Moderation Policy

View and change your moderation policy for an article

OpenWeb's Moderation API enables you to manage moderation policies:

  • View the existing moderation policy that has been applied to an article
  • Create a new moderation policy for an article

Get moderation policy by article ID

GET https://open-api.spot.im/conversation-policy/spot/SPOT_ID/post/POST_ID?token=MODERATION_TOKEN
Path paramDescription
MODERATION_TOKEN* stringUnique OpenWeb export token

1. From your OpenWeb Admin Dashboard, click Settings > General.
2. In the Authentication Tokens, copy the Moderation token.
POST_ID* stringArticle identifier that is specific to the article page

This value is defined when the Conversation is embedded on a page.
SPOT_ID* stringUnique OpenWeb identifier for your property

1. Log into your Admin Dashboard.
2. Copy your Spot ID from the URL: https://admin.spot.im/spot/SPOT_ID/...


The GET call returns a response that contains the moderation policy associated with the specified article identifier.

{
    "default_policy": "spot_policy"
}


Set moderation policy by article ID

POST https://open-api.spot.im/conversation-policy/spot/SPOT_ID/post/POST_ID/POLICY?token=MODERATION_TOKEN
Path paramDescription
MODERATION_TOKEN* stringUnique OpenWeb export token

1. From your OpenWeb Admin Dashboard, click Settings > General.
2. In the Authentication Tokens, copy the Moderation token.
POLICY*Moderation permission to apply to the article

Possible values:
spot_policy: (default) Uses the site's currently set moderation policy
approve_all: Approve and publish comments automatically
publish_and_moderate: Requires that all comments (even auto-approved comments) be manually reviewed
require_approval: Requires that all comments be pre-moderated and manually reviewed
POST_ID* stringArticle identifier that is specific to the article page

This value is defined when the Conversation is embedded on a page.
SPOT_ID* stringUnique OpenWeb identifier for your property

1. Log into your Admin Dashboard.
2. Copy your Spot ID from the URL: https://admin.spot.im/spot/SPOT_ID/...


The POST call returns a response that contains the moderation policy that you have associated with the specified article identifier.

{
    "default_policy": "require_approval"
}