SEARCH

// developer.daylife.com


Quote Calls


 

In the DayPI, quotes are things people have said (not stock quotes!). When the Daylife system can determine who said the quote, the quote is assigned an attribution. The quote API method calls return articles, quotes, images and topics for a given quote.

quote_getInfo

This function returns basic information for a quote.


Sample Invocation

Input Parameters

Name Description Type Required Sample Values Default Value
accesskey string Y <your_access_key> N/A
signature string Y <calculated_signature> N/A
quote_id The quote id string Y 0ak0fu91Rr3km N/A

 

Sample Output

<response>
	<message type="str">Success</message>
	<code type="int4">2001</code>
	<payload>
		<quote>
			<quote_id type="str">03TWezQa1M85p</quote_id>
			<timestamp_epoch type="int4">1200749352</timestamp_epoch>
			<timestamp type="str">2008-01-19 13:29:12</timestamp>
			<quote_text type="str">But we will still be friends with the 
						Americans and invite them to tea every 
						time they drive through the town
			</quote_text>
			<source>
				<name type="str">MSNBC</name>
				<url type="str">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/</url>
				<daylife_url type="str">http://www.daylife.com/source/MSNBC</daylife_url>
				<rank type="int4">1</rank>
				<source_id type="str">07yTb3kbhD6Bo</source_id>
				<type type="int4">1</type>
			</source>
			<query_term type="str">07vgers9mJayf</query_term>
			<daylife_url type="str">http://www.daylife.com/quote/03TWezQa1M85p</daylife_url>
			<article>
				<timestamp_epoch type="int4">1200749352</timestamp_epoch>
				<headline type="str">'Awakening' pacts prove complicated</headline>
				<timestamp type="str">2008-01-19 13:29:12</timestamp>
				<url type="str">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22739412/</url>
				<daylife_url type="str">http://www.daylife.com/article/0baOdqcflg2hB</daylife_url>
				<article_id type="str">0baOdqcflg2hB</article_id>
			</article>
		</quote>
		........
		........
	</payload>
</response>

quote_getRelatedTopics

This method is used to retrieve topics from articles that are related to the article containing the given quote.

Sample Invocation

Input Parameters

Name Description Type Required Sample Values Default Value
accesskey string Y <your_access_key> N/A
signature string Y <calculated_signature> N/A
quote_id The quote id string Y 03cV5zI2fk03s N/A
end_time Timestamp N 2007-03 <current time>
start_time Timestamp N 2007-05-03 09:00:00, 1178182800 <end_time minus 1 month>
limit The number of results to be returned integer N 40 10
offset integer N 5 0
sort Flag to indicate the sorting order To be implemented in future. string N date, relevance date
source_filter_id daylife source filter id string N 06T8a8lavf8sc None
include_topic_type one or more name value pairs indicating which sorts of topics you wish to include string N PERSON, ORGANIZATION, PLACE, EVENT, HOLIDAY, ISSUE, SPORT, STATION, PRODUCT, DRUG, DISEASE All types of topics
include_image Flag that indicates if a thumbnail image for each topic should be returned if available. integer N 0 or 1 0

 

Sample Output:

<response>
	<message type="str">Success</message>
	<code type="int4">2001</code>
	<payload>
		<topic>
			<topic_id type="str">0dVm3LAbhJbES</topic_id>
			<type type="str">PLACE</type>
			<name type="str">United States</name>
			<daylife_url type="str">http://www.daylife.com/topic/United_States</daylife_url>
			<image>
				<url type="str">http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gwb63H2Wmapg/45x45.jpg</url>
				<daylife_url type="str">http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gwb63H2Wmapg/340x.jpg</daylife_url>
				<thumb_url type="str">http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gwb63H2Wmapg/45x45.jpg</thumb_url>
				<timestamp_epoch type="int4">1177281949</timestamp_epoch>
				<timestamp type="str">2007-04-22 22:45:49</timestamp>
				<credit type="str">AFP/Getty Images</credit>
				<image_topic_relevance type="int4">10</image_topic_relevance>
				<width type="int4">2860</width>
				<height type="int4">2268</height>
				<image_id type="str">0gwb63H2Wmapg</image_id>
				<caption type="str">
					Vania King of the US (L) speaks with US team captain Zena Garrison (R) 
					during a break in her match against Kirsten Flipken of Belgium in the 
					quarter-finals round in the Fed Cup World Group 2007 between Belgium and 
					the US in Delray Beach, Florida 22 April 2007. King won the match 4-6, 
					6-4, 7-5 to give the US a total score of 3-0 and move to the next round
				</caption>
				<source>
					<name type="str">Getty Images</name>
					<url type="str">http://gettyimages.com/</url>
					<daylife_url type="str">http://www.daylife.com/source/Getty_Images</daylife_url>
					<rank type="int4">1</rank>
					<source_id type="str">0a9L9fsaU55wK</source_id>
					<type type="int4">6</type>
				</source>
			</image>
		</topic>
		........
		........
	</payload>
</response>