School - Content News Items - endpoint

Simon Noakes
Simon Noakes
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I noticed that the Published Date is missing from the NewsItem entity and from the Content News Items - endpoint.

This is an important piece of information for the News items so can you please let me know if PubDate will be added later.

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  • Stephen Boyle
    Stephen Boyle Blackbaud Employee
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    @Simon Noakes

    The publish and expire date/times are used to determine what news items are included in results. Note this endpoint is intended for students, parents and faculty end-users - as in the case where a student logs in to a mobile app and looks up their news items.

    There isn't a need for the developer to manage the publish and expiry behavior, since the endpoint handles that filtering inherently. All the endpoints under Content will be read-only, end-user-focused and will tend to operate this way, showing only what the logged-in user is allowed to see. If you are seeing content outside of its publish date range, that would be a bug we'd like to hear about.

    We are also working on another set of endpoints for Content Management. Those will be intended for admin users and will include ways to add and update content. They will return all content, all relevant fields and rely on the consumer to handle what to show when and to whom.

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