Use cases
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In the second phase, we could add new features so that a user could help the community by marking a Thread is helpful, and by marking a Reply is helpful or unhelpful.
Mockups
Phase 1
Summary View
Paginated Threads
Thread View
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New Thread
New Reply
Models
API
| Action | Intended User | URI | Method | Request Parameters | Request Body | Response Body | Notification Sent to (P2) | |
| 1 | Get Forum Metadata for a Project | authorized user | /forum/{projectId} | GET | Forum | |||
| 2 | Update Forum Description | Moderator | /forum/{forumId}/description | POST | Description | |||
| 3 | Get Threads of a Forum | authorized user | /forum/{forumId}/threads | GET | order, limit, offset | PaginatedThreads | ||
| 4 | Add Moderator | Admin | /moderator | POST | CreateModerator | Moderator | ||
| 5 | Remove Moderator | Admin | /moderator/{moderatorId} | DELETE | ||||
| 6 | Create a Thread | authorized user | /thread | POST | CreateThread | Thread | ||
| 7 | Get a Thread by its ID | authorized user | /thread/{threadId} | GET | Thread | |||
| 8 | Create a Reply | authorized user | /reply | POST | CreateReply | Reply | Thread’s Author | |
| 9 | Get a Reply by its ID | authorized user | /reply/{replyId} | GET | Reply | |||
| 10 | Flag a Thread | authorized user | /thread/{threadId}/flag | PUT | Moderator | |||
| 11 | Flag a Reply | authorized user | /reply/{replyId}/flag | PUT | Moderator | |||
| 12 | Pin a Thread | Moderator | /thread/{threadId}/pin | PUT | ||||
| 13 | Unpin a Thread | Moderator | /thread/{threadId}/unpin | PUT | ||||
| 14 | Remove a Flag on a Thread | Moderator | /thread/{threadId}/flag | PUT | ||||
| 15 | Remove a Flag on a Reply | Moderator | /reply/{replyId}/flag | PUT | ||||
| 16 | Remove a Thread | Moderator | /thread/{threadId} | DELETE | ||||
| 17 | Remove a Reply | Moderator | /reply/{replyId} | DELETE | ||||
| 18 | Get Replies for a Thread | authorized user | /thread/{threadId}/replies | GET | order, limit, offset | PaginatedReplies | ||
| 19 | Update a Thread’s Message | Author | /thread/{threadId}/message | PUT | String | |||
| 20 | Update a Reply’s Message | Author | /reply/{replyId}/message | PUT | String |