Get Communities from a Topic

This endpoint retrieves the list of communities from a specific topic using the topic identifier and pagination filters.

Get Communities by Topic ID

GET https://api.whisk.com/community/v2/by_topic/{topic_id}

You can append the following path and query parameters to the base URL to pull communities from a particular topic:

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
topic_id	string	The topic identifier.

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Description
paging.limit	string	The maximum number of communities to retrieve from the topic.
paging.cursors.after	string	This parameter is used for cursor-based pagination. It takes a community ID as its value and retrieves only those communities that appear after it in the database.
paging.cursors.before	string	This parameter is used for cursor-based pagination. It takes a community ID as its value and retrieves only those communities that appear before it in the database
fields	array	Any additional community details to retrieve. You can choose one or more of these supported values: - COMMUNITY_FIELD_DESCRIPTION - COMMUNITY_FIELD_TOPICS - COMMUNITY_FIELD_SOCIAL_SETTINGS - COMMUNITY_FIELD_PERMISSIONS - COMMUNITY_FIELD_MEMBERS_COUNT - COMMUNITY_FIELD_RECIPES_COUNT - COMMUNITY_FIELD_SPONSORED Note: For performance reasons, we recommend using this parameter only when required.

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Authentication	string	User token to authorize the API usage. For more information, see Authentication.

200 This is how a successful response looks.

{
  "topic": {
    "id": "string",
    "display_name": "string"
  },
  "communities": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "image": {
        "url": "string",
        "width": 0,
        "height": 0,
        "selection": {
          "x": 0,
          "y": 0,
          "width": 0,
          "height": 0
        }
      },
      "description": "string",
      "topics": [
        {
          "id": "string",
          "display_name": "string"
        }
      ],
      "social_settings": {
        "website_url": "string",
        "instagram_username": "string",
        "youtube_channel_url": "string",
        "tiktok_username": "string"
      },
      "permissions": {
        "role": "COMMUNITY_ROLE_INVALID",
        "mode": "COMMUNITY_CONTRIBUTION_PERMISSION_MODE_INVALID",
        "visibility": "COMMUNITY_VISIBILITY_INVALID"
      },
      "members": {
        "count": 0
      },
      "recipes": {
        "count": 0
      },
      "is_sponsored": true
    }
  ],
  "paging": {
    "cursors": {
      "after": "string",
      "before": "string"
    },
    "total": "string"
  }
}

400 This failed response appears when error codes are found in the endpoint query.

401 This failed response appears due to API authentication failure. The possible error codes that may appear are: auth.tokenNotFound , auth.tokenExpired, auth.tokenInvalid, auth.tokenRequired.

500 This failed response appears when something is not right on Whisk's end. Please send a message to [email protected], and be sure to include both the Request and Response data. We’ll get back to you soon.

Sample Request and Response

Curl Request

curl -X GET "https://api.whisk.com/community/v2/by_topic/914d167bb1754adbbcd1f085cdcc4f6c?paging.limit=2&fields=COMMUNITY_FIELD_DESCRIPTION&fields=COMMUNITY_FIELD_TOPICS&fields=COMMUNITY_FIELD_SOCIAL_SETTINGS&fields=COMMUNITY_FIELD_PERMISSIONS&fields=COMMUNITY_FIELD_MEMBERS_COUNT&fields=COMMUNITY_FIELD_RECIPES_COUNT&fields=COMMUNITY_FIELD_SPONSORED"
    -H "Accept: application/json"
    -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-API-ACCESS-KEY>"

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Response