Using the Coub web API you can manage a channel: create it, edit or delete.

Getting a channel's data

Resource endpoint:

GET /api/v2/channels/:id

• id (integer) — the id or the permalink of the required channel.

Response format:

• channel big JSON.

Request example

GET /api/v2/channels/55

Create a channel

Resource endpoint:

POST /api/v2/channels

Request parameters:

• channel[title] (string) — the title of the channel;
• channel[permalink] (string) — the permalink of the channel;
• channel[category] (string) — the channel's category.

Request example:

POST /api/v2/channels?channel[title]=My bussiness channel&channel[permalink]=mybussiness&channel[category]=business

Response format:

The JSON with status filed.

Response example:

{
    "status": "ok"
}

Update channel data

You can update channel's settings by sending its identifier and new data as parameters of the PUT request.

Resource endpoint:

PUT /api/v2/channels/update_info

Request parameters:

• id (integer) — the identifier of the channel;
• channel[title] (string) — the title of the channel;
• channel[description] (string) — the channel's description text;
• channel[category] (string) — the channel's category.
• channel[permalink] (string) — the permalink of the channel;
• channel[password]] (string) — the channel's password, should be send only when permalink's change is required;
• channel[autopost_coub_to_facebook] (boolean) — whether the channel should automatically post coubs to the user facebook account;
• channel[autopost_recoub_to_facebook] (boolean) — whether the channel should automatically post recoubs to the user's facebook account;
• channel[autopost_coub_to_vkontakte] (boolean) — whether the channel should automatically post coubs to the user's vk account;
• channel[autopost_recoub_to_vkontakte] (boolean) — whether the channel should automatically post recoubs to the user's vk account;
• channel[autopost_coub_to_twitter] (boolean) — whether the channel should automatically post coubs to the user's twitter account;
• channel[autopost_recoub_to_twitter] (boolean) — whether the channel should automatically post recoubs to the user's twitter account;
• channel[homepage] (string) — the URL to the channel's homepage in the web;
• channel[tumblr] (string) — the channel's tumblr account name;
• channel[youtube]:asdasd (string) — the channel's youtube account name;
• channel[vimeo] (string) — the channel's vimeo account name.

Request example:

PUT /api/v2/channels/update_info?id=525&channel[title]=new title&channel[category]=new category&channel[autopost_coub_to_twitter]=true

Response parameters:

• channel big JSON.

Delete a channel

Resource endpoint:

DELETE /api/v2/channels/:id

• id (integer) — the identifier of the channel.

Request parameters:

• password (string) — the channel's password.

Request example:

DELETE /api/v2/channels/452?password=mypassword

Response format:

The JSON with status filed.

Response example:

{
    "status": "ok"
}

Change a channel avatar

Resource endpoint:

POST /api/v2/channels/upload_avatar

Request parameters:

• id (channel[id]) — the identifier of the channel;
• channel[avatar] (base64) — the file with the new avatar image encoded in base64 format.

Response parameters:

• Channels big JSON.

Delete a channel avatar

Resource endpoint:

DELETE /api/v2/channels/upload_avatar

Request parameters:

• id (channel[id]) — the identifier of the channel.

Response format:

• Channels big JSON