Pages

Important

This entity first appeared in CS-Cart 4.3.5.

URLs

Pagination and Filtering

Use the following parameters to find pages with specific properties and display them in a way you need.

Parameter Default value Description
page 1 Show all pages on the output page with the specified number.
items_per_page 10 The number of pages displayed on the output page.
sort_by position Sort pages by position, name, timestamp, type, multi_level.
sort_order desc Ascending or descending sorting order: asc or desc.
parent_id   Filter pages by the ID of the parent element.
page_type  

Filter pages by type. Possible values:

T - page

L - link

F - form (only available with the Form Builder add-on)

B - blog post (available only with the Blog add-on)

simple   Add this parameter if you don’t want the response to include the content of the pages.
q   Full-text filtering.
status  

Filter pages by status. Possible values:

A - active

H - hidden

D - disabled

item_ids   Show only specific pages. Separate the IDs with commas.
get_tree   Show pages as a tree. Values: true, plain.

Examples:

  • http://example.com/api/2.0/pages?page=5

Response is an array with 10 pages from the 5th output page.

  • http://example.com/api/2.0/pages?items_per_page=20

Response is an array with 20 pages from the first page.

  • http://example.com/api/2.0/pages?page=5&items_per_page=20

Response is an array with 20 pages from the 5th page.

Fields

A page has a number of properties represented by fields. See the list of supported fields below (mandatory fields are marked with *).

Note

Any field not listed in the table below will be ignored if occurs in an API request JSON data.

Field name Description Available for methods Supported values
page_type* Type of the page.
GET
POST
One of the following strings:
T - page
L - link
F - form (available only with the Form Builder add-on)
B - blog post (available only with the Blog add-on)
page* Name of the page.
GET
POST
PUT
string
page_id ID of the page.
GET
integer
company_id ID of the company.
GET
integer
parent_id ID of the parent page.
GET
POST
PUT
integer
id_path Path to the page ID; may include the IDs of the parent pages.
GET
A string with one page ID or multiple IDs separated by slashes, e.g. 30/2.
status Status of the page.
GET
POST
PUT
A - active
H - hidden
D - disabled
timestamp Creation timestamp.
GET
PUT
A valid timestamp in seconds
usergroup_ids User groups that can view the page.
GET
POST
PUT
A string of user group IDs separated by commas.
localization Localizations this page is available for
GET
POST
PUT
A string of localization IDs separated by commas
new_window (only available for links) Determines if the link opens in a new window.
GET
POST
PUT
0 - no
1 - yes
use_avail_period Determines if the page is only available for a limited time.
GET
POST
PUT
Y - the page is available for a limited time
N - the page is always available
avail_from_timestamp The beginning of the page’s availability period.
GET
POST
PUT
A valid timestamp in seconds
avail_till_timestamp The end of the page’s availability period
GET
POST
PUT
A valid timestamp in seconds
lang_code Language code.
GET
A string with a valid language code like en
description Content of the page.
GET
POST
PUT
string
meta_keywords Keywords from the page’s meta data.
GET
POST
PUT
string
meta_description Description from the page’s meta data.
GET
POST
PUT
string
page_title Title from the page’s meta data.
GET
POST
PUT
string
link (only for links) Page URL of the link.
GET
POST
PUT
string
seo_name A SEO name of the page.
GET
POST
PUT`
string
seo_path The SEO names of parent pages
GET
string
level Level of the page.
GET
integer
tags An array that contains the tags of the page.
GET
array
main_pair (only for blog pages) The information about the full image and thumbnail pair.
GET
object
spoiler (only for blog pages) The part of the blog post, that appears on the blog home page. The <!--CUT--> tag below this part separates it from the rest of the post.
GET
string
author (only for blog pages) The name of author of the page.
GET
string

Example Usage

GET /pages/

curl -X GET 'http://example.com/api/2.0/pages'

This example request returns the list of pages with their properties.

GET /pages/:id

curl -X GET 'http://example.com/api/2.0/pages/1'

This example request returns the properties of the page with the page_id=1.

POST /pages/

Send the data in the body of the HTTP request. The data should comply with the content-type.

If you successfully create a page, you will receive HTTP/1.1 201 Created.

If the page couldn’t be created, you will receive HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request.

Required fields: page_type*, page

Available fields: page_type, page, parent_id, status, position, usergroup_ids, localization, new window (for links only), use_avail_period, avail_from_timestamp, avail_till_timestamp, description, meta_keywords, meta_description, page_title, link (only for links), seo_name

curl --header 'Content-type: text/plain' -X POST 'http://example.com/api/2.0/pages' --data-binary 'page_type=T&page=Test Page&status=H&description=<p>This is a test page to see how the API works.</p>'

This example request creates a new hidden page called Test Page with the following piece of text on it: “This is a test page to see how the API works.” The text uses the <p></p> html tags.

In the response you receive the ID of the page.

{page_id: 226}

PUT /pages/:id/

Send the data in the body of the HTTP request. The data should comply with the content-type.

Available fields: page, parent_id, status, position, timestamp, usergroup_ids, localization, new window (for links only)*, use_avail_period, avail_from_timestamp, avail_till_timestamp, description, meta_keywords, meta_description, page_title, link (only for links), seo_name

curl --header 'Content-type: text/plain' -X PUT 'http://example.com/api/2.0/pages/226' --data-binary 'status=A'

This example request sets the status of the page with page_id=226 to Active.

In the response you receive the ID of the page.

{page_id: 226}

DELETE /pages/:id

If you successfully delete a page, you will receive HTTP/1.1 204 No Content.

If the page couldn’t be deleted, you will receive HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request.

If the page doesn’t exist, you will receive HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found.

curl -X DELETE 'http://example.com/api/2.0/pages/226'

This example request deletes the page with the page_id=226.


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