Stars

• Star a Post
• Unstar a Post
• Retrieve Posts starred by a User

Star a Post

Save a given Post to the current User’s stars. This is just a “save” action, not a sharing action. A User’s stars are visible to others, but they are not automatically added to your followers’ streams.

A repost cannot be starred. Please star the parent Post.

This endpoint responds to general Post parameters.

Endpoint

Method	URL	Token	Scope
POST	https://alpha-api.app.net/stream/0/posts/{post_id}/star	User	write_post

URL Parameters

Name	Description
post_id	The id of the Post to star.

Example

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR ACCESS TOKEN>" -H "X-ADN-Pretty-JSON: 1" \
    "https://alpha-api.app.net/stream/0/posts/914440/star"

{
  "data": {
    "canonical_url": "https://alpha.app.net/adn/post/914440",
    "created_at": "2012-10-11T19:48:40Z",
    "entities": {
      "hashtags": [
        {
          "len": 8,
          "name": "adnhack",
          "pos": 90
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        {
          "len": 29,
          "pos": 100,
          "text": "http://appnet.eventbrite.com/",
          "url": "http://appnet.eventbrite.com/"
        }
      ],
      "mentions": [

      ]
    },
    "html": "<span itemscope=\"https://app.net/schemas/Post\">If you're in San Francisco on Saturday October 20 and Sunday October 21 come to the first <span data-hashtag-name=\"adnhack\" itemprop=\"hashtag\">#adnhack</span> => <a href=\"http://appnet.eventbrite.com/\">http://appnet.eventbrite.com/</a></span>",
    "id": "914440",
    "machine_only": false,
    "num_replies": 1,
    "num_reposts": 3,
    "num_stars": 4,
    "source": {
      "client_id": "caYWDBvjwt2e9HWMm6qyKS6KcATHUkzQ",
      "link": "https://alpha.app.net",
      "name": "Alpha"
    },
    "text": "If you're in San Francisco on Saturday October 20 and Sunday October 21 come to the first #adnhack => http://appnet.eventbrite.com/",
    "thread_id": "914440",
    "user": "...user object...",
    "you_reposted": false,
    "you_starred": true
  },
  "meta": {
    "code": 200
  }
}

Unstar a Post

Remove a Star from a Post.

This endpoint responds to general Post parameters.

Endpoint

Method	URL	Token	Scope
DELETE	https://alpha-api.app.net/stream/0/posts/{post_id}/star	User	write_post

URL Parameters

Name	Description
post_id	The id of the Post to unstar.

Example

curl -X DELETE -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR ACCESS TOKEN>" -H "X-ADN-Pretty-JSON: 1" \
    "https://alpha-api.app.net/stream/0/posts/914440/star"

{
  "data": {
    "canonical_url": "https://alpha.app.net/adn/post/914440",
    "created_at": "2012-10-11T19:48:40Z",
    "entities": {
      "hashtags": [
        {
          "len": 8,
          "name": "adnhack",
          "pos": 90
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        {
          "len": 29,
          "pos": 100,
          "text": "http://appnet.eventbrite.com/",
          "url": "http://appnet.eventbrite.com/"
        }
      ],
      "mentions": [

      ]
    },
    "html": "<span itemscope=\"https://app.net/schemas/Post\">If you're in San Francisco on Saturday October 20 and Sunday October 21 come to the first <span data-hashtag-name=\"adnhack\" itemprop=\"hashtag\">#adnhack</span> => <a href=\"http://appnet.eventbrite.com/\">http://appnet.eventbrite.com/</a></span>",
    "id": "914440",
    "machine_only": false,
    "num_replies": 1,
    "num_reposts": 3,
    "num_stars": 3,
    "source": {
      "client_id": "caYWDBvjwt2e9HWMm6qyKS6KcATHUkzQ",
      "link": "https://alpha.app.net",
      "name": "Alpha"
    },
    "text": "If you're in San Francisco on Saturday October 20 and Sunday October 21 come to the first #adnhack => http://appnet.eventbrite.com/",
    "thread_id": "914440",
    "user": "...user object...",
    "you_reposted": false,
    "you_starred": false
  },
  "meta": {
    "code": 200
  }
}

Retrieve Posts starred by a User

Get the most recent Posts starred by a specific User in reverse post order. Stars are a way for Users to save posts without rebroadcasting the Post to their followers.

This endpoint responds to general Post parameters.

Responses from this endpoint are paginated.

Endpoint

Method	URL	Token
GET	https://alpha-api.app.net/stream/0/users/{user_id}/stars	None

URL Parameters

Name	Description
user_id	The user id. If the user id is me the current authenticated user will be used. You can also specify @username as a user_id.

See General Parameters for optional parameters you can use with this query.

Example

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR ACCESS TOKEN>" -H "X-ADN-Pretty-JSON: 1" \
    "https://alpha-api.app.net/stream/0/users/1558/stars"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "canonical_url": "https://alpha.app.net/adn/post/914440",
      "created_at": "2012-10-11T19:48:40Z",
      "entities": {
        "hashtags": [
          {
            "len": 8,
            "name": "adnhack",
            "pos": 90
          }
        ],
        "links": [
          {
            "len": 29,
            "pos": 100,
            "text": "http://appnet.eventbrite.com/",
            "url": "http://appnet.eventbrite.com/"
          }
        ],
        "mentions": [

        ]
      },
      "html": "<span itemscope=\"https://app.net/schemas/Post\">If you're in San Francisco on Saturday October 20 and Sunday October 21 come to the first <span data-hashtag-name=\"adnhack\" itemprop=\"hashtag\">#adnhack</span> => <a href=\"http://appnet.eventbrite.com/\">http://appnet.eventbrite.com/</a></span>",
      "id": "914440",
      "machine_only": false,
      "num_replies": 1,
      "num_reposts": 3,
      "num_stars": 4,
      "source": {
        "client_id": "caYWDBvjwt2e9HWMm6qyKS6KcATHUkzQ",
        "link": "https://alpha.app.net",
        "name": "Alpha"
      },
      "text": "If you're in San Francisco on Saturday October 20 and Sunday October 21 come to the first #adnhack => http://appnet.eventbrite.com/",
      "thread_id": "914440",
      "user": "...user object...",
      "you_reposted": false,
      "you_starred": true,
      "pagination_id": "914440"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "code": 200,
    "more": false,
    "min_id": "914440",
    "max_id": "914440"
  }
}