collection.getCollection

Returns information about a collection. The information contains configuration parameters for the player and the list of collection items.

Note: Requests must be made to https://api.flipsnack.com/v1.

You can also use this method at regular time intervals to check if an uploaded document has finished converting. This could be done right after a collection.create method call. If the document's status is either complete or failed, you can stop checking its status.

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	The signature must be calculated by you and added to the request. See How to sign a request for more information.If the parameter is missing the request will return the error code "30 - Missing mandatory parameter". If the signature is incorrect the request will return the error code "44 - Invalid signature".
action (required)	string	The API method that should be called. In this case the value should be collection.getCollection. If it is not specified, the request will return the error code "30 - Missing mandatory parameter".
collectionHash (required)	string	The hash of the collection you wish to update. If you do not specify a collection hash, then the request will return the error code "30 - Missing mandatory parameter".

Response parameters

If the upload is successful, the API call returns information about the collection which was just created.

Name	Type	Description
collectionHash	string	The hash for the newly created collection. If the collection status is editable the generated hash will be temporary. Once the collection is published, a new, final hash will be generated for it.
collectionTitle	string	The title of the collection.
collectionDescription	string	The description of the collection. It can be specified in the creation parameters or generated by the conversion system.
collectionStatus	string	Possible values are: public: The collection is published and accessible to the public. editable: The collection can be modified by the owner or authorized users. unlisted: The collection is published but not publicly accessible without a direct link. processing: The flipbook is published but not yet complete. While in processing: the collection.update and collection.downloadHTML5 endpoints are unavailable. the public link for the flipbook may not yet be functional. Publishing a collection may take a few seconds. You can check the collectionStatus at regular intervals (e.g., every few seconds) using the collection.getCollection method. Continue making requests to collection.getCollection until the collectionStatus has a value other than processing.
coverImage	string	The url of the collection's thumbnail image. This thumbnail is generated from the first page of the first collection item.
collectionPageCount	number	The number of pages in the collection, for all the collection items.
createdDate	date	The date when the collection was created (not necessarily published).
publishDate	date	The date when the collection was published.
directLink	string	The public link of the collection.
flipbookPageCount	number	The number of pages of the collection item. For collections created with the API, collectionPageCount and flipbookPageCount should have the same value.
settings	object	An object containing the configuration parameters of the collection, as set from the API call. See the list below.
collectionItems	array	The list of collection items belonging to the collection. In case of collections created using the API, the list contains a single item. The parameters of the collection item are listed below.

Configuration parameters

Name	Type	Description
collectionWidth	number	The embed width of the player (measured in pixels).
collectionHeight	number	The embed height of the player (measured in pixels).
collectionStatus	string	The type of collection. Possible values are public, editable and unlisted. Public collections are listed on your public profile and in search results. They are publicly available to other users. Editable collections are not published. They must be published manually from the Flipsnack editor or updated using the collection.update method. Unlisted collections are published but not listed on your profile page and in search results. Other users may view them only if they receive a direct link or an embedded player from you.
enableDownload	boolean	If set to true, displays the download button in the player menu. The menu is displayed only when the player is in fullscreen.
enableFullScreen	boolean	If set to true, allows the player to enter fullscreen mode.
enableSearch	boolean	If set to true, displays the search button in the player menu. If there is no text to search within the current collection item, the search button is displayed as disabled.
tooltipsLanguage	string	Selects the language for the tooltips displayed in the player. Possible languages are: Basque, Bosanski, Català, Czech, Dansk, Deutsch, English, Español, כשר, Française, ελληνικά, Hrvatski, Indonesian, Italiano, Magyar, Nederlands, Nederlands, Norsk, Polski, Português, Português do Brasil, Română, Pусский, Cрпски, Slovene, Suomi, Slovak, Swedish, Turkish.
transparentBackground	boolean	If set to true, the player is displayed with no background.
backgroundColor	string	The background color of the player, specified as a hexadecimal value. If the transparentBackground is set to true, the player will ignore the backgroundColor parameter.
autoFlip	boolean	If set to true, allows the player to automatically turn the pages of the flipbook. The pages turn after a time specified by the autoFlipDelay parameter.
autoFlipDelay	number	Specifies the time in seconds for pages to turn automatically. If autoFlip is false, this parameter is ignored.
rightToLeftOrientation	boolean	If set to true, allows the flipbook to be viewed from right to left: the first page is starts from the end as viewed in normal mode. This option is useful for documents written in right to left languages.
singlePageView	boolean	If set to true, allows the flipbook to be viewed a single page at a time.
logoUrl (DEPRECATED)	string	This parameter is deprecated and will no longer return valid values, if any.
shareFacebook (DEPRECATED)	boolean	This parameter is deprecated and will no longer return valid values, if any.
shareTwitter (DEPRECATED)	boolean	This parameter is deprecated and will no longer return valid values, if any.
shareGooglePlus (DEPRECATED)	boolean	This parameter is deprecated and will no longer return valid values, if any.
sharePinterest (DEPRECATED)	boolean	This parameter is deprecated and will no longer return valid values, if any.
shareEmail (DEPRECATED)	boolean	This parameter is deprecated and will no longer return valid values, if any.
shareLinkText (DEPRECATED)	string	This parameter is deprecated and will no longer return valid values, if any.

Collection item parameters

Name	Type	Description
flipbookHash	string	The hash generated for the collection item.
flipbookPageCount	number	The number of pages of the collection item.
flipbookTitle	string	The title of the flipbook.
flipbookDescription	string	The description of the flipbook.
extension	string	The extension of the document that the flipbook is based on. Extensions can be pdf, jpg or png.
convertStatus	string	The status of the flipbook specifies if it has finished converting or if it is still in the process of conversion. Possible values are PROCESSING, FAILED and COMPLETE.

Error codes

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

Examples

Request

cURL

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

HTML

<form method="get" action="https://api.flipsnack.com/v1/">
    <input type="hidden" name="action" value="collection.getCollection">
    <input type="hidden" name="apiKey" value="<YOUR-API-KEY>">
    <input type="hidden" name="collectionHash">
    <input type="hidden" name="signature" value="<YOUR-REQUEST-SIGNATURE>">
    <button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

Response

JSON

{
    "code": 20,
    "status": "OK",
    "data": {
        "collectionHash": "d3m0h45h",
        "collectionTitle": "Lorem ipsum",
        "collectionStatus": "published",
        "coverImage": "https://cdn.flipsnack.com/collections/items/7c5e600d4459fe4e04d23ae5ei188777/covers/page_1/medium",
        "directLink": "https://www.flipsnack.com/user/lorem-ipsum-d3m0h45h.html",
        "createdDate": "2015-06-09 01:43:05",
        "publishDate": "2015-06-09 01:43:07",
        "collectionPageCount": 2,
        "collectionItems": [
            {
                "flipbookHash": "7c5e600d4459fe4e04d23ae5ei188777",
                "flipbookPageCount": "2",
                "flipbookTitle": "Lorem ipsum",
                "flipbookDescription": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.",
                "extension": "pdf",
                "convertStatus": "COMPLETE"
            }
        ],
        "settings": {
            "collectionWidth": "640",
            "collectionHeight": "385",
            "enableFullScreen": "true"
        }
    }
}