POST /api/forum/post/new

Requires: OAuth 2.0

Submit a forum post for a user. This writes user data that can be fetched with /api/forum. Users can post a text with description or a link with a title. Both types can have flair and link to any number of games.

Example

Here's an example of posting on the forum with a question. This call requires a valid access_token to authorize the call for the user. You can see how to get one here.

POSThttps://api.boardgameatlas.com/api/forum/post/new?client_id=

headers: {
      Authorization: Bearer 57074b78b1282526107158f16sl3b253faf4dc05
}
body: {
      "post_title": "Which Century is Better?",
      "post_description": "I like the game Century and want to buy either Golem Edition or Spice Road.",
      "game_list": "E35EBpxuDX,Kv7jwuCexB"
}

Response

 {
   "post": {
   "id": "8WLHRn9jFL",
   "title": "Which Century is Better?",
   "description": "I like the game Century and want to ...",
   "user": {
      "id": "bH8m8z3abA",
      "username": "trentellingsen",
      "imageUrl": "https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/5cc.images/profile/uploaded/1547854956853"
   },
   "num_likes": 0,
   "num_comments": 0,
   "created_at": "2019-02-13T21:15:51.021Z",
   "created_at_ago": "just now",
   "game_names": "Century: Spice Road, Century: Golem Edition",
   "score": 0,
   "is_reported": false,
   "site_name": "",
   "games": [....],
   "image_url": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51tjV3rKyRL.jpg"
   }
}

Parameters

These are all the posible parameters to add to the POST body to make a forum post for a user.