POST resource/exists-url

Checks whether the url exists in a resource of the community. (Searchs on the resource description)

Request Information

Headers

HTTP_AUTHORIZATION: Required. OAuth 1.0 parameters with the OAuth signature of the url you are going to request. The consumer keys and access token can be obtained from the community administration.

Sample:
        HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:
            OAuth oauth_token="CObXqjfOisVh9%2F2GjC7NNd8BCzY%3D",
            oauth_consumer_key="clGACsiGaMp%2FD%2BUwkSvRBxA1k50%3D",
            oauth_nonce="VqKza6d5x1HpPQWFe08spbdOnkTQpfaLfD9Oeuyg",
            oauth_signature_method="HMAC-SHA1",
            oauth_timestamp="1462882011",
            oauth_signature="RH5aKKKJaEvK5cIsZZzXtFh7cCk%3D"
    

Body Parameters

NameDescriptionTypeAdditional information
url

Url to check

string

Required

community_short_name

Community short name

string

Required

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:
{
  "url": "http://stackoverflow.com/",
  "community_short_name": "developers"
}

Response Information

Resource Description

DescriptionType

True if the link exists in a resource of the community

Boolean

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:
true

Response HTTP status code

On success, the response contains 200 code.

On fail, throws a WebException with code:

  • 401 Unauthorized if the OAuth signature is invalid
  • 400 Bad Request if the params are invalid
  • 500 Internal server error if something goes wrong...