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Re: direct_add support for sub-groups
#api
Srikanth Hanagud
Hi Mark, Thank you for the response. I tested that and it seems to work as expected. Thanks and Regards Sri
On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 9:39 PM Mark Fletcher <markf@corp.groups.io> wrote:
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Re: direct_add support for sub-groups
#api
Hello, On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 10:16 AM Srikanth Hanagud <shanagud@...> wrote: It looks like we currently have a way to direct add members to subgroups but only if the user is not already in the main group. We can use the subgroupIDs to pass the sub-groups the member should be added to. You can use that API endpoint to add people to subgroups when they already are members of the main group. You'll get an error telling you that the person is a member of the main group, but you can ignore it. Hope this helps. Mark
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direct_add support for sub-groups
#api
Srikanth Hanagud
It looks like we currently have a way to direct add members to subgroups but only if the user is not already in the main group. We can use the subgroupIDs to pass the sub-groups the member should be added to.
However, we’d like to be able to direct add to subgroups after a user has been added to the main group and there is no way to do this right now. If we try using direct add when the member is already added to the main group, we get a direct_add_existing error.
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Re: Planning to start a groups.io group - question about API access
On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 07:55 PM, Monica wrote:
Yes, it may be we don’t need the API if these are already built in.It sounds like your first stop should be https://groups.io/helpcenter/ownersmanual and https://groups.io/helpcenter/gettingstarted After giving those a good going over, I'd create a group, opting for the Premium trial to test as many things as possible, then grab some 'volunteers' to help figure it out. At some point, you'll also need to read https://groups.io/helpcenter/membersmanual to see what members can and cannot do. Many of us create a second, non-mod/owner account to use when members have questions, so we can give them step-by-step help. Duane
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Re: Planning to start a groups.io group - question about API access
Monica
RMIT Classification: Trusted
Thanks a lot, Duane. It is helpful to know about the “Allow members to download archive” and “export group data” options. Yes, it may be we don’t need the API if these are already built in. (I did go first to https://groups.io/api but didn’t find what I was looking for!)
Cheers Monica
From: api@beta.groups.io <api@beta.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Duane via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, 17 September 2020 10:52 AM To: api@beta.groups.io Subject: Re: [api] Planning to start a groups.io group - question about API access
On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 07:38 PM, Monica wrote:
Yes, but I don't think you really need to use the API, especially for regular members. There's a setting within the group that you can use to "Allow Members To Download Archive." Owners (and moderators with permission) can export everything related to the group using the "Export Group Data" button on the settings page. There's not a setting to limit what each member has access to.
You, or the person responsible for setting it up, should take a look at the documentation ,
https://groups.io/api
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Re: Planning to start a groups.io group - question about API access
On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 07:38 PM, Monica wrote:
Yes, but I don't think you really need to use the API, especially for regular members. There's a setting within the group that you can use to "Allow Members To Download Archive." Owners (and moderators with permission) can export everything related to the group using the "Export Group Data" button on the settings page. There's not a setting to limit what each member has access to. You, or the person responsible for setting it up, should take a look at the documentation , https://groups.io/api Duane
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Re: Planning to start a groups.io group - question about API access
Monica
RMIT Classification: Trusted
Thanks Mark.
Just to confirm:
If we set the group discussion to be only visible to group members, then only group members can access this content by the API?
Apologies if this is a newbie question: What setting options are available in the software to enact visibility to a closed group? E.g. is there a setting something like ‘content access [select group members only]’
We are still deciding whether this platform is suitable for our group, and so haven’t been able to access what it looks like to be an admin and the associated group settings yet.
Thanks for your help Monica
From: api@beta.groups.io <api@beta.groups.io>
On Behalf Of Mark Fletcher via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, 17 September 2020 1:05 AM To: api@beta.groups.io Subject: Re: [api] Planning to start a groups.io group - question about API access
Hello,
On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 5:55 PM Monica <monica.barratt@...> wrote:
Access to the API follows the same permissions structure as the website. If someone can access a feature on the website, they can access it through the API. If they can't access the feature on the website, they can't access it via the API.
