/services/v2/idea.json

The following parameters can be used in your post an idea with an existing vote count request:

Other options: wrap, v1

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Permissions & Notes:

• You must have the Submit idea permission under Custom Roles in the Advanced Editor to post an idea to a space.

• You must have the custom Publish idea permission to have the idea automatically publish.

  • If you do not have the custom Publish idea permission your idea will go into moderation.
    • This role is automatically added to the list of custom roles with the install of the ideation plugin, but it still needs to be granted to a user.

• You must have the ROLE_SET_IDEA_VOTES permission.

  • This is a role that may not be automatically created. You may create this role in the admin interface under Users & Groups > Tools > Custom Roles. The name should be ROLE_SET_IDEA_VOTES, and you choose the label.

• This request was added in version 1.6.3.5.

Sample Request

A POST post an idea with an existing vote count request for an idea ("Idea by REST API 102") with 4 votes, a body ("Body of the idea goes here"), topic ("testidea"), and space (spaceId: 11) to
https://apidocs.cloud.answerhub.com using a human-readable Username/Password (answerhub/test123) would look like this:

curl 
-u answerhub:test123 
-H "Accept: application/json" 
-H "Content-type: application/json" 
-X POST 
-d '{"title":"Idea by REST API 102","body": "Body of the idea goes here","topics":"testidea","votes":"4", "spaceId":"11"}' "https://apidocs.cloud.answerhub.com/services/v2/idea.json" -v

Expected Response

Successful Response:

• HTTP Status 201 - Created

Community User Interface Result

You will see the idea posted under "Test Space" (spaceId: 11)