Hello, I'm trying to reply to an existing post in our community as a test, topic link

I have a community that uses the invision platform

https://forum.casadodesenvolvedor.com.br

I created a test topic within it

https://forum.casadodesenvolvedor.com.br/topic/49348-api-fabiano/

I need to respond to this topic via API. I read all the documentation found in the administrator panel and created an API KEY credential, but after several attempts, most of them with "INVALID_ACCESS_TOKEN"

I was unable to respond to the topic.

I need help. Does anyone have an example or clear documentation on how to perform such communication?

I'm trying to do this via Postman, so if anyone could provide a collection that I could import, it would be very helpful.

I have already tried using routes endpoints like:

https://forum.casadodesenvolvedor.com.br/api/forums/topics/49348/posts

and

https://forum.casadodesenvolvedor.com.br/api/forums/posts/49348

I don't know if I'm using the right routes, and I'm most likely configuring the credential incorrectly.

I have also reviewed the credential permissions, which are all allowed to work with posts, topics, and forums.

How are you sending the data through the API? In JSON format, perhaps? 🤔

Post the request you're using as a starting point.

endpoint: https://forum.casadodesenvolvedor.com.br/api/forums/topics/49345/posts

{
  "author": 0,
  "author_name": "Fabiano",
  "post": "<p>teste do fabiano</p>"
}

Header:
Authorization: "ApiKey *********************"
Content-Type: application/json

It's a Bearer Token, https://apidog.com/articles/what-is-bearer-token/

with Bearer

config Api Key

I would very much advise on not using the API to programmatically alter, add, or remove data from your site, unless you are 100% sure on what you are doing there, and have fully read the documentation. You can break your site in all manner of ways by using the wrong endpoints to do the wrong things.

In the case of what you are doing here. Your issues that I can see off hand are

Authorisation

Is you are using postman, use Basic Authentication as the authorization type (you should add these in the authorization section, not the Headers section).

Body data

You also should be sending your content as form encoded, not as raw json.

Endpoint

You mention you are looking to add a post to an exiting topic. The endpoint you are using will not do that. That endpoint accepts only GET requests, and returns he posts from a given topic. You should be using the forums/posts enpoint to add new posts, which is described here

https://invisioncommunity.com/developers/rest-api?endpoint=forums/posts/POSTindex

changed from json to form, and changed the endpoint

still with the same problem

I didn't find clear documentation on how to do authentication, my basic authentication is with two factors, and I believe that this doesn't work via API, since in the platform's own admin, I create an API KEY for this specifically

You need to go through and re-read the post I did above, and correct your authorisation. Its "Basic" you need to use. You add your key into the username field (nothing in the password field)

All IPS endpoints don't accept data in a JSON format: https://invisioncommunity.com/developers/rest-api

Parameters

For all GET requests, provide parameters in the query string. For PUT and POST requests, all parameters should be sent Form URL Encoded in the body.

@Marc

It worked!!!!

Yes, thank you very much.