Hope this helps. Mark
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Re: Planning to start a groups.io group - question about API access
Hello, On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 5:55 PM Monica <monica.barratt@...> wrote:
Access to the API follows the same permissions structure as the website. If someone can access a feature on the website, they can access it through the API. If they can't access the feature on the website, they can't access it via the API. Hope this helps. Mark
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Planning to start a groups.io group - question about API access
Monica
RMIT Classification: Trusted Hi there everyone
We are looking to start a group and are checking out all the features. Having an API so we can easily download the content of the group is an excellent feature that we are excited about. However, it is important to us that only the members of the group have access to the content and to this feature.
Can someone confirm that the group members can use the API for the group content, rather than say anyone with a groups.io account?
Thanks a lot Monica
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Re: most_recent_message is always 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even that doesn't seem quite right, as the group is quite active, i.e., the last message was definitely not sent nearly 2,020 years ago :-) We need the per-member most-recent-posting data to determine who the active posters are. We want to force active members to configure a signature in their groups.io profile since we require that all messages on our community board (about 1,200 members) are signed with the name and street name of the poster, to prevent semi-anonymous postings - and people tend to forget to do this on their own. (Requiring a full name tends to discourage less-than-civil exchanges, in our experience.) The plan is to reach out to active posters to update their profile, but there's no point in annoying the vast majority of listen-only members. We're also trying to get a handle on how many active members have completed that task, to see if we need to take more aggressive measures, such as putting everyone without a signature on moderation. Longer term, we also want to enforce a three-posts-a-day limit, again to discourage back-and-forth exchanges between a few list members that tend to get more heated and discourage everyone else. This would likely work best with a webhook. Thanks for considering!
On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 12:25 AM Mark Fletcher <markf@corp.groups.io> wrote:
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Re: most_recent_message is always 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 7:34 PM Henning Schulzrinne <hgs10@...> wrote:
That field is actually supposed to be the most recent message sent to the group overall, not by the member. I admit that's not what someone would think it is, and I need to re-think that field, and if it should be in that object.
It's not currently possible to get either the most recent date a person sent a message nor how many messages they've sent via the API. Can you give me some more information? What would you like that information for? Thanks, Mark
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Re: most_recent_message is always 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
I'm looking for the API version of getting this data, not the web version, but you're indeed pointing out where this would be visible on the website, so the information must exist.
On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 11:25 PM Bob Bellizzi <cdfexec@...> wrote: You could find one message from the person and,
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Re: most_recent_message is always 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Bob Bellizzi
You could find one message from the person and,
at the end of that message towards the right side, click/tap More click/tap all messages by this person (just checked this out on this group where I am simply a member) -- Bob Bellizzi ex IBM and many others
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most_recent_message is always 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z
In getmembers, all member records, including active posters, seem to show a most_recent_message value of 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z. This also seems to be the case in 'member'. Also, is there a way to get a message count, i.e., how many messages somebody has sent? Henning
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Re: accessing the sent invitations data
Les Schaffer
Andy
Thanks for response. I tried setting items per page to 100. It works for members but not for invites In any case I am for now just using POST to https://groups.io/g/marxmail/invitations and an html parser to grab the invitation data. Works well enough. Les
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Re: accessing the sent invitations data
On Sat, Aug 1, 2020 at 12:49 PM, Les Schaffer wrote:
get all the results at once instead of 20 at a timeLes, I don't know about the API but I'm wondering if your '20 at a time' reference is due to your account preferences which may be set to show just 20 items per page? See https://groups.io/account?page=prefs to increase that limit if needed. Andy
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accessing the sent invitations data
Les Schaffer
i need to access the sent invitations data for a new group that just sent out approx 1300 invites. so the api equivalent of
https://groups.io/g/marxmail/invitations?o=20&ord=email&d=asc i see how to send invites, now i need to access the status of these invites programmatically (or at least know how to get all the results at once instead of 20 at a time). i do not see the required call in the API documentation, wondering if its not hard to add to the API. thanks Les
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Re: App updates
On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 08:36 AM, Andy Wedge wrote:
Doing a search in this group for android produces no results.I realised that this topic about the app was posted on the api group. I'll check the app group too. Andy
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Re: App updates
On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 05:15 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote:
Just a reminder that the app is continuing to be developedHi Mark, I've only seen details about an iOS version in beta testing. Any news on an Android version? Doing a search in this group for android produces no results. Regards Andy
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App updates
Hi All, Just a reminder that the app is continuing to be developed and I'd appreciate any feedback you may have about it. Push notifications now work, for example, so you can be notified on the go about developments with your group. Thanks, Mark
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