Publish a Node in Moderation

You can use this API request to change a node from in moderation to published.

/services/v2/node/[nodeId]/publish.json

You can use the following parameters in your publish a node in moderation request:

Other options: wrap, v1

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Permissions & Notes:

  • You must have the Publish other's question permission under Moderation Roles in the Advanced Editor to publish any node in moderation.

    • If the node is your own, you must have the Publish questions permission under Standard Roles in the Advanced Editor.
  • We added this request in version 1.6.3.

Sample Request

A PUT publish a node in moderation request to publish a node (nodeId: 841) in moderation sent 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 PUT "https://apidocs.cloud.answerhub.com/services/v2/node/841/publish.json" -v

Expected Responses

Successful Response:

  • HTTP Status 200 - OK
{
    "success": true,
    "result": {
        "publishAction": {
            "id": 1076,
            "ip": "172.20.0.3",
            "user": {
                "id": 31,
                "username": "demo",
                "avatarUrl": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dd3a67e45fb718ed41fae9155c927ddf?d=identicon&r=PG"
            },
            "realUser": {
                "id": 108,
                "username": "admin",
                "avatarUrl": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4e955c70eeff0abe1974c9be300a8887?d=identicon&r=PG"
            },
            "actionDate": "Wed Feb 06 22:02:40 UTC 2019",
            "canceled": false,
            "extra": null,
            "private": false,
            "verb": "published",
            "node": {
                "id": 841,
                "type": "question"
            }
        }
    }
}

Error Response:
If the node is already published or if you are not explicitly granted the required permissions, it returns HTML with permission denied.

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    var logoutURL = '/users/logout.html';
    var voteUpJsonURL = '/commands/0/voteup.json';
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    var getVotesJsonUrl = '/%7Bnode%7D/getVotes.json';
    var related_questions_url = '/search.json';
    var emailCheckerURL = '/users/temporaryLogin/dupsUserEmailCheck.json';

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            cancel: "Cancel",
            close: "Close",
            edit: "Edit",
            insert: "Insert",
            upload: "Upload",
            download: "Download",
            choose: "Choose",
            deleted: "Deleted",
            ok: "Ok",
            by: "by",
            word: "word",
            words: "words",
            character: "character",
            characters: "characters",
            login: "Sign in",
            register: "Register",
            timeAgo: "{0} ago",
            timeAt: "at",
            day: "day",
            days: "days",
            hour: "hour",
            hours: "hours",
            minute: "minute",
            minutes: "minutes",
            second: "sec",
            seconds: "secs",
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            retag: "retag",
            comment: "Comment",
            comments: "Comments",
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            showNComments: "
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            hideNComments: "
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            question: "question",
            questions: "Questions",
            answer: "Answer",
            answers: "Answers",
            posts: "Posts",
            wiki: "Wiki",
            reputation: "Reputation",
            unlike: "Unlike",
            like: "Like",
            likes: "Likes",
            favourite: "Save",
            unfavourite: "Saved",
            follow: "Follow",
            unfollow: "Unfollow",
            following: "Following",
            followers: "Followers",
            awarded: "Awarded",
            completedBy: "Recently completed by",
            joined: "Joined",
            authorizedTypes: "Allowed Upload Types",
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                doUpload: "Upload",
                fileTooBig: "Your attachment must be $size or smaller.",
                invalidAttachmentType: "Your attachment must be one of: xml,gif,png,jpg,jpeg,zip,tar.gz,pdf,txt",
                invalidImageType: "Your image must be one of: gif,png,jpg,jpeg"
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