collection.downloadHTML

Starts generating the download package and returns the progress status. When the status is complete it also returns the resource url.

Note:

  • requests must be made to https://api.flipsnack.com/v1

  • this method is not available while the collection is in the processing state

Request parameters

Name

Type

Description

apiKey (required)

string

The API key provided for your user. If it is not specified, the request will return the error code "30 - Missing mandatory parameter". If the key is incorrect the request returns the error code "41 - Invalid credentials".

signature (required)

string

action (required)

string

The API method that should be called. In this case the value should be collection.getStats. If it is not specified, the request will return the error code "30 - Missing mandatory parameter".

collectionHash (required)

string

The hash of the collection for which you want the download package. If you do not specify a collection hash, then the request will return the error code "30 - Missing mandatory parameter".

Response parameters

Name

Type

Description

status

string

The status of the download package. Possible values are

  • PROCESSING: the request is being processed;

  • COMPLETE: the package has been successfully generated;

  • FAILED: the package could not be generated

Generating a download package is a time consuming process. You can check the status at a few second intervals by using the collection.downloadHTML method. The requests to collection.downloadHTML should be made until the download package is generated. If the download package is already generated when the first request to collection.downloadHTML is made, the COMPLETE status will be returned.

resourceUrl

string

The url for the download package. The url will expire after one minute due to security reasons.

Error codes

For complete list of error codes and messages go to API status codes section.

Examples

Request

# GET   
curl -X GET \
     -G \
     https://api.flipsnack.com/v1/ \
     -d action=collection.downloadHTML \
     -d apiKey=<YOUR-API-KEY> \
     -d collectionHash=d3m0h45h \
     -d signature=<YOUR-REQUEST-SIGNATURE>

Response

{
    "code": 20,
    "status": "OK",
    "data": {
        "status": "COMPLETE",
        "resourceUrl": "https://cdn.flipsnack.com/sample-path/to-html.zip",
    }
}

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