You can use the API to

• get all the stories that belong to a particular beneficiary.

• get all the stories your user account has access to

API Documentation

• Endpoint: GET /api/v2/stories?page=2&per_page=2

• Authentication: Requires valid authentication token

• Response format: JSON

• Query Parameters:

  • page (integer, optional): The page number for pagination (default is 1).

  • per_page (integer, optional): The number of choices per page (default is 10).

Response Attributes

• page (integer): The current page number.

• page_size (integer): The number of choices per page.

• page_count (integer): The total number of pages.

• total_count (integer): The total number of stories.

• data (array of objects): List of stories.

  • id (integer): The unique identifier for the story.

  • text (string, nullable): The text content of the story.

  • number (string): The story number.

  • approved (boolean): Indicates if the story is approved.

  • story_group (string): The story group to which the story belongs.

  • location (string, nullable): The location associated with the story.

  • project_id (integer): The identifier of the associated project.

  • charity_id (integer, nullable): The identifier of the associated charity.

  • story_category_id (integer): The identifier of the story category.

  • edited_by (integer): The user ID who edited the story.

  • user_id (integer): The user ID who created the story.

  • updated_at (string): The timestamp of the last update.

  • created_at (string): The timestamp of the creation.

  • actual_created_at (string): The actual timestamp of creation.

  • beneficiary_ids (array): An array of beneficiary IDs associated with the story.

  • custom_fields (array): An array of custom field objects.

    • id (integer): The unique identifier for the custom field.

    • name (string): The name of the custom field.

    • type (string): The type of the custom field (e.g., text).

    • value (string): The value of the custom field.

Example

GET https://makerble.com/api/v2/stories?page=22&per_page=2

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{
    "page": 22,
    "page_size": 2,
    "page_count": 5890,
    "total_count": 11779,
    "data": [
        {
            "id": 369011,
            "text": null,
            "number": "0",
            "approved": true,
            "story_group": "change_created",
            "location": null,
            "project_id": 3172,
            "charity_id": null,
            "story_category_id": 4255,
            "edited_by": 5656,
            "user_id": 5656,
            "updated_at": "2023-10-10T11:18:21.208+01:00",
            "created_at": "2023-10-10T11:18:20.000+01:00",
            "actual_created_at": "2023-10-10T11:18:20.278+01:00",
            "beneficiary_ids": [
                146776
            ],
            "custom_fields": [
                {
                    "id": 3252,
                    "name": "Interests and activities",
                    "type": "text",
                    "value": ""
                },
                {
                    "id": 3253,
                    "name": "Hopes and dreams",
                    "type": "text",
                    "value": ""
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": 369010,
            "text": "I have a Spoken to Kitt About Attending The Great Birmingham Social, on the 18th October 2023. Kitt Has said yes to attending the session.",
            "number": "0",
            "approved": true,
            "story_group": "change_created",
            "location": "",
            "project_id": 3100,
            "charity_id": null,
            "story_category_id": 4173,
            "edited_by": 6134,
            "user_id": 6134,
            "updated_at": "2023-10-10T11:18:12.558+01:00",
            "created_at": "2023-10-10T11:18:11.000+01:00",
            "actual_created_at": "2023-10-10T11:18:11.706+01:00",
            "beneficiary_ids": [
                114707
            ]
        }
    ]
}

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Example video

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What is a Story

Watch the explanation video: https://www.loom.com/share/8542bd5e2a5f4a05b676f2a27dc9a29f

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• A story record in the admin panel

  

Introduction

• Stories are the main content format on Makerble

• They are used to store text, media and progress towards goals (Changes and Indicators) whereby that progress can optionally be tagged to beneficiaries

• Every story must belong to a single project

• Every story must have a single author who is a user