How to activate or deactivate through the url-based API

[Joost Broekens]

Hi,

When I use:

curl -X PUT -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Authorization: Basic MYAUTH" -d "{\"multiple_choice_poll\": {\"permalink\":\"Et84s3M4Q3V9aFJ\",\"state\":\"opened\",\"current\":\"true\"}}" "https://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/Et84s3M4Q3V9aFJ"

(note: MYAUTH) is of course ok.

the poll status flag *current* never changes to true (nor to false for that matter).

When I do this through the webinterface it works.

Other changes (such as opened/closed) work fine, so there is no authentication or connection issue.

Is this disabled through the API?

Joost.

[Michael Foley]

Joost,

Activating/deactivating polls requires a separate URL. From our internal API documentation:

PUT /api/activation

Required params

  `type`

    String that represents the type of activity.

    Currently supported: "poll", "survey".

  `uid`

    Unique identifier String

Returns 400 if the `type` is invalid.

Returns 404 if you are not permitted to activate the Activity, or if the activity does not have an owner.

Returns 204 if activation was successful, even if it was a no-op.

For an example, I recommend using your browser's web inspector while manually activating a poll.

Mike

Poll Everywhere Engineering

[Joost Broekens]

Thannks a lot Mike.

It seems to work fine.

J.