Filter Activity Stories from rest Endpoint

The filters are added as dynamic parameters, each taking the format _Filters_{ActivityStoryTypeId} and set to a comma-separated value for the filter options of: User, All, Followed. For example, to include all blog posts and forum threads, the GET parameters would be:

_Filters_948477cb-045b-4077-8bf1-7ce1a091db11=All&_Filters_0a680cf3-f196-48c5-92db-df8cebe3fe92=All

To get a list of all available story types in your community, you can run the following script in the Script Sandbox in Widget Studio: 

<ul>
#foreach($t in $core_v2_activityStory.ListActivityStoryTypes())
    <li>$t.ActivityStoryTypeId: $t.Name</li>
#end
</ul>

On a default installation, this would provide the IDs:

• 919abea5-6ce6-4b34-a6a6-baf8b392af90: Achievement
• 0f7404b7-d8f2-4a1b-97c9-175af1be4570: External Messages
• ecf7e9ef-76f0-447c-9b25-2a531c7bb651: Friendship
• a23334fb-669a-421d-85e9-1945a7b80581: Groups
• 14656a25-9a03-4311-b8e3-46cef57ac02b: Join Group
• 276a9e51-2839-4ae9-8291-e3f24b49cbc4: Status Messages
• e9dd0cb7-adf7-4518-b096-1b00f3f51246: Profile Avatar
• 3d10e9df-357b-4203-8f7d-3bf15f60fd61: Join Community
• aba4d846-14b9-464f-8318-793d8a963fe1: Article
• 948477cb-045b-4077-8bf1-7ce1a091db11: Blog Posts
• 44a697e2-d1b3-48f6-9519-45cfa2bfc4fd: Blog
• a481f65a-7c74-4bde-a8da-44f562aaed91: Calendars
• 4938dae8-d688-4410-9d8f-82421f8ee2be: Calendar Events
• acf00be6-5717-4a25-a17d-e2036c694444: Forums
• 0a680cf3-f196-48c5-92db-df8cebe3fe92: Forum Threads
• f0192462-ea3f-4eef-9a4d-4e896c049aac: Idea Activity
• 7274e046-a373-482f-837c-ee44ac4c54e5: Ideation Activity
• edebd6ad-a45a-470f-89e6-3dfc31714bd6: Galleries
• 333cc77c-0196-44c5-aefa-6e35a0011ee8: Files
• cf26068c-f664-4050-bf69-f1d5c3e7eb1a: Wiki Pages
• 432f675c-15bb-429c-98a9-9e99d539587b: Wikis

The filters are added as dynamic parameters, each taking the format _Filters_{ActivityStoryTypeId} and set to a comma-separated value for the filter options of: User, All, Followed. For example, to include all blog posts and forum threads, the GET parameters would be:

_Filters_948477cb-045b-4077-8bf1-7ce1a091db11=All&_Filters_0a680cf3-f196-48c5-92db-df8cebe3fe92=All

To get a list of all available story types in your community, you can run the following script in the Script Sandbox in Widget Studio: 

<ul>
#foreach($t in $core_v2_activityStory.ListActivityStoryTypes())
    <li>$t.ActivityStoryTypeId: $t.Name</li>
#end
</ul>

On a default installation, this would provide the IDs:

• 919abea5-6ce6-4b34-a6a6-baf8b392af90: Achievement
• 0f7404b7-d8f2-4a1b-97c9-175af1be4570: External Messages
• ecf7e9ef-76f0-447c-9b25-2a531c7bb651: Friendship
• a23334fb-669a-421d-85e9-1945a7b80581: Groups
• 14656a25-9a03-4311-b8e3-46cef57ac02b: Join Group
• 276a9e51-2839-4ae9-8291-e3f24b49cbc4: Status Messages
• e9dd0cb7-adf7-4518-b096-1b00f3f51246: Profile Avatar
• 3d10e9df-357b-4203-8f7d-3bf15f60fd61: Join Community
• aba4d846-14b9-464f-8318-793d8a963fe1: Article
• 948477cb-045b-4077-8bf1-7ce1a091db11: Blog Posts
• 44a697e2-d1b3-48f6-9519-45cfa2bfc4fd: Blog
• a481f65a-7c74-4bde-a8da-44f562aaed91: Calendars
• 4938dae8-d688-4410-9d8f-82421f8ee2be: Calendar Events
• acf00be6-5717-4a25-a17d-e2036c694444: Forums
• 0a680cf3-f196-48c5-92db-df8cebe3fe92: Forum Threads
• f0192462-ea3f-4eef-9a4d-4e896c049aac: Idea Activity
• 7274e046-a373-482f-837c-ee44ac4c54e5: Ideation Activity
• edebd6ad-a45a-470f-89e6-3dfc31714bd6: Galleries
• 333cc77c-0196-44c5-aefa-6e35a0011ee8: Files
• cf26068c-f664-4050-bf69-f1d5c3e7eb1a: Wiki Pages
• 432f675c-15bb-429c-98a9-9e99d539587b: Wikis

Hello Ben,

I am trying to apply the filter parameter using postman but getting casting error, Please see the following error,

Error: System.InvalidCastException: Invalid cast from 'System.String' to 'Telligent.Evolution.Rest.Entities.RestActivityStoryFilters'.

Url: mycommunity.com/.../stories.json

Post Man Request:

Can you please help me which is the right way to apply filter?.

mycommunity.com/api.ashx/v2/stories.json?PageIndex=1&PageSize=20&Filters=_Filters_948477cb-045b-4077-8bf1-7ce1a091db11=All&_Filters_4938dae8-d688-4410-9d8f-82421f8ee2be=All&_Filters_0a680cf3-f196-48c5-92db-df8cebe3fe92=All&_Filters_f0192462-ea3f-4eef-9a4d-4e896c049aac=All&_Filters_cf26068c-f664-4050-bf69-f1d5c3e7eb1a=All%27

The bolded part "Filters=" is not needed. each Filter is parsed as a separate parameter and aggregated internally.

Perfect Result !

Thanks a lot Steven,