested API version
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: '1.0'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/KeyValuePair_2'
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/KeyValuePair_2'
            text/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/KeyValuePair_2'
  /api/Posts/LatestMediaUri/{mediaType}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Posts
      summary: Gets the latest Social Media post for the social media type passed in
      operationId: Posts_GetLatestMediaUri
      parameters:
      - name: mediaType
        in: path
        description: ''
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: api-version
        in: query
        description: The requested API version
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          default: '1.0'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
            text/json:
              schema:
                type: string
components:
  schemas:
    Post:
      type: object
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DataModel'
      properties:
        kind:
          type: string
        atomId:
          type: string
        summary:
          type: string
        socialMediaSummary:
          type: string
        socialMediaHeadline:
          type: string
        keywords:
          type: string
        publishDate:
          format: date-time
          type: string
        leadMinistryKey:
          type: string
        hasMediaAssets:
          type: boolean
        isNewsOnDemand:
          type: boolean
        assetUrl:
          type: string
        location:
          type: string
        documents:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Document'
        reference:
          type: string
        redirectUri:
          type: string
        ministryKeys:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        sectorKeys:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        serviceKeys:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        facebookPictureUri:
          type: string
        azureAssets:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Asset'
    DataModel:
      type: object
      properties:
        key:
          type: string
        timestamp:
          format: date-time
          type: string
    KeyValuePair_2:
      type: object
      properties:
        key:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
        value:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
    Document:
      type: object
      properties:
        pageTitle:
          type: string
        languageId:
          format: int32
          type: integer
        headline:
          type: string
        subheadline:
          type: string
        detailsHtml:
          type: string
        byline:
          type: string
        contacts:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/DocumentContact'
    Asset:
      type: object
      properties:
        key:
          type: string
        label:
          type: string
        length:
          format: int64
          type: integer
    DocumentContact:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        details:
          type: string
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: British Columbia Data Catalogue
  source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bcgov/api-specs/master/news/news-oas3.yaml
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)