RebelMouse Private API Authors API

Authors API

The author API supports creating users that could be used to create drafts.

Creating authors

Creates an author and sets its role as guest editor.

POST /api/1.1/authors

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
first_name	String	First name - Required
last_name	String	Last name - Required
email	String	User email - Required
password	String	User password - Required
about_html	String	User biography - Optional
image_id	Integer	ID of the uploaded image - Optional

Note

• image_id can be found as id in Image API response when uploading or editing images.

Response

{
    "id": <id>,
    "name": "paulberry",
    "displayname": "Paul Berry",
    "about_html": "This is me",
    "bio": "",
    "photo": "https://<domain>/res/avatars/default",
    "fb_id": null,
    "profile_url": "https://<domain>/community/paulberry/"
}

List authors

Fetches authors information ordered by ID in descending order.

POST /api/1.3/authors/search

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
offset	String	Offset -- Optional
limit	String	Limit -- Optional, defaults to 10, maximum value is 30

Response

[
    {
        "id": <id>,
        "name": "paulberry",
        "displayname": "Paul Berry",
        "about_html": "This is me",
        "bio": "",
        "photo": "https://<domain>/res/avatars/default",
        "fb_id": null,
        "profile_url": "https://<domain>/community/paulberry/",
        "specific_data": []
    }
]

Search authors by email

Fetches authors information by email addresses.

POST /api/1.3/authors/email

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
emails	String	Required -- Multiple emails can be received with a comma-separated string