Vanilla Forums

Vanilla Forums Discussions API

The Discussions API from Vanilla Forums — 28 operation(s) for discussions.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 34

DELETE /comments/list Delete a list of comments #
GET /discussions List discussions #
POST /discussions Add a discussion #
GET /discussions/bookmarked Get a list of the current user's bookmarked discussions #
PATCH /discussions/close Close/open a list of discussions #
POST /discussions/idea Add an idea #
DELETE /discussions/list Delete a list of discussions #
PATCH /discussions/merge Merge discussions #
PATCH /discussions/move Move a list of discussions #
GET /discussions/muted Get a list of the current user's muted discussions #
POST /discussions/poll Add a poll #
POST /discussions/question Add a discussion #
POST /discussions/resolve-bulk Mark all discussions you can triage as resolved #
GET /discussions/search Search discussions #
POST /discussions/split Split comments out into a discussion #
DELETE /discussions/{id} Delete a discussion #
GET /discussions/{id} Get a discussion #
PATCH /discussions/{id} Update a discussion #
PUT /discussions/{id}/bookmark Bookmark a discussion #
PATCH /discussions/{id}/bump Bump a discussion higher in the list by updating the DateLastComment field #
PUT /discussions/{id}/canonical-url Set custom canonical url for a discussion #
DELETE /discussions/{id}/canonical-url Remove custom canonical url for a discussion #
PUT /discussions/{id}/dismiss Dismiss an announcement #
GET /discussions/{id}/edit Get a discussion for editing #
PATCH /discussions/{id}/idea Update idea metadata on a discussion #
PUT /discussions/{id}/mute Replace discussions by id mute #
GET /discussions/{id}/poll Get a poll #
PATCH /discussions/{id}/poll Update a poll #
GET /discussions/{id}/quote Get discussions by id quote #
PUT /discussions/{id}/status Change a discussion status #
GET /discussions/{id}/status-log List of status changes for a discussion #
PUT /discussions/{id}/tags Set the tags on a discussion #
POST /discussions/{id}/tags Add tags to a discussion #
PUT /discussions/{id}/type Change a discussion type #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/categories/97-api-and-webhooks

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vanilla-forums/refs/heads/main/openapi/vanilla-forums-discussions-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

vanilla-forums-discussions-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: API access to your community.
  title: Vanilla Discussions API
  version: '2.0'
servers:
- url: https://open.vanillaforums.com/api/v2
tags:


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