Content - Web Service Data Structures
Most course content in EthosCE is a node. Any calls to create or update content, such as a page, course, session, or even series goes through the node endpoint.
The type field indicates which content type you're creating. Additionally, all fields, including core and custom, may be included in creation and update calls, or referenced via filters when querying. See the examples found under Web Services, for more detailed instructions on common calls.
Supported content type keys:
book | external_credit | page |
course | group_event_series (Series) | product |
course_imported | group_event_series_event (Sessions) | quiz |
course_page | learning_group | slide |
discussion | link_to_file | webform |
enrollment_group | news | webform_template |
The example structures below detail creating a page and a course. See Creating and updating a course via web service, for more information.
Page node
Node (node)
// Page
var page = {
"title" : "My Page",
"type" : "page",
"body" : {
"value" : "This is the <b>body field</b>.", // Basic HTML structure is supported
"format" : "filtered_html" // Text format is required
},
"author" : 1, // Author's UID
"status" : 1, // Published
};Course node
Node (node)
var course = {
"title" : "My New Course",
"type" : "course",
// Note the usage of the course specific body field, field_course_summary
"field_course_summary" : {
"value" : "This is the summary. <b>This is bold</b>.", // Basic HTML structure is supported
"format" : "filtered_html" // Text format is required
},
"field_course_date" : {
"value" : "1462352400", // The course opening date. In Epoch format
"value2" : "1462352400", // The course expiration date In Epoch format
},
"model" : "SKU_1234",
"author" : 1, // Author's UID
"status" : 1, // Published
};Course endpoint
The course endpoint references the internal course object, associated to the course node. These are two separate data sets. Upon creation of a course node, the system automatically creates the course object, which stores course specific information pulled from the node, including outline type, external ID, and enrollment type. Creating or updating course object information via web service is not supported, however, this information is accessible via GET calls.
See Finding a course by external ID via web service, for more information on GET calls to the course endpoint.