5 Replies Latest reply on Apr 27, 2016 10:57 PM by bharatpec

Set Author on Document Creation

mroldanvega Jun 25, 2015 4:15 AM

We want to add content from our internal intranet into our Jive Community via API. However, document must first be approved by moderator of the intranet and then he's the one who decides which content will be pushed to Jive. However, since he's pushing the content (and therefore authenticated into Jive), he's the one showing up as the author of the documents. Is there a way to change/set the author of a document on creation?

The API documentation shows it as a read-only field, so are there any alternatives? I'm curious to know if anyone else has had a similar challenge. FYI - we're using Oauth 2 for authentication.

Re: Set Author on Document Creation

nilsheuer Jun 25, 2015 12:34 PM (in response to mroldanvega)

Hi Manuel!

Jive offers the run-as option that will allow you to post content under a different username (and also change the date posted if needed). It is documented here Core V3 API - Run-As Feature & Signed Add-Ons

There are some security restrictions that you need to be aware of, but besides that it works as advertised on current Jive versions
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- Re: Set Author on Document Creation
  
  kim.nelson Mar 25, 2016 10:02 AM (in response to nilsheuer)
  
  Does that allow us the option to change the author using the api?
  
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    fredrikolsson Apr 27, 2016 1:51 PM (in response to kim.nelson)
    
    HI
    
    maybe the document manager for jive will help solving your problem:
    
    Registration
    
    Thx
    fredrik
    
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Re: Set Author on Document Creation

jlevi Apr 27, 2016 2:27 PM (in response to mroldanvega)

See also Author Change Add-On FAQ.
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Re: Set Author on Document Creation

bharatpec Apr 27, 2016 10:57 PM (in response to mroldanvega)

Create a JSON object you want to post to JIVE. It would look something like this:

var contentObject = JSON.stringify({
     "content": {
         "type": "text/html",
         "text": "A new discussion."
     },
     "type": "discussion",
     "subject": name,
     "parent": reqUrl + '/api/core/v3/places/' + SpaceId,
     "users": [{
          "id": req.headers['jive-user-id'],    //Logged in user ID
          "emails": [{
               "value": req.headers['jive-user-email'],     ////Logged in user Email address
               "jive_label": "Email"
          }]
     }],
});

You can specify Jive user as a specified id and Email. Try applying this and let me know if it helped you.

Bharat.

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