Q&A API

REST API & Webhooks

The REST API can be used to build a custom integration into any existing application. Most of the actions you find within Starmind can be also used for integration over our API.

Webhooks allow you to build or set up integrations that subscribe to certain events within Starmind. For example, every time a notification is sent in Starmind, we will notify the subscriber that the event happened.

REST API

You can find the Documentation of the Starmind QA API here:
Starmind REST API

Webhooks

Setup*
Webhooks can be configured in the admin area within Starmind (https://yourdomain.starmind.com/admin/settings/web-hook/):

Setting	Required	Description
Webhook URL	✓	The URL handles the payload.
Shared secret	X	A secret key to sign the payload.
Events	✓	A comma-separated list of supported webhook events. Currently, only "notifications" are supported.

Payload

Each event type has a specific payload format with the relevant event information.

In addition to the fields documented for each event, webhook payloads include the user who performed the event ( sender) as well as the user who is targeted by the event (receiver). Both fields are optional and depend on the event type and specific event.

Bear in mind that the payload for notification events like new_solution_to_your_question or new_comment_to_your_question allows question posers to be identified. In order to preserve question poser anonymity, this information must not be leaked to any end-users (except for the question poser himself).

Delivery headers

HTTP requests made to your webhook’s configured URL endpoint will contain several special headers:

Header	Description
X-Starmind-Event	Name of the event that triggered this delivery.
X-Starmind-Signature	HMAC-SHA256 hex digest of the payload, using the hook’s secret as the key (if configured).
X-Starmind-Realm-Id	The Starmind network id that triggered this delivery.

Also, the User-Agent for the requests will have the prefix Starmind-Brainshot/ Version.

Delivery Body

Field	Type	Description
id	integer	Notification ID
type	string	Notification type
question_id	integer	Question id the notification relates to (or null)
source_text	string	Question title if available for notification
target_id	integer	Id of the entity the notification relates to
target_type	string	Type of the entity the notification relates to
target_text	string	Content of the notification entity
url	URL	Absolute URL to the Starmind application
icon	URL	Absolute URL to an image for that notification
created	datetime	The DateTime the notification was created