Vanilla Forums Moderation Messages API

The Moderation Messages API from Vanilla Forums — 3 operation(s) for moderation messages.

Operations 6

POST /moderation-messages Post a moderation message.
GET /moderation-messages Get a list of moderation messages.
GET /moderation-messages/{id} Get a moderation message by its ID.
PATCH /moderation-messages/{id} Edit a moderation message.
DELETE /moderation-messages/{id} Delete a moderation message.
PUT /moderation-messages/{id}/dismiss Dismiss a moderation message for the session user.

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OpenAPI Specification

vanilla-forums-moderation-messages-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: API access to your community.
  title: Vanilla Addons Moderation Messages API
  version: '2.0'
servers:
- url: https://open.vanillaforums.com/api/v2
tags:
- name: Moderation Messages
paths:
  /moderation-messages:
    post:
      summary: Post a moderation message.
      tags:
      - Moderation Messages
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerationMessagePost'
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerationMessage'
                type: array
          description: Success
      x-addon: dashboard
    get:
      summary: Get a list of moderation messages.
      tags:
      - Moderation Messages
      parameters:
      - name: isEnabled
        description: Whether the message is enabled or not.
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: recordID
        description: Filter by recordID
        in: query
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RangeExpression'
      - name: type
        in: query
        description: Filter by message type.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - casual
          - info
          - alert
          - warning
      - name: layoutViewType
        in: query
        description: Filter messages by the layoutViewType
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LayoutViewType'
      - name: fields
        in: query
        style: form
        description: Only return fields with these keys from the output. Use dot notation for nested fields.
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerationMessage'
      x-addon: dashboard
  /moderation-messages/{id}:
    parameters:
    - name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
      x-addon: dashboard
    get:
      summary: Get a moderation message by its ID.
      tags:
      - Moderation Messages
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerationMessage'
          description: Success
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PermissionError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      x-addon: dashboard
      parameters:
      - name: fields
        in: query
        style: form
        description: Only return fields with these keys from the output. Use dot notation for nested fields.
        schema:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    patch:
      summary: Edit a moderation message.
      tags:
      - Moderation Messages
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerationMessagePatch'
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ModerationMessage'
          description: Success
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PermissionError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      x-addon: dashboard
    delete:
      summary: Delete a moderation message.
      tags:
      - Moderation Messages
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Success
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PermissionError'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      x-addon: dashboard
  /moderation-messages/{id}/dismiss:
    parameters:
    - name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
      x-addon: dashboard
    put:
      summary: Dismiss a moderation message for the session user.
      tags:
      - Moderation Messages
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  dismissed:
                    type: boolean
      x-addon: dashboard
components:
  schemas:
    ModerationMessagePatch:
      type: object
      properties:
        body:
          type: string
          description: The content of the message.
        format:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Format'
        isDismissible:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the moderation message can be dismissed by a user.
          default: false
        isEnabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the message is enabled.
          default: false
        recordType:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          enum:
          - category
          description: The record type (i.e., category) associated with the message, if any.
          default: null
        recordID:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          description: The recordID associated with the message, if any.
          default: null
        includeDescendants:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether to display the message for descendants of the record it's associated with (i.e., subcategories).
        type:
          type: string
          description: The type of moderation message.
          enum:
          - casual
          - info
          - alert
          - warning
        viewLocation:
          type: string
          description: Where on the page the message should appear.
          enum:
          - content
          - panel
        layoutViewType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LayoutViewType'
      x-addon: dashboard
    RangeExpression:
      description: Specify a range or CSV of values.
      type: string
      format: range-expression
      externalDocs:
        url: https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/308-range-expressions
      x-addon: dashboard
    ModerationMessage:
      type: object
      properties:
        moderationMessageID:
          type: integer
          description: The id of the message.
        body:
          type: string
          description: The content of the message.
        format:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Format'
        isDismissible:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the moderation message can be dismissed by a user.
        isEnabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the message is enabled.
        recordType:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          enum:
          - category
          description: The record type (i.e., category) associated with the message, if any.
        recordID:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          description: The recordID associated with the message, if any.
        includeDescendants:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether to display the message for descendants of the record it's associated with (i.e., subcategories).
