Newsnet API Flow Types
Flow typing for the stuff the Newsnet API produces.
API
Table of Contents
Author
Author object, being part of /api/articles/<legacy_id>
Type: {type: string, id: string, name: string, description: string?, url: string, picture: string?, twitter: string?, rss: string}
Properties
CacheInformation
The available types of communities so far.
cache
I guess this should be a boolean, but it is returned as a string
Type: ("true"
| "false"
)
refresh
Date Object, in the form 'DD.MM.YYYY hh:mm:ss'
Type: string
CacheInformation
Caching Information. Not exactly sure what that does, but it is part of a
lot of configuration objects.
Type: {cache: ("true"
| "false"
), refresh: string}
Properties
cache
("true"
| "false"
)refresh
string
cache
I guess this should be a boolean, but it is returned as a string
Type: ("true"
| "false"
)
refresh
Date Object, in the form 'DD.MM.YYYY hh:mm:ss'
Type: string
DateString
Date string, of the form "dd.MM.YYYY HH:mm:SS".
Type: string
Community object, used for providing social media information.
Type: {type: CommunityType, count: number, article_id: string, share_type_id: string, url: string?, description: string?, name: string?, title: string?, description: string?, facebook_id: string?, via: string?, allow_comments_weekdays: boolean?, allow_comments_weekends: boolean?, comment_count_text: string?}
Properties
Communities
Community list, as provided by /api/articles/<legacy_id>/communities
Type: {communities: Array<Community>}
Properties
communities
Array<Community>
External_Services
External services combines several meta data about an article.
Provided by /api/articles/<legacy_id>/external_services
Type: {configs: any, paywall: Paywall, ads: Ads, statistics: Array<Statistic>, communities: Array<Community>}
Properties
Paywall
Basic Paywall object
Part of /api/articles/<legacy_id>
and
/api/articles/<legacy_id>/external_services
Type: any
PaywallStatus
Status of the paywall:
- 0 = paywall completely turned off, paywall scripts don't have to be
loaded
- 1 = paywall is tracking visits, but is not enforcing limits (probably
meaning that template sets don't have to be loaded?)
- 2 = paywall is enabled
Type: (0
| 1
| 2
)
Statistic
Basic statistic object.
Part of /api/articles/<legacy_id>
and
/api/articles/<legacy_id>/external_services
.
Type: {provider: ("wemf"
| "webseismo"
| "gtm"
), type: string}
Properties
provider
("wemf"
| "webseismo"
| "gtm"
)type
string
Wemf
Additional properties for Statistic objects of type 'wemf'.
Use with flow type intersections.
Type: {url: string, webapp_url: string, iphone_url: string, ipad_url: string, android_url: string, desktop_url: string}
Properties
Examples
let wemfInfo: Statistic & Wemf
Webseismo
Additional properties for Statistic object of type 'webseismo'. Use with
flow type intersections.
Type: {url_desktop: string, url_webapp: string, url_smartphone: string, url_tablet: string, url: string}
Properties
Examples
let webseismoInfo: Statistic & Webseismo
Gtm
Additional properties for Statistic objects of type 'gtm'. Use with flow
type intersections.
Type: {article_id: number, article_title: string, article_type: string, pagetype: string, premium: boolean, publish_date: number, category: string, subcategory: string}
Properties
Examples
let gtmInfo: Statistic & Gtm
Article
The article type, as provided by the Newsnet API.
Provided by /api/articles/<legacy_id>
Type: {article: ArticleContent}
Properties
ArticleContent
The contents of an article. The API wraps these contents below an
article
key.
Type: {id: string, legacy_id: number, title: string, title_short: string, picture_small_url: string, picture_medium_url: string, picture_big_url: string, lead: string, lead_short: string, lead_teaser: string, timestamp_updated_at: number, first_published_at: number, external_services: {statistics: Array<Statistic>, ads: any, paywall: Paywall}, authors: Array<Author>}
Properties
SiteConfig
Site configuration that is also part of the External_Services object
Type: {name_short: string, name: string, title: string, language: string, feedback_url: string, ads_enabled: boolean, facebook_id: string, facebook_url: string, twitter_via: string, gtm_id: string, paywall_status: PaywallStatus}
Properties
name_short
'TA' or 'B'
Type: string
name
Full name of publication
Type: string
title
Name with tag line
Type: string
SiteContent
Common information about the site.
Type: any
Site
General information about the site.
Provided by /api/sites/default
Type: {site: any}
Properties
Contributing
Development
Building & Releasing
Changes should go into the changelog. The format is based on Keep a Changelog
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning. Update
the changelog using the last commit messages since the last version tag using
yarn run changelog
Update the Readme with the current API using
yarn run docs