In EthosCE most content is a node. This includes, but is not limited to, site pages, series, sessions and courses. All web service calls to create these pieces of content go to though the node endpoint. Additionally, all fields, including custom fields, can be sent via web service, in creation and update calls. The following structure applies to any course type in the system, with the appropriate changes to field names.
The course type may be updated by changing the type value, seen on line 16.
| Internal Value | |
|---|---|
| Course | course |
| Session | group_event_series_event |
NOTE: When creating or updating an entity
An additional token is required for security, and must be passed in an X-CSRF-Token HTTP header. In the example below, the system is queried for this token on lines 2-7, and it is applied to the call on line 28.
For any call, you must specify the format being posted in a Content-Type HTTP header, either "application/json" or "text/xml".
Most content types in Ethos use the body field for the main content, except Courses, which use the field_course_summary field, referenced below.
Creating a course
The PHP/Curl script below creates a course with the following details:
A live event, on Aug 20 2018, from 9am to 5pm EST, open from Aug 20 2017 to Aug 20 2018.
The course awards 2 credit types, 1.00 Attendance credit, and 1.00 - 5.50 variable AMA credits, in .25 increments.
It includes information on the venue, it's location, website, phone number, and travel information.
The SKU number is DLC_1234, and the price is $100.
After creating the course (line 86) we record the new nid sent by the system (line 99), and use it to assign the 2 credit types.
<?php
$domain = 'your-domain.com';
$userpass = 'restws_webservice:restws_webservice';
$curl = curl_init('http://' . $domain . '/restws/session/token');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $userpass); // Your web service user credentials goes here.
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
$token = curl_exec($curl);
// The token looks like "q71OBx05wtECfjA0KmXf6wiktewrywNhkMZv-OcfyOA%"
print_r($token);
// Build a course to send, in JSON. The fields and allowed values are available on the full documentation site.
$course = array(
// A single line textbox
'title' => 'My Course',
'type' => 'course',
// A multi-line text area field
'field_course_summary' => array(
'value' => 'A <b>summary</b> of the course',
'format' => 'full_html'
),
// It is best practice is to assign the Web Service user id as author
'author' => 1,
// Status (published): A single select checkbox. Either 1 or 0
'status' => 1,
'field_course_date' => array(
'value' => '2017-08-20T13:00:00',
'value2' => '2018-08-20T21:00:00',
),
'field_course_event_date' => array(
'value' => '2018-08-20T13:00:00',
'value2' => '2018-08-20T21:00:00',
),
'sell_price' => 100.00,
'model' => 'DLC_1234',
'field_learning_objectives' => array(
'value' => '<p>Objectives for learning.</p>',
'format' => 'full_html'
),
'field_hotel_travel' => array(
'value' => '<p>Attendees will have a block of rooms available at <b>The Double Tree</b></p>',
'format' => 'full_html'
),
'field_hotel_information' => array(
'value' => '<p>Please call the front desk for rates.</p>',
'format' => 'full_html'
),
"field_hotel_link" => array(
"title" => "Venue Website",
"url" => "doubletree3.hilton.com",
),
'field_venue_phone' => array(
'number' => '2158931600',
'country_code' => 'us' // Link to list
),
"field_course_location" => array(
"name" => "Double Tree Philadelphia",
"street" => "237 S Broad Street",
"additional" => "",
"city" => "Philadelphia",
"province" => "PA",
"postal_code" => "19107",
"country" => "us",
),
// The 'Live' checkbox, under Course settings must be checked for live events
"field_course_live" => 1,
// Course Cagetory is field containing a list of taxonomy terms. The id values entered here are the integer term ids
"field_course_category" => array(
array('id' => 50),
array('id' => 60),
),
"field_course_format" => array(
array('id' => 10),
array('id' => 20),
),
);
$json = json_encode($course);
$curl = curl_init('http://' . $domain . '/node.json');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $userpass); //Your credentials go here
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $json);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("X-CSRF-Token: $token", "Content-Type: application/json"));
// Send the course creation request
$http_return = curl_exec($curl);
$response = json_decode($http_return);
print_r($response);
/*
An example response, returned in JSON:
(
[uri] => http://76.localhost/node/408
[id] => 408
[resource] => node
[uuid] => f88adca4-8332-459c-873f-1bad3724b13e
)
*/
// Get the nid to send credit information
$nid = $response->id;
// Add Credit
$curl = curl_init('http://' . $domain . '/course_credit.json');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $userpass); //Your credentials go here
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("X-CSRF-Token: $token", "Content-Type: application/json"));
// Enable Attendance
$credit_attendance = array(
'nid' => $nid,
'active' => 1,
'type' => 'attendance',
"increments" => 0,
"min" => 0,
"max" => 1,
"enable_variable_credit" => 0,
);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($credit_attendance));
$http_return = curl_exec($curl);
$response = json_decode($http_return);
print_r($response);
// Enable AMA
$credit_ama = array(
'nid' => $nid,
'active' => 1,
'type' => 'ama',
"increments" => 0.25,
"min" => 1.,
"max" => 5.5,
"enable_variable_credit" => 1,
);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($credit_ama));
$http_return = curl_exec($curl);
$response = json_decode($http_return);
print_r($response);
Updating a course's title.
When updating any content, the payload sent is trimmed down to only the fields being updated. To update the course created in the previous section, we use the URI sent, http://your-domain.com/node/33.
<?php
$curl = curl_init('http://your-domain.com/restws/session/token');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "admin:webservicepw"); //Your credentials go here
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'POST');
$token = curl_exec($curl);
print "Received token: " . $token . "\n";
// Token looks like "q71OBx05wtECfjA0KmXf6wiktewrywNhkMZv-OcfyOA%"
// Build a course
// The fields and allowed values are available on the full documentation site.
$course = array(
'title' => 'my updated course',
);
$json = json_encode($course);
$curl = curl_init('http://your-domain.com/node/33');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "admin:webservicepw"); //Your credentials go here
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'PUT');
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $json);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array("X-CSRF-Token: $token", "Content-Type: application/json"));
$response = curl_exec($curl);
print $response;