        type:
          type: string
          description: The type of moderation message.
          enum:
          - casual
          - info
          - alert
          - warning
        viewLocation:
          type: string
          description: Where on the page the message should appear.
          enum:
          - content
          - panel
        layoutViewType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LayoutViewType'
      required:
      - body
      - format
      - viewLocation
      - moderationMessageID
      - isEnabled
      - isDismissible
      x-addon: dashboard
    LayoutViewType:
      description: Type of resource to which this layout applies
      type: string
      enum:
      - all
      - newQuestion
      - question
      - newIdea
      - idea
      - poll
      - categoryList
      - discussionList
      - categoryList
      - nestedCategoryList
      - discussionCategoryPage
      - discussion
      - newDiscussion
      - home
      - profile
      - registration
      - signin
      - inbox
      x-addon: dashboard
    ModerationMessagePost:
      type: object
      properties:
        body:
          type: string
          description: The content of the message.
        format:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Format'
        isDismissible:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the moderation message can be dismissed by a user.
        isEnabled:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the message is enabled.
        recordType:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          enum:
          - category
          description: The record type (i.e., category) associated with the message, if any.
        recordID:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          description: The recordID associated with the message, if any.
        includeDescendants:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether to display the message for descendants of the record it's associated with (i.e., subcategories).
        type:
          type: string
          description: The type of moderation message.
          enum:
          - casual
          - info
          - alert
          - warning
        viewLocation:
          type: string
          description: Where on the page the message should appear.
          enum:
          - content
          - panel
        layoutViewType:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/LayoutViewType'
      required:
      - body
      - format
      - layoutViewType
      - viewLocation
      x-addon: dashboard
    Format:
      description: The format of the body used to convert it to HTML.
      type: string
      enum:
      - rich
      - markdown
      - text
      - textex
      - wysiwyg
      - bbcode
      example: markdown
      x-addon: dashboard
  responses:
    PermissionError:
      description: Permission denied.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            required:
            - message
            - status
            - permissions
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
                description: A message that tells you the permissions you need.
                example: Permission denied.
              status:
                type: integer
                description: The HTTP status code for the error.
                format: int32
                example: 403
              permissions:
                description: The permissions the requesting user is missing.
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
              recordIDs:
                description: The recordIDs the user didn't have permission on.
                type: array
                items:
                  type: integer
          example:
            status: 403
            message: Permission Problem
            permissions:
            - Vanilla.Discussions.Edit
            - Vanilla.Community.Manage
            recordIDs:
            - 2425
            - 1342
      x-addon: dashboard
    NotFound:
      description: The record does not exist or was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
                description: More information about the error.
              status:
                type: number
                description: The HTTP status code for the error.
                format: int32
            required:
            - message
          example:
            status: 404
            message: Page Not Found
      x-addon: dashboard
x-resourceEvents:
  emailTemplates:
    x-feature: Feature.emailTemplates.Enabled
    name: Email Template
    type: emailTemplate
  notification:
    x-addon: dashboard
    name: Notification
    type: notification
  reaction:
    name: Reaction
    type: reaction
  user:
    x-addon: dashboard
    name: User
    type: user
  comment:
    x-addon: vanilla
    name: Comment
    type: comment
  discussion:
    x-addon: vanilla
    name: Discussion
    type: discussion
  escalation:
    x-addon: vanilla
    name: Escalation
    type: cmdEscalation
  report:
    x-addon: vanilla
    name: Report
    type: report
  userNote:
    x-addon: warnings2
    name: User Note
    type: userNote
x-aliases:
  AssetOut:
    type:
      description: The type of the asset.
      type: string
    url:
      type: string
      description: Absolute URL of the asset.
    content-type:
      description: The content-type of the asset.
      type: string
      example: application/json
  StringAssetOut:
    type:
      description: The type of the asset.
      type: string
    url:
      type: string
      description: Absolute URL of the asset.
    content-type:
      description: The content-type of the asset.
      type: string
      example: application/json
    data:
      type: string
      description: Contents of the asset. May require an expand parameter to retreive.
    '200':
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            description: Contents of an asset.
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                description: The type of the asset.
                type: string
                example: html
                enum:
                - html
                - css
                - js
              data:
                type: string
                example: <header>Hello Footer<footer />
                description: Contents of the asset. May require an expand parameter to retreive.
              content-type:
                description: The content-type of the asset.
                type: string
                example: text/html
              url:
                type: string
                description: Absolute URL of the resource.
                example: https://site.com/api/v2/themes/:themeID/assets/:assetName.ext?v=faasdf42d
      description: Success
  ThemeSlug:
    description: Unique theme slug.
    in: path
    name: themeID
    required: true
