Database.com Chatter REST API Developer's Guide - Salesforce.com

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Chatter API.........................................................................................................................................1
Chapter 1: Introducing Chatter REST API..................................................................................1
Deciding When to Use Chatter API.............................................................................................................................2
Understanding Chatter API Resources.........................................................................................................................2
Building the Chatter API Resource URL.........................................................................................................7
Using Chatter API Inputs.................................................................................................................................8
Using Wildcards..............................................................................................................................................12
Send HTTP Requests with cURL..............................................................................................................................13
Understanding OAuth and Chatter API.....................................................................................................................13
Understanding the Web Server OAuth Authentication Flow.........................................................................15
Understanding the User-Agent OAuth Authentication Flow.........................................................................19
Using Tokens...................................................................................................................................................21
Requesting Static Assets and Posting Forms Directly from HTML...............................................................22
Chapter 2: Quick Start...............................................................................................................24
Prerequisites.................................................................................................................................................................25
Step One: Set Up Authorization.................................................................................................................................25
Step Two: Connect to Chatter API Using OAuth.....................................................................................................26
Chapter 3: Chatter API: How do I. . ..........................................................................................28
Chapter 4: Chatter API Resources..............................................................................................40
Chatter API Resources Relationships.........................................................................................................................44
Bookmarks Resources..................................................................................................................................................47
Chatter Resource.........................................................................................................................................................52
Comments Resources..................................................................................................................................................53
Company Feed Resources............................................................................................................................................56
Connect Resources......................................................................................................................................................58
Favorites Feed Resources.............................................................................................................................................60
Feeds Resource............................................................................................................................................................65
Feed-Items Resources..................................................................................................................................................67
Feed-Items Query............................................................................................................................................68
Feed-Items, Specific Feed Item.......................................................................................................................69
Feed-Items Comments....................................................................................................................................73
Feed-Items Likes.............................................................................................................................................77
Feed-Items Polls..............................................................................................................................................78
Files Resources............................................................................................................................................................79
Files Feed Resources....................................................................................................................................................86
Filter Feed Resources..................................................................................................................................................90
Groups Feed Resources...............................................................................................................................................94
Group-Memberships Resources..................................................................................................................................97
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