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Add an Article to a User's Followed Articles lLst Code Samples

Use the code samples below as examples to create an application in your desired language. The following code samples use the /user/followed-articles endpoint to add a followed article for a user. Get started and begin to understand the endpoint by following the examples below in the language of your choice. To use this endpoint, you will need a valid Personal Access token.

Code Samples

cURL

# Add a followed article

curl -X POST "https://apis.ebsco.com/medsapi-dynamed/v1/user/followed-articles"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -H "Accept: application/json"
    -H "Authorization: Bearer TOKEN"
    -d \
`{
  "pubType": "condition",
  "title": "malaria",
  "subscriptionType": "FOLLOW_NO_EMAILS"
}' \

Java

// Add a followed article

// Construct the client
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

// Create the URL
HttpUrl url = new HttpUrl.Builder()
    .scheme("https")
    .host("apis.ebsco.com")
    .addPathSegment("medsapi-dynamed")
    .addPathSegment("v1")
    .addPathSegment("user")
    .addPathSegment("followed-articles")
    .build();

// Build the body
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{
  \"pubType\": \"condition\",
  \"title\": \"malaria\",
  \"subscriptionType\": \"FOLLOW_NO_EMAILS\"
}")

// Build the request
Request request = new Request.Builder()
    .url(url)
    .post(body)
    .addHeader("Content-Type, "application/json")
    .addHeader("Accept, "application/json")
    .addHeader("Authorization, "Bearer TOKEN")
    .build();

// Send the request
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

JavaScript

// Add a followed article

const host = "https://apis.ebsco.com";
const path = "/medsapi-dynamed/v1/user/followed-articles";

// Create the Request
const url = host + path;
const requestBody = {
  "pubType": "condition",
  "title": "malaria",
  "subscriptionType": "FOLLOW_NO_EMAILS"
}

const settings = {
    "async": true,
    "crossDomain": true,
    "url": url,
    "method": "POST",
    "headers": {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Accept": "application/json",
        "Authorization": "Bearer TOKEN"
    },
    "processData": false,
    "data": JSON.stringify(requestBody)
};

// Send the Request
$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
    console.log(response);
});

Ruby

# Add a followed article

# Form the URL
urlstr = File.join("https://", "apis.ebsco.com", "/medsapi-dynamed/v1/user/followed-articles")
url = URI.parse(urlstr)

# Create the HTTP object
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

# Create the request
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["Accept"] = "application/json"
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer TOKEN"
request.body = '{"pubType":"condition","title":"malaria","subscriptionType":"FOLLOW_NO_EMAILS"}'

# Send the request
response = http.request(request)

Python

# Add a followed article

# Form the URL
url = "/medsapi-dynamed/v1/user/followed-articles"

# Payload
payload = '{"pubType":"condition","title":"malaria","subscriptionType":"FOLLOW_NO_EMAILS"}'

# Create Connection Instance
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("apis.ebsco.com")

# Create the Request Headers
headers = {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Accept": "application/json",
        "Authorization": "Bearer TOKEN"
}

# Send Request
conn.request("POST", url, payload, headers)