    schema:
      type: string
  AssetNotFound:
    description: JavaScript could not be found.
    content:
      application/json:
        schema:
          type: object
          properties:
            description:
              description: Verbose description of the error.
              type:
              - string
              - 'null'
            message:
              description: Short description of the error.
              type: string
            status:
              description: Status code of the error response.
              type: integer
          required:
          - description
          - message
          - status
  ThemeIDParam:
    description: Unique themeID.
    in: path
    name: themeID
    required: true
    schema:
      type: integer
  StringAssetIn:
    description: An asset to be inserted.
    type: object
    properties:
      type:
        description: The type of the asset.
        type: string
        example: html
        enum:
        - html
        - css
        - js
      data:
        type: string
        example: <header>Hello Footer<footer />
        description: Contents of the asset. May require an expand parameter to retreive.
  JsonAssetIn:
    description: An asset to be inserted.
    type: object
    properties:
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        type: string
        example: json
      data:
        type: object
        description: JSON content of the asset.
        example:
          global:
            mainColors:
              primary: '#5cc530'
  JsonAssetOut:
    '200':
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                type: string
                example: json
              data:
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                description: JSON content of the asset.
                example:
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              content-type:
                description: The content-type of the asset.
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                example: application/json
              url:
                type: string
                description: Absolute URL of the resource.
                example: https://site.com/api/v2/themes/:themeID/assets/:assetName.ext?v=faasdf42d
      description: Success
  DeleteAsset:
    parameters:
    - description: Unique themeID.
      in: path
      name: themeID
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    responses:
      '204':
        description: Success
    tags:
    - Theme Assets
    summary: Delete theme asset.
  StringPutAsset:
    parameters:
    - description: Unique themeID.
      in: path
      name: themeID
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    requestBody:
      required: true
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            description: An asset to be inserted.
            type: object
            properties:
              type:
                description: The type of the asset.
                type: string
                example: html
                enum:
                - html
                - css
                - js
              data:
                type: string
                example: <header>Hello Footer<footer />
                description: Contents of the asset. May require an expand parameter to retreive.
    responses:
      '200':
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              description: Contents of an asset.
              type: object
              properties:
                type:
                  description: The type of the asset.
                  type: string
                  example: html
                  enum:
                  - html
                  - css
                  - js
                data:
                  type: string
                  example: <header>Hello Footer<footer />
                  description: Contents of the asset. May require an expand parameter to retreive.
                content-type:
                  description: The content-type of the asset.
                  type: string
                  example: text/html
                url:
                  type: string
                  description: Absolute URL of the resource.
                  example: https://site.com/api/v2/themes/:themeID/assets/:assetName.ext?v=faasdf42d
        description: Success
    tags:
    - Theme Assets
    summary: Set theme asset or replace if already exists.
  HtmlPutAssetContentType:
    parameters:
    - description: Unique themeID.
      in: path
      name: themeID
      required: true
      schema:
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    requestBody:
      required: true
      content:
        text/html:
          schema:
            type: string
            description: HTML contents.
            example: <div>Hello HTML Asset!</div>
    responses:
      '200':
        content:
          text/html:
            schema:
              type: string
              description: HTML contents.
              example: <div>Hello HTML Asset!</div>
        description: Success
    tags:
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    summary: Set theme asset or replace if already exists.
  JsPutAssetContentType:
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      in: path
      name: themeID
      required: true
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    requestBody:
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              description: HTML contents.
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        description: Success
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      in: path
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      required: true
      schema:
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    requestBody:
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        description: Success
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    parameters:
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      in: path
      name: themeID
      required: true
      schema:
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    requestBody:
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      content:
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          schema:
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                example: json
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        content:
          application/json:
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                  example: application/json
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        description: Success
    tags:
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      name: themeID
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    requestBody:
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    tags